We went in for a growth ultrasound today, and the results were that the girls were about a week behind in growth. They were pretty much the same size. But small. We are hoping that they are just small. However, our doctor is referring us to a Perinatologist to check for other things that it could be. Things that I looked up on the Internet(don't know why I do this to myself). There are some really scary reasons why babies are behind in growth. Now I am feeling very nervous for both of them. I am hoping that we can get in to see the specialist soon. My doctor said he is the only Perinatologist in the area, so he is usually swamped but they were going to call him and try to get me in this week or next.
I am hoping for the very best which from what I see is just that I am not taking in enough calories that should be easy enough to fix.
But my heart is nervous for my babies.
Ben and I both would appreciate any prayers that can be sent our way. It may be nothing big, and that is what we are praying for. That these little girls will be happy, healthy, normal little girls.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Little Scare
On Tuesday morning about 1 in the morning, I woke up with a feeling that something was just not right. I got out of bed, visited the bathroom, and then went out and sat on the couch for a bit. Things still felt wrong, so I called the nurses line that is available with my insurance to explain my feelings, and see if they were fine, or something I needed to be concerned about. They told me that the would suggest I call my After hours doctor, which where I live is actually the birthing center nurses. So I called them, and they asked if with the feelings I was having I was also having contractions. Never having contractions before, I told them I really did not know. They told me that I would figure it out if they got strong enough or close enough together that I would need to come it. Then she said the guide is if you have more than 4-6 in an hour to go ahead and come in.
The last few minutes of our conversation I thought I figured out what a contraction felt like. So I sat on the couch for about a half hour seeing if I was indeed having contractions. I soon figured that I was, and in one of our birthing classes we were told that the difference between Braxton-hicks, and real contractions was that real contractions were very consistent. And BH contractions were sporadic. So...I went and woke Ben up and asked him to use his phone app that is a stop watch to time my contractions. When they got to be a consistent 8 minutes apart, we decided to go in to the birthing center.
Once we got there and got all hooked up the contractions were 4 minutes apart. They gave me a shot of something to stop the contractions which worked pretty quickly. Then they monitored me for another 6 hours to make sure they were gone. The contractions came back, but now they were more like 30 mins apart, so they checked all the other things they need to and did a fetal fibronectin test which came back negative, and released me saying that I needed to talk to my doctor about the possibility of going on some contraction reducing meds for the rest of my pregnancy.
The contractions have not gone away, but are just mild, and not as often. (usually start up after a long day)
I spoke to my doc yesterday, and he said that for now he would prefer not to have me start any other drugs, and he would like to wait and see if my body can maintain the contractions that are further apart before he adds any drugs.
He did have me go from full time working to half days to try to make me less worn out which in turn would maybe give my body a better chance of not starting labor.
Everything else looks good, and so they are not too concerned with contractions at this point. So I guess I will try to take it easier and not worry about it too much either unless they get close together again.
Not sure I want to go back to the birthing center again until I am good and ready to let these girls come into the world for good.
The last few minutes of our conversation I thought I figured out what a contraction felt like. So I sat on the couch for about a half hour seeing if I was indeed having contractions. I soon figured that I was, and in one of our birthing classes we were told that the difference between Braxton-hicks, and real contractions was that real contractions were very consistent. And BH contractions were sporadic. So...I went and woke Ben up and asked him to use his phone app that is a stop watch to time my contractions. When they got to be a consistent 8 minutes apart, we decided to go in to the birthing center.
Once we got there and got all hooked up the contractions were 4 minutes apart. They gave me a shot of something to stop the contractions which worked pretty quickly. Then they monitored me for another 6 hours to make sure they were gone. The contractions came back, but now they were more like 30 mins apart, so they checked all the other things they need to and did a fetal fibronectin test which came back negative, and released me saying that I needed to talk to my doctor about the possibility of going on some contraction reducing meds for the rest of my pregnancy.
The contractions have not gone away, but are just mild, and not as often. (usually start up after a long day)
I spoke to my doc yesterday, and he said that for now he would prefer not to have me start any other drugs, and he would like to wait and see if my body can maintain the contractions that are further apart before he adds any drugs.
He did have me go from full time working to half days to try to make me less worn out which in turn would maybe give my body a better chance of not starting labor.
Everything else looks good, and so they are not too concerned with contractions at this point. So I guess I will try to take it easier and not worry about it too much either unless they get close together again.
Not sure I want to go back to the birthing center again until I am good and ready to let these girls come into the world for good.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Work Baby Shower
Today at work I was surprised with the management team throwing me a baby shower. I work with some great people. First, they kept it a surprise which in a retail store is NOT easy. Second, they were very generous, especially in such times as these.
I was given a baby stroller for twins, 2 car seats, and many other baby items; Homemade hooded towels, homemade receiving blankets, clothes, blankets, a diaper bag, gift cards, a monitor.
I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a great group of people that I work with. It puts my mind at ease that I now have most of the essentials.
So now with the craigslisting that Ben and I have done and gifts from awesome people, we have both cribs and mattresses, the bumper/bedding sets for both cribs, a nice big changing table/dresser with lots of drawers, a baby bathtub, a double stroller, 2 car seats, a pack and play, baby clothes, blankets, bath stuff. All of this has been incredible.
We still have more to get (it seems the list actually never gets smaller!) but with the generosity of others, I think I can breathe a little easier. We have some quite spendy things that I think we can now scrape together money for which before we were quite worried!
Now we have to get the nursery started. It is going to be a big job, and we have been slow at getting started. But it is getting that time.
I was given a baby stroller for twins, 2 car seats, and many other baby items; Homemade hooded towels, homemade receiving blankets, clothes, blankets, a diaper bag, gift cards, a monitor.
I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a great group of people that I work with. It puts my mind at ease that I now have most of the essentials.
So now with the craigslisting that Ben and I have done and gifts from awesome people, we have both cribs and mattresses, the bumper/bedding sets for both cribs, a nice big changing table/dresser with lots of drawers, a baby bathtub, a double stroller, 2 car seats, a pack and play, baby clothes, blankets, bath stuff. All of this has been incredible.
We still have more to get (it seems the list actually never gets smaller!) but with the generosity of others, I think I can breathe a little easier. We have some quite spendy things that I think we can now scrape together money for which before we were quite worried!
Now we have to get the nursery started. It is going to be a big job, and we have been slow at getting started. But it is getting that time.
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