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.