This past week started out great! My mom, sister, and sister-in-law gave me a fabulous baby shower on Sunday. The weather was perfect and it was great to see everyone there! Thanks to everyone for the wonderful gifts for the babies! We are starting to feel a little bit more prepared for their arrival.
Well the big news as of right now is that I am hanging out at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. I had my monthly ultrasound and doctor's appointment on Thursday. During my exam, the doctor told me that I was already dilated to 3 cm. He told us to go straight to Abbott to see the perinatalogist to see what was going on. We got here around 6:00 on Thursday and right away they hooked me up to all the machines and it turns out that I was having contractions! I never even felt anything!
So for now, the plan is to hopefully stop the contractions for at least 48 hours to give the babies steroids to speed up their lung development. Hopefully they can stop the contractions to prolong delivery for another 6 weeks to get me to 34 weeks. Right now we are kind of in a wait and see what happens. The contractions are spacing apart so it looks like I am going to make it to the first goal of 48 hours. After that, we will have to wait and see. I will most definitely be on bed rest for the remainder of the pregnancy, I just don't know where. There is a possibility of going home on bed rest, but if things don't settle down enough for the doctor's comfort, I could be here at the hospital until these babies deliver. We will just have to wait and see...
Chris and I are trying to make the best of this new development and trying to keep the stress level down. We know the babies are in good hands here. We will keep everyone updated when we know anymore!
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