thanks for T&P's, l&d update...kind of long

sejabernathy · January 2010

well i really only slept like 3 hours last nite which kinda sucked. the nurse was in every hour b/c they have to watch the medicine that i am on...the important one thats keeping me from having these Peanuts now.

this morning was ok. Markhas is so amazing! i know it has to suck to be here and i appreciate him so much! he was ready for this and made me get ready...i thought being ready meant it was time and i did not want it to be now. thank you for making me be packed and ready for this a few weeks ago love!

Ob came in and checked and in 24 hours, I had NOT dilated any more than i was at yesterday! thats good. contractions were about 20 minutes apart and that was definitely better than the 2-5 minutes apart that they were when i was transferred here.

i was informed that i will be taken off of the magnesium sulfate tomorrow morning at 9:30 am and then they will observe me and if things are going well, i will get to get off the catheter and have shower and bathroom privileges! that means i can walk around a little which is definitely better than being on restricted bedrest!

basically once i am off the mag, i think the deal is if i go into labor, i do and if not, GREAT! so we are keeping our fingers crossed that i can pull a few days out of this! i am VERY nervous about having Mackayla and Braylon this early. i know that now that they have had the steroids, they are much better prepared to breathe and their size is pretty good for 30 weeks! i am also VERY scared about having a c-section (which OB says is pretty much inevitable) *sigh* this is NOT going how i planned at all!

nurses are so nice here! i am so grateful for the staff that i have been helped by!

i have officially made it 48 hours from the first steroid injection which means that now, it is working for the Peanuts! yay! first short term goal-CHECK! next one, GET OUT OF JANUARY!

omg my feet are sooooooo swollen. i think that they are going to blow up!

best part of the day? my little man came by with grandma! the nurses said he could only stay a few mins b/c he is so young but he was so well behaved that he was here almost 8 hours! and when he walked in the door, i almost cried. he came in and said "i brought you some balloons mommy!" that so made my day! i love my little man and not seeing him the last few days has sucked!

i am also excited because tomorrow my momma and nana will be coming up to see me! we had made plans to go to lunch the other day but i guess thats no longer the plan really but it will be nice to see them. there are so many times when a girl just needs her momma and now is definitely one of them!

so, keep your fingers crossed that when i come off the mag tomorrow, i dont jump right back into labor. i am praying so hard for our little blessings! they need as much time as they can get and if its only a couple more days, thats ok because EVERY day inside of mommy makes them healthier and stronger to be outside of mommy!thanks ladies for reading!

schenkertobe · January 2010

I'm glad the mag sulfate worked! I have my fingers crossed for you that you are labor-free now and that your little babies stay cooking for a while longer!