Dr. appt + trip to Labor & Delivery = Bed rest

Let me start from the beginning - I had a scheduled doctors appointment on Wednesday (I think, I can't keep up these days) The sono tech checked to see if my cervix had shortened at all since my last appt. Shortening is what we don't want. It had a very little bit from the week before. Since I had been having a lot of braxton hicks, they wanted to hook me up to the monitors just to watch for a little bit. They also noticed that Baby B's heart rate was higher than normal. I stayed hooked up for about 30 minutes. Dr. Westerholm came in and was looking at the results from the monitors and she said I needed to go over to L&D to be monitored some more. I got over there about noon and they hooked me up. Baby B finally decided to settle down and her heart rate was normal, so that was good. I kept having contractions, so they gave me a bag of fluids through IV. Let me tell you...that IV was fun. ha Mind you, I hadn't eaten since before my appt at 11 - I was starving! They wouldn't let me have anything to eat or drink until they talked to Dr Westerholm and decided what the next step was going to be.

After doing a CBC test (complete blood count) my platelets had dropped more - to 51,000. Not good. After talking to the oncologist, he wanted me to start taking 60mg/day of the steroids for me and we will test again on Tuesday and pray that they have gone up!

The nurse finally comes back and says that I will get a steroid shot for the babies to help their lungs mature a little faster and then I would be discharged. Let me tell you...that shot HURT!!! And then she tells me I have to get another one 24 hours later. Oh my! We are discharged at at 5:45pm and on strict bed rest - OH JOY! The first thing on my mind is food though...I MUST EAT!

The first day and half of bed rest hasn't been that bad. I am just taking it easy and watching my shows. I just hate feeling so helpless - but I will do anything to keep these girls in longer! I went and got my other steroid shot for the babies yesterday and got a few clarifications to my bed rest rules. (No, this shot didn't hurt any less!) I can get up for potty, quick shower, fix something quick to eat (cereal, etc) and then it is back down for me. I am moving from the bed to the couch to the recliner so that helps a little bit.

I will keep everyone updated as time goes by! Now there is no excuse for not blogging - it's not like I am busy or anything - ha!

28 weeks!!

Oh my goodness...time is really starting to fly by! The first part of this pregnancy was S~L~O~W going (to me at least) I don't know if maybe it's because we found out so early, but now we only have 9 weeks left - MAX!! I have to say - I have some of the best doctors keeping a close eye on me.

First of all, Dr. Westerholm, my regular OB. Dr. W and her staff are the best!! She is also the doctor who delivered Kendall and I couldn't be happier. Full term for twins is 37 weeks - as opposed to the normal 40 weeks for singletons. She says that she will not let me go past the 37 week mark, which is October 15th. I am seeing her every two weeks and getting tons of sonogram pictures each time.

Next comes the "high risk" doctor, Dr. Goldaber. Nothing is wrong, they just consider multiples to be "high risk". He measures each baby's weight, lungs, fluid, etc in depth at each appointment. I see him every three weeks and getting lots of sonogram pictures and even videos of the girls.

Finally, Dr. Diggikar, the oncologist/hematologist. I see him for my platelets. As most of you remember, this was a big issue when I was pregnant with Kendall. I ended up having to have a platelet transfusion right before my emergency c-section with KP. I get my blood drawn every two weeks and they count my platelets. Dr. Diggikar wants them to be above 100,000. Since this pregnancy started, I have dropped to 66,000. He is not worried at all, but has decided to go ahead and start me on the steroids to help boost my numbers up. I just started them this last week, so my appointment next week, we hope to see an increase in my numbers!

I couldn't ask for a better team of doctors and especially the prayer and support team that I have! I am not going to try to mention everyone - but I do have to include a few that go above and beyond to pray for Brandon, Kendall, the twins and I:
My mom and dad - what true leaders they are and I can't thank them enough!! Shane and Michelle - the best brother and sister in law a girl could ask for! Even from far away, I feel like they are right here with me. Kathy Loupe - she is one of moms best friends and has prayed for us EVERY SINGLE DAY - she is a true prayer leader! Mom and dad are a part of a couples life group (Wednesday night group) and I know we are on their list every week! (the amazing thing is, I might not even know a couple or two personally!)Mom is a part of a ladies bible study and the same goes for them, we are on their list each time too! I know I am missing tons of people, but I just want you to know that we appreciate all the thoughts and prayers that are coming to us and the doctors! We love you all very much!

We have decided on names for the girls...Brynlee Lane and Landry Renee. We have not picked who "baby A" is and who "baby B" is and probably will not decide until they make their grand entrance.

I will leave you with a picture Kendall took of me yesterday - 28 weeks!