Time For Things to Slow Down

We had an appointment Thursday afternoon and we got to see our precious little boys. They are doing great. Of course one likes to cooperate and one wants to play hide and seek. I guess they are just having fun in there. They were very active and kicked me the whole time. We didn't get weights like we thought we would. They said the weights were good last time and if they wouldn't have been so good last time they would have checked them again. So it es a good thing we didn't get weights even though mommy and daddy were wanting to know!

As I said the babies are good the story is a little different for my cervix. Even thug I have been laying here doing nothing, my cervix thinned even more. Not what we were wanting to hear. My FMM doctor is on vacation so we didn't get to talk to her. I guess doctors need vacations too....lol! The doctor filling in came in and talked to me once we got back to my room for the next three months and gave us some information on what the plan is for now until my dr gets back. They started me on a different contraction medicine to stop contractions and everything. This medicine is called Procardia. I take it every six hours. It is doing a great job at stopping my contractions though so that is great. The one down fall about this medicine is that it causes some pretty bad headaches. I was a little miserable last night, but hopefully my body will get adjusted to it. I am sure these headaches wont be the last with these boys :) I will take the headache any day for these boys to stay inside a little longer.

The doctor came back in today and I will also be starting in on a gel hormone that will be placed on my cervix. This has been shown to stop cervical shortening and keep women pregnant for several more weeks. The doctor said they haven't had much studies for this on twin pregnancies but for singleton pregnancies. She said it won't hurt anything to go ahead and it try because if it works, it will allow Keaton and Kendall more time inside mommy. Right now the plan is to hold off for as long as possible. She said our new goal is to make it to 28 weeks. It will be much easier for the boys if we can hold off until then or even longer. Hopefully we will know a little more once my doctor gets back. Please keep praying for these boys to hold off a little longer. Above are some pictures of visitors and new ultrasound pictures. Enjoy!

Another Day Down

I have officially been laying in this hospital bed for thirteen days now.....not that I am counting or anything. It seems like a lot of days, but this is what Kendall and Keaton are needing. It might not be the ideal way to spend the next twelve weeks but each day I am here is just another goal that Keaton and Kendall have reached! Tomorrow we get an ultrasound and get to see how much they have grown. Andrew is going to take the day off work and spend the day with us. Speaking of Andrew....I haven't mentioned how wonderful he has been. He has been here almost every day and working when he goes home. I can tell he is getting tired, but he worries when home and not here. I know he is going to be a wonderful dad! I hope when Keaton and Kendall get older they realize how great of a dad they have. Our families have helped us out as well. No words can express how fortunate we are to have such loving people surrounding us.
I have still been feeling good. My stomach has grown and because it has been growing, I have experienced heartburn. I didn't sleep very well Monday night due to this burning feeling in my throat and chest. Hopefully it won't last too long. I also had to have a shot Monday evening to stop my contractions. Thank goodness my mom was here. This was the fourth one that I have had since being here. This shot makes your heart race, gives you hot flashes, and makes you shake really bad. The one good thing it does work instantly and slows the contractions down. I have found myself starting to sleep more through the day and be more awake at night. Hopefully this will change before the boys arrive. I will make another update tomorrow when we find out what the ultrasound says. Please pray for a good report and for Keaton and Kendall to have grown!

Big Day For the Diesel's

Today has been a wonderful day! I had some great visitors and I got to go on a wheelchair ride! Yes, I now get excited about going on a wheelchair ride. Andrew and I got to take a tour of the NICU. This gave us an inside look at the babies, equipment, doctors, and nurses where Kendall and Keaton will be staying once born. They were very nice and gave us loads of information. After going in there we def had an eye opening experience at the fights some babies put up. I know Keaton and Kendall are strong babies and once born will be in the best care they can possibly be in.

We also celebrated making it to the 24 week mark. This marks a huge milestone on the survival rate for Keaton and Kendall. I have another ultrasound on thursday and we will get to see how much they have grown. I feel my stomach is getting bigger and bigger by the day, but this is good because we need these boys to grow. The shots I received on Friday and Saturday should be working on their lungs by now. We were fortunate to receive these shots to help make them stronger before arriving too early. Their little heart beats are pumping just right and they have been kicking mommy all day :)

I had some wonderful visitors today. Thanks again for all the calls, texts, gifts, visits, and prayers. I will post some pictures of some visitors that we have had and the gifts we have received. Keep praying for these boys to stay in longer, because the longer they stay with me the healthier they will be.

I would like to apologize for all the grammatical errors I have on this blog. It would be easier to type on a regular computer and download pictures, but I am very thankful that Britni let us borrow this iPad! I will post more this week.

Ultrasound and Pregnancy Pictures

I am now looking back and really wishing I would have started blogging before now. The pictures above are from the beginning up to now. I am missing some pictures but you will def get to see the growth of Keaton and Kendall along with myself. Sorry if some of the pictures are blurry and if my posts have weird gaps in them. I am very lucky our niece Britni is letting me use her IPad ......I am thinking Andrew and I need to invest in one of these!
I haven't blogged yet about having to take off work. I called my boss and they were very understanding and said my main concern is the boys right now and getting them here healthy. I was very relieved at how well it went and not that I expected it to be any different. Have I mentioned that I am very lucky to work for North Wayne at Johnsonville School! I work with people that I can call family and I don't even like calling it work because every day is great and fun. I was also worried about the softball team. They hired Tommy to take my spot and Jeana is going to help as well. I would like to wish them the best of luck this year. I will be keeping track! Missy Sharp is going to teach my class until I come back after Christmas break. She will do great......I feel bad that I cant start the school year with kindergarten, but they will do a good job...it is amazing how well students can adjust so quickly. I am trying my best to adjust to this bed rest stuff :)
Hope you enjoy the pictures and I am going to try to blog on a regular basis.

Just When Things Were Going Great.....So I Thought!

I was going to my regular two week Dr. appointment. I had been feeling wonderful. I was staying very busy and getting a lot done to prepare for the babies. My appointment was scheduled for 9:00 that morning. Andrew wasn't going to go to this appointment because he had lots of things to get done at work. It wasn't a big deal he wasn't going because he had been to almost every appointment besides one other. I had asked my mom to go with me. She was very excited and was anxious to see the babies. We started the ultrasound and the babies looked great. Growing like crazy and very active. They were weighing in at 1.6 and 1.4 pounds. They will start putting 6 ounces on each week. I think we will have good sized babies. I have to get my cervix checked every time I am here to make sure things look good. Everthing had been looking perfect up until this point. The ultrasound tech said she was seeing my cervix start to open a little and wanted Dr. Turnquest to take a look. I was still calm at this point. I told mom I wasn't going to worry until they really gave me something to start worrying about. I was taken to a different room and was patiently waiting for the doctor to come in. She checked my cervix and said I was already dilated to 1/2 a centimeter. She said I was to make a stop and slow down on anything I had been doing. She said I would be on bed rest until the babies are born. She then said she was going to take me up stairs and see if I was having
contractions that I didn't realize I was having. They hooked me up to the machine and I had a
nice hospital gown on.
At this point we called Andrew and he left immediately. Monty road over with him. Here at this point I thought I would be hooked up to the monitor for a while then get to go home. Dr. Turnquest then decided she wanted to monitor the contractions until Saturday. I thought that
wont be too bad, just a couple days and we def wanted what was best for the babies. My dr said
she would check me Saturday and if things looked good I could go home. Saturday she checked me and we heard some not so good news. I was already fifty percent effaced. This was a little scary because it won't go back. It will either keep thinning or stay the same. I was still having contractions at this point. They were going to out a stitch in my cervix to close it, but she said at this point it could cause more problems. They starred me on some medicine immediately for 48 hours to be taken every six hours. She decided she wanted to do another ultrasound on Monday the 18th. I had my ultrasound and it showed I thinned a little more. The
next news I found out wasn't good. She said the survival rate at 23 weeks isn't good. She said she wanted to start steroids on the babies lungs at 23 weeks and five days. Betamethasone is the name of the two round dose I received. It will help the babies lungs develop quicker in case we needed to deliver before the 36 weeks. The chance of survival for Kendall and Keaton
would be much greater if they receive this shot. Dr. Turnquest said it would be indefinite to when I get to come home. I am still having some contractions even after the meds and three shots in the middle of the night. The scary part of this whole thing is that I am not feeling the contractiions. At some points I was contracting every five minutes and every minute.
Andrew and I discussed that this is def the best place for me to be since it takes a while to get here from home. I get 24 hour care on the babies and myself. I am taking one day at a time because the longer the babies stay in the healthier they will be. We can't wait to meet them, but we would like to meet them later, not now because they need more time to grow.
I will continue to blog about my stay here at St. Mary's Womens hospital. It is crazy that I have been here for over a week already. I have had many great visitors and gifts. My nurses are amazing and try to make it like home as much as possible. I would like to thank anyone who has been here to visit, sent gifts, called, texted, and said a prayer for us. Andrew and I are very fortunate to have so many people to love us and these precious baby boys. I will post pregnancy pictures and give updates on my next blog.

The Diesel Pregnancy

Andrew and I couldn't be more happy about the two precious angels we are expecting. We found out we were pregnant very early and thought it would be so long until the due date. My original due date was November 13th but my Dr is going to take me at 36 weeks. We are having identical twin boys. I was seeing my regular OBGYN and she referred me to see a specialist as well. I have one placenta and two sacs so we have to keep track of the babies and make sure they are sharing. It is crazy they aren't even here and we are discussing sharing. Maybe they
will have this sharing business down already by the time they arrive. My pregnancy has been great...I have been very busy helping my parents at Dairy Queen and cleaning the house preparing for babies. I didn't have hardly any morning sickness and have just felt great. My stomach has def changed. The most amazing feeling that I felt was the movement of the babies. They move all the time and it was even better when Andrew got to feel them. It is hard to believe that I will be 24 weeks on Sunday. The babies room is almost done and is decorated in Eric Carle. He is my favorite children's author. The reason I am starting this blog is to keep everyone updated on the Diesel twins. I have learned that when you think things are going great they can really change quite quickly. I will tell you all about it in my next blog!