Thirty-one weeks down, one to go! As of Monday, we have an official delivery date. If all goes as planned we will be going to c-section at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 9th, which is kind of a cool date as it will be 9-9-09. My nurses were suggesting that I should have the babies at 9:09, just to add to the coolness. Right now I'm just hoping to make it to next Wednesday! I've been having quite a few contractions over the last couple days. Last night I was having contractions every 3-6 minutes or so so they checked my cervix to see if there was any change. There wasn't, but they started me on some Procardia again, which didn't seem to help initially, but things eventually settled down after a couple hours. Everything was pretty calm for the rest of the night, but the contractions started up again this morning so they checked me again. Since I still wasn't showing any change the doctor said they wouldn't do anything about it right now unless they get a lot stronger or more frequent. Needless to say, I've been doing a lot less walking around these days just to make sure I'm not triggering anything.
Everyone keeps saying how I must be so anxious to get out of here, and as much as I miss my family and my home I have to say I'm almost a little nervous about leaving the hospital. I've been here long enough now that this has become my norm, and I've kind of gotten used to having my own routine, which does not include having to cook or clean or discipline, etc., etc. I know that once I leave the hospital life will not be as calm as it is right now for quite some time so I'm trying to "enjoy" the time I have left here, as strange as that sounds. That said, I am very excited about meeting my little girls and being able to feel like a part of my family again, no matter how much chaos ensues!
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Hey Allison...I know what you mean about the hospital. I felt the same way! But coming home was nice too. I will be praying for you and the babies. It was nice to see Kyla and Addie last night at WMG. They're exciteds about the babies too!! Let me know if you need anything or if I can do anything! Take care.
ReplyDeleteHang in there Allison. It sounds like you're doing wonderfully. I love the potential birth date of the twins -- as soon as Adam said the "9th," I immediately said 09/09/09! :)
ReplyDeleteDo they have any idea how long the girls will be in the hospital, and will they stay in GR or be transferred up here?
In general they say to expect the babies to be in the NICU until sometime around their due date (which would be another 2 months), but it just kind of depends on how the babies are doing. Most people I know seem to have been able to leave before then unless there are other complications. We're kind of hoping that they will eventually be able to be transferred up to Petoskey, but we'll see!
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