29 Weeks

I'm still pregnant!!!  I've survived three and a half weeks of bed rest and hospital stays!

At my appointment on Friday, some new problems cropped up and I was sent over to the hospital again.  Are you guys as sick of reading about my hospital stays as I am of writing about them?  I was super bummed because Saturday was supposed to be my baby shower and was also my birthday.  I ended up in the hospital until Sunday afternoon.  I had my blood drawn five times this week.  Five!  When I first got to the hospital, I was pretty upset already and then being faced with having my blood drawn made me so light headed that my blood wouldn't come out!  They had to let me calm down and drink juice for a bit and then try again.  For my birthday on Saturday, my family and two of my cousins came to the hospital to party with me.  My mom bought the biggest pizza I have ever seen!  I think I heard it was 36".  When someone spilled the beans on it being my birthday, my sweet nurse and nurse's aide bought me a birthday cake.  Blake spoiled me and bought me a whole cake from Cheesecake Factory, but it was at the house, so we ate the nurse's cake that day.  I can't say it was my favorite birthday ever, especially since I was awoken at 6:30 am to get my blood drawn, but I'm grateful to everyone who tried to make it a good one.

I had a non-stress test today and everything is looking stable.  I am told that we are walking a tightrope right now.  If things stay as they are, we could be good for a while.  If it gets any worse, we will probably be having the babies right away in possibly an emergency type situation.  So, let's hope for things to stay good for quite a while.  The hardest thing to do is to keep myself from feeling despair and telling myself that it will all be fine in the end. I am grateful for every extra day we get to keep the babies in there.

I want to mention that I really hope my updates aren't scaring any of you who haven't had babies yet.  Everything that is happening to me is rare, especially if you're only having one baby, and having twins is rare too.  You guys are going to have much better pregnancies, I can almost guarantee it.  :)

28 Weeks

Not big enough to be done being pregnant yet

We did it!  28 weeks is the absolute bare minimum my doctor wanted me to reach, and we made it!  Of course, the longer I stay pregnant the better, but it feels great to make it to the first milestone. 

This past week was pretty eventful.  I met with the perinatologist, and things were looking pretty concerning.  He decided to admit me to the hospital again for three days to stop contractions (most of which I don't feel) and monitor me and assess after that.  The nurses that took care of me were all so awesome, so even though they had to wake me up frequently I forgive them.  I am getting sick of the hospital already, especially hospital food.  I really admire those of you who handled hospital bedrest for weeks or months!  Luckily, at the end of three days they said they saw pretty much no change so they felt comfortable sending me home.  I'm starting to feel like every time I have a doctor appointment I should bring a bag packed for a hospital stay, haha.

Glamour shot

My nurses were so sweet

So, now I'm pretty sure I'm going to be on bedrest for the long haul.  I'm actually doing a pretty good job of keeping myself busy.  I still feel like there are so many decisions I need to make before the babies come.  There are lots of shows on Netflix, and Blake and I started reading a parenting book. I think my idea to start watching Hoarders was a bad one because now I have the urge to clean and organize but I'm not allowed to.  I'm also working on some things for the nursery. I'm starting to feel pretty lonely and sad that I'm missing out on parties and get-togethers, and also guilty about not doing any cooking or cleaning or anything really, but it's all for a very important cause.

It's very strange knowing that the babies could be here anytime between now and 10 weeks from now.  I'm working on staying extra positive though, so I'm picturing my babies being born on Easter.  Wouldn't that be cute?  Easter babies :)