Updates!

We just finished up at our 23w6d (24 weeks tomorrow!!) appointment for my cervix check. Well, despite being very good for the last week my cervix still shortened again :( I was though, able to buy another week at home and not be admitted for the Holiday weekend. I am going to start taking Terbutaline regularly (when I was at L&D last week they just told me to take it if my contractions "changed") for the next week and continue with the bed rest. It's still not "strict" as I can get up for meals and such and the Dr also said if I was dying to get out of the house for a bit one day, I could do that too. My Mom on the other hand has given me her "orders" which are "lay, pee, lay, eat, lay, pee, lay, eat..." :)

The Dr covering for my regular Peri Dr was very nice! He explained a lot to us and made us feel comfortable with the next steps. Even though Terbutaline is very controversial as to if it really helps with pre-term labor or contractions, there is no harm in trying. Also, the boys again looked great! He was very happy with the measurements they took to look at the trip to trip transfusion, but reminded us that we are not out of the woods for that until 30 weeks.

Another change for us moving forward is that my wonderful Husband will be home taking care of me from now on. His entire clinic was laid off after today due to a company buy-out, with no future positions posted for most (including Ben's IT Admin position). It was not the news we wanted to hear given our current circumstance, but we have been focusing on the positive and now feel that this probably also happened for a reason! (Just like these trips, right!!?!?) If it comes to the point where I have to be admitted to the hospital I will be much more comfortable knowing that Ben would be available to bring Brody (and himself) to visit me much more than if he was working all day. There are many more positives but I won't list them all right now as to not overwhelm Ben with his "honey-do" list I have been making, heehee.

We send lots of love to all for a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

23 Weeks!

Wow, 23 weeks!! Next week will be our first milestone (24=earliest viability) and we are looking forward to making the next milestones as well (28, 30, 32, and 34 would be grand!!!) It has been eventful to say the least since I last posted. We had a great baby shower and will post pics on that really soon, I am still waiting to get some more pics from others ;)

Grandpa and Grandma Waind were out here for a nice visit last week as well. They helped us prepare the guest room for the conversion and set up Brody in his 1st big boy bed!! I will update his blog too ;) It was great to have them here to help us out and be at our babies shower! Auntie Haley drove in the same day (Tuesday) they left for a visit and to hang out with Brody while we worked, and boy did it turn out to be a blessing she was here!! (keep reading....)

Wednesday morning I got ready for a work conference that I was going to attend after my 23 week US and Dr appointment. The US showed all the boys looking great and even "chubbing" up a bit! They didn't look so skeletal, which made me happy. Dr. L was not so happy to see that my cervix had shortened over 1 cm since my last check 2 weeks ago. I am still a few mm away from being in the "danger zone." I was told to do the bare minimum over the next week and lay down for most of day. She is having me come in on Wednesday for a cervix check and said "hopefully it won't be changed, I don't want my partner to have to admit you!" (she will be out of the office) Yikes! Admit me?? Just where I want to spend my Thanksgiving! So, to home I went and started the horizontal orders.

As the day went on I realized that every time I got up to use the restroom or get something to eat, or move to the couch to visit with Brody and Haley, I would have constant contractions. After dinner I was laying on the couch for almost 2 hours having contractions about every 10 minutes. Nurse Haley said I better call L&D advice. They wanted me to come in and get checked out, which has always been our fear- do we wake Brody up and take him with? Call a friend?? We were lucky this time that Haley was there to save the day :) The night ended with a Terbutaline prescription to stop the contractions and more orders for rest. The good thing is that these contractions aren't causing me to dilate, but I am wondering if they are what is causing my cervix to shorten?? We will see on the 24th if all this rest is helping things out~ lets hope so!!! Thank you Haley for 2 days of constant Brody (and Mommy) care!! I am not sure that is what she had in mind for her visit, but we couldn't have appreciated it more!

Baby Shower

3 lil' monkeys!! We can hardly wait ;)

There was a delicious spread catered that included a special meal just for me to help me reach my daily protein goal!! SO SWEET..and YUMMY!! I have really been craving a good steak lately too, posting this picture is making me drool :)

Of course we had to play the the "guess the poo" game...I usually do awful at this game, but being so close to Halloween and my restriction-less diet- I won!! I named 8 out of 10 candy bar "poos" correctly.

Yep, I didn't even wait to sit down to sample the cake ;)

I know I have said this before, but I have the BEST work family!!! It was decided to have the shower earlier than one carrying a singleton would typically have, as they didn't want to end up having a shower that I couldn't attend. The girls transformed our empty treatment vault into a Baby Shower for 3!! We got royally spoiled with great food, company and gifts! Everyone really went above and beyond, Ben and I are so thankful for their generosity. We have many young babes and kids within our clinic, and almost a handful more on the way! We are seriously contemplating converting this empty vault into a daycare center :)

We never got a group shot at the shower, but here is a bunch of us at Dr. Wynne's 2010 Halloween Party (one not to be missed!!):

Like I said, the BEST work family!!!

11/3/10: 21 Week US

We had our 21 week US that included a growth scan this week, all the boys are looking great!! Baby A is still the biggest and he weighed in at 1 lb 1 oz!! Babies B and C were not far behind and 15 oz and 14oz. The scans are getting quite entertaining- there are limbs everywhere!! For a bit Baby B was sitting on Baby B's head, it was cute to say the least. Mama has also been doing quite well, just the sames aches and pains as before~ completely manageable though! At the appointment they also enrolled me in the pre-term labor program. I will now be having weekly phone consults with a nurse to make sure I am not having any regular contractions or new/different symptoms that should be discussed in between my routine US and Dr. appointment that I have every-other-week.

It is hard to believe that my next scheduled appointment will be at 23 weeks...just one week before our 1st big milestone, 24 weeks!! I guess they call 24 weeks "viability" as there is a 50% chance that if something happened and the boys came early they would have a 50% survival rate. 28 weeks (Christmas) is then our next goal and every week after that will make us very, very happy!! The plan is for me to hold on tight between between Thanksgiving and Christmas as this is our most crucial time, so you can expect to find me more "down" than "up" during this time. On-line shopping on Cyber Monday will definitely be my attack for the Holiday this year :)