Shot Shot Shot

We got an update on the babies progress. Andrew and I were in another room visiting Derek and Amy Demaret on Thursday who was here to deliver their baby boy. There was a knock on the door and it was my nurse coming to get me, because our doctor was in our room wanting to talk to us. Andrew was here with me so that was good that he got to hear everything she had to say. She wanted to check and see if I was dilated anymore and talk about the medicine I am taking.

She checked me and I was dilated still about the same (2-3). So this was a good thing that I hadn't really dilated much more. I have however effaced more. I am now 80% effaced and she could feel baby Keaton's head and said he was sitting very low. My cervix is thinned out to 1.7 so she didn't feel the progesterone cervical gel was working anymore. The question to talk about was to stay on the gel since it won't hurt anything or to stop the gel. She and my other doctor talked and I am still going to use the gel. It would be great if it would start working again. She said they really aaren't concerned with my cervical length anymore since we made it to 28 weeks. Now they are more concerned with contractions and dilation. I asked if there was any chance we can still make it to 36 weeks and she said there is still that opportunity but it is just a day by day thing. She was very pleased that we have made it this far. She said the boys have already beaten the odds......this sure made daddy and mommy happy! I think these boys are always going to be strong willed and will grow up to do wonderful things in life.

I felt really good all day yesterday and in the evening time I started to feel a little crampy, but didn't think much about it. I am not on the contraction monitor anymore. They monitor me for contractions twice a day for an hour at a time. If I start to feel the contractions then they will hook me up to the monitor to see. They monitor the babies for an hour at a time once a day. So they hooked me up to the monitor for an hour and the nurse came into the room with a shot of Turb and said they would see how that works, but they were planning to go ahead and give me another shot of it in an hour. I had nine in one hour and they don't want me to have more than six in an hour. I didn't seem to shake as much with this round of shots. I was really worried about it since they were giving me two of them. I don't know if this means I am getting used to it or what. This morning I didn't really feel Kendall moving that much, which gave me a little scare. I asked the nurse to check his heartbeat and it was fine. She said he was probably sleeping and the bigger I get the less I will feel them move. Glad I asked, because that made me feel much better about the situation.

As of today everything is looking good, so hopefully I will get some sleep tonight. Tomorrow there is a huge rummage sale here at St. Mary's for multiples. I asked my nurse if we could wheel down there and she said she would see. If I can't go, I am sending daddy rummage sale shopping. I am also looking forward to Sunday. It should be a good weekend!

I have been having thoughts here this week of really wanting to be home. I figured it would start to set in and it has a little more. I am staying strong for these boys though. It is just crazy to think that I have been here for 44 days. I told Andrew that even in college I never stayed away from home for that long. I guess there really is "no place like home". Each week we are here is very good for the boys. Looking at these little sets of clothes hanging in my room makes me get through each day and knowing that we have something very special in the end that nobody can take away from us. Sunday will be a full 29 weeks and starting the 30th week. I will keep everyone posted!

Sleepless Night

This week has been a little bit of an adventure. It seems like my contractions are starting to pick up a little more and I am really starting to feel them. My doctor came in and decided to take me off of the contraction monitor and start monitoring just an hour a day unless I start contracting. Yesterday went pretty well, but yesterday evening I could feel the contractions and they were pretty close. Yesterday we also starting monitoring the babies' heart beats for an hour at a time, twice a day. They hooked me up to the heart beat monitor and the babies were very active. It ended up taking about two hours to get a good reading. They were very very active, which is a good thing, just makes it hard to monitor them.

The nurse came back in and I told her I was still contracting. She decided to put me on the contraction monitor for the night while I slept. She wasn't gone very long and came back with a shot of Turb for me. She said I was contracting every 1-2 minutes. It seems like every time we talk about going off the contraction monitor, I start contracting. Ugh! The shot made me stay awake and shake, and just when I would get to sleep I would have to go to the bathroom, or it would be time to take pills. Lets just say I did't sleep much at all.

I usually have my ultrasound appointments on Thursdays, but today was different. Just as I was starting to take a nap, the nurse came in and got me. They had to do some changing in the schedule so they decided to move it up to today. I got to hear the heart beats and they were looking good. Then it was time for me to get my cervical length checked. Up until today the medicine has been working really well and it has been thickening up. Today my cervix had taken a change and thinned back to 1.7 centimeters. This means that the contractions are causing me to thin. I didn't get checked to see if I had dilated anymore. My doctor was gone today, so hopefully I will hear from her on what the next step is. I will keep you posted.

I am really looking forward to Sunday. Andrew's family is throwing a shower for me here at the hospital. We are having just a small shower and once the babies are born, we are going to do a big shower with everyone and show Keaton and Kendall off. It will be nice to get out of the room for a while and put on regular clothes....not pajamas! :)

We Made It!!!!!l

Today Andrew and I are proud parents......we made it a full twenty-eight weeks!!! This is a huge milestone that we have made. We have come a long way since they first admitted me into the hospital. This was a goal the doctor wanted us to get to. Looking back, I don't think they thought we were going to make it this far and still be pregnant. This just tells you how strong our little boys are. I hope they will always be this strong.

Today my sister Danielle along with Maribeth, Kenry, and Kelby came by. Maribeth painted my toenails and Danielle colored my hair. It was all much needed. I feel soo much better and not to mention my roots look much better :) I have really enjoyed all the company that has been stopping by to visit. We are now on day 39 in the hospital. I have never been away from home this long. Even when I was in college, I would come home on the weekends every so often. Fairfield will look like a whole new place by the time we get to come home. The most exciting part about comig home will be the fact that I will have two precious baby boys along with me. I hope they continue to be strong and hold off a little bit longer.

This week we will have another ultrasound on Thursday....I hope we get to see their weights and how much they have grown. They are kicking much harder and I feel like they are running out of room. Please keep praying for these boys...all your prayers are def. working.

Good Appointment

Thursday we had an appointment to see the babies and to check my cervical length. The boys are doing wonderful....they had great heart rates and are getting so big. We didn't get weights, but hopefully we will get them next time or at least mommy and daddy want to know :) The medicine that I have been taking for my cervical length is working and doing a wonderful job. It had thickened up even more than the last time.....it is now a little more than three centimeters. This is excellent news!

The past couple of nights have been a little rough. I will feel fine during the day and at night I will start contracting. I have had to have a shot of Terbutaline. This shot makes me feel crazy and shake, but it works and slows the contractions down. The nurse and doctor both said that women that have preterm labor tend to contract more at night. Crazy if you ask me! Hopefully tonight will be a better night and be contraction free.

Once again I would like to thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayers and all the sweet cards I have been receiving here at the hospital. My bulletin board is full and it makes me smile when I look at it. Sunday will be a huge day for us.....we will be a full 28 weeks! This was a goal my doctor wanted us to get at. We are going to just stay strong and keep going. I know we can do it....these are some strong boys and they have helped make me stronger and have given me a whole new outlook on life.....def for the better.

I would like to thank my husband again for all his hard work and driving back and forth. He is getting worn down and doing his best. We can't wait to be home and get all settled in as a family of five...yes I am counting our dog Kya.....I miss her so much!

Good Luck Teachers!

Today marks day number 35 for me being here at St. Mary's in room number 3532......it has def. been a journey for us. It hasn't seemed too bad though because of all the love and support we have been receiving. I have been receiving so many cards in the mail and having visitors all the time. This truly has helped.....so thanks to all. There is no way we can possibly thank everyone for all their support. We are very blessed!

Today would also mark the day for me to start back to kindergarten. I sure am going to miss my kiddos this year. I know they are in great hands and will do wonderful. Good luck to all my fellow co-workers and friends of mine that are teachers. I would also like to wish the CMS softball team good luck on your season. I will be checking in on ya guys!

Tomorrow I have an appointment for an ultrasound to see Keaton and Kendall. I know they are growing and doing well. They are very active and kick me all the time. I asked my doctor yesterday about doing another round of Betamethasone and she didn't think they would do one and try to wait and do one a little later. I know they are making the best decisions for us and are taking great care of us. I will let you know what we find out tomorrow.

Yesterday I had a special visitor. I actually had a surprise and had a new doctor. My new doctor for me was Dr. Briley Houston (my nephew)....he knocked on the door and had on his mask, gloves, and hat. He made sure I was behaving myself and took good care of me. We had a slumber party in room 3532....we watched Toy Story 3, had dinner, played on the iPad, and even had a couple special guests (Curious George and Arizona both stuffed animals of his). It was very good to see him. I can't believe he is starting first grade this year....he will be an excellent cousin to Keaton and Kendall.

I still can't upload photos....it is driving me crazy because pictures add a nice touch to the blog and I would like to share pictures of the visitors and Keaton and Kendall. I will keep working on it.

Did I Spring a Leak?

Well we made it through the weekend and through the full moon. We have also made it a full twenty-seven weeks......if we make it through this week we will have made a huge milestone. Getting to the full twenty-eight week mark is huge. We will be able to do another round of shots for the babies lungs. It is a day by day process right now.

Yesterday I had a little scare. I thought I was losing fluid. I let my nurse know about it and she came in and checked it. It came back ok, but they wanted to do an ultrasound to check my fluid levels and my Dr. wanted to check me. It turns out that everything was fine. It was scary to think that my water had broke. It turned out that the babies were sitting so low, they were making my bladder leak. Gross I know :) It was good to know it was just that and not my water breaking. My Dr. said the babies have plenty of fluid for twins and I would def. know if my water was breaking. I guess these are things you learn as you go being a first time parent.

Thursday we get another ultrasound to see if everything is still going ok. I will keep you all posted. Thank you so much for all the cards and kind words. We are hanging in there!

Test Results

Yesterday I had my glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. The nurse was in and out of my room all morning. They took my blood and then I had to drink this glucose orange drink. After finishing the drink they came back in every hour for three hours to draw more blood. I had to fast for this test....so lets just say I was getting very hungry by the time it was all said and done. The last time I had something to eat was the night before around eight and didn't eat again until around one yesterday. I don't think I will ever be able to go without eating :) My nurse came back in later that afternoon and gave me some wonderful news....I passed the test and can still eat what I want. She said I barely passed the test, so if I carry the babies for a while my doctor will want to test me again since it was close.

Later that afternoon around 4:30 I started to feel cramps and was just very uncomfortable. I thought maybe it would pass. After about ten minutes of it, I let my nurse know that I wasn't feeling so great. They hooked me up to the contraction monitor to see what was going on. After about forty-five minutes of monitoring my nurse came in and said she needed to give me a shot to stop the contractions. I was contracting every one to four minutes. This was the first time that I actually felt the contractions. The shot they give me for contractions usually works, but it makes me feel very jittery and feels like my heart is racing out of my chest. If the shot for some reason doesn't stop the contractions, they were going to start me on a Magnesium IV drip. My nurse said that is not fun because it will make me feel like crap. Luckily the shot worked!

This morning my doctor that is on call came in to check on me and said to just hang in there and keep laying around. I am now at risk she said for my membranes and water to rupture. Tonight there is a full moon and we are praying nothing happens. I will keep everyone updated. These babies could still use some time with me :)

My Little Breakdown

Things have been going great until yesterday. My Dr came in and said that if things continued to go well that there would be a good chance that I could come home and do bed rest. I was very excited about this news. That meant the medicines have been working and the babies are doing great. I had my ultrasound yesterday and babies were excellent. They have fat on their bodies now and looked so cute. Keaton wouldn't perform for pictures, but Kendall was all about it. My fluid levels were still a little on the high side causing some pressure and my cervix had thickened to 2.6 cenitmeters. They told me to go back to the room and Dr. Turnquest would be in to see me later in the afternoon.

Andrew and I were getting very excited because things were looking so good and my chances of going home were looking very good. He asked if he should start packing some stuff up, but I told him to wait. I didn't want to jinks my chances. The nurses were getting very excited for us as well. Dr. Turnquest came in and asked me if I wanted to hear the bad news? Well nobody wants to hear the bad news, but my Dr. is very forward and won't beat around the bush about things. I am glad she is like that though. I had to have a glucose test done yesterday and it came back abnormal. She said they are were going to test me again and do the three hour gestational diabetes test. There is a chance it could come back ok, but if it doesn't I will be put on a certain diet. Dr. Turnquest also wanted to check me and see if I was dilated. When I came into the hospital four weeks ago, I was dialated to a loose one. Yesterday when she checked me I was a dilated to a two. She looked at me and said she didn't like it and I was not going home. She said that if we lived in Evansville she wouldn't even let me go home. She said that would cause too much movement and my water could break with all the pressure. This is the news we didn't want to hear, but we know it is best for Keaton and Kendall.

Before she left the room, she said we have made huge improvements since being admitted. The babies are much better off now. We will be a full twenty-seven weeks on Sunday and starting in on the twenty-eighth week. Getting to the twenty-eighth week was a goal to be looking for, because we will be able to get another round of Betamethasone for the babies lungs. I had a breakdown after my nurse and Dr. left the room. It was just a let down for me, but once again I know I am in the best place and once the babies are here, it will be well worth it. Friday (today) I will be doing my three hour glucose test. Hopefully it will come back ok. I will keep you updated.

Thanks again for all the love, support, flowers, kind thoughts, and cards. A big thank you to our families for all they have done. We def. feel loved!

Susan G Komen 3 Day

We made it to the twenty-six mark.....I am one proud mamma. They keep hanging in there and are doing great! I think daddy is pretty proud as well. We are also in third trimester. We just keep hanging in there and are staying strong.

This weekend would have been a very special weekend for me. I was going to walk in the
Susan G Komen Three Day Walk. The walk I would have been doing is in Chicago. I would have walked twenty miles a day for three days. It would have been a very moving experience for me. I had all my papers ready to go for the sign up and a couple weeks later we found out we were expecting. Of course we were very excited about expecting. I was also a little bummed out that I wouldn't be able to do the walk, but I know they do the walk every year. Andrew being the great husband he is, said he would walk with me next year. I would have been walking in memory of my Memaw Pat (my mom's mom). She passed away of breast cancer when I was in the second grade. She was the best and is very dearly missed. I know she is looking down and would be very happy for Andrew and I. I can't wait until next year to walk in her memory with one of the best supporters beside me.

I am still having trouble with pictures.....it is very frustrating that I can't get them to download. I will just keep trying.

Good Report!

Yesterday we had an ultrasound to check my cervix and to check the babies. We received some great news. The babies are doing wonderful and my cervix has done much better. The last time I had 1.5 centimeters left and this time it showed that I have 2.2 centimeters left. The more she would mess with it, the more it would thin. She said it just doesn't need to be bothered. The medicine that I am taking must be working and we are very excited about that. She went ahead and measured the babies weights for us. Keaton is weighing in at two pounds and Kendall is weighing in at one pound fourteen ounces. They are doing a great job on their weights. They are actually about two weeks ahead on their weights. Last week when I had an ultrasound they measured the babies feet. One foot that they measured was already two inches long.....Andrew and I tease each other and say they are going to come out and need toddler sized shoes! :)

We couldn't have been more happy to get this great report. My contractions have been staying very low as well. My Dr. came in today and let me take a break from the contraction monitor. I get twelve hours off of the monitor and twelve hours on the monitor. She said if I feel cramping at all to be sure and let them know and they would hook me back up. I am now allowed to take wheelchair rides. Andrew took me around the hospital yesterday and he even took me outside to feel the heat wave that I have been missing. It was very nice to get outside. He has just been wonderful through all of this. Hopefully we will keep getting great reports.....it would be awesome if they said I could go home :)

I have been having some trouble uploading pictures to my blog from my phone. I will keep trying because I have a lot of new pictures that I would like to share.

Kya's Visit and Andrew's Birthday!

This has been a good week so far. I had a very special visitor come and see me. Andrew brought Kya over to see me on Tuesday. This was the longest that she has rode in a vehicle. I was worried how she would do, but Andrew said she did a great job. I was very excited to see her. She gave me many licks across my face. It was so good to see her. I miss her and can't wait to see how she will be around Keaton and Kendall. I think she will be a protective, loving, and just all around good big sister. Andrew said she was very tired on the way home. The pictures above just show how precious she is! :)

Yesterday we celebrated Andrew's 32nd birthday. He opened presents, we had pizza, and later had some cheesecake for dessert. We made the nurses very happy, we gave them the rest of the cheesecake. They were very appreciative of it. I guess I had better spoil them because they are taking very good care of the boys and myself. We have the best nurses! Andrew got some pretty nice gifts. I got him a CD he had been wanting, my parents got him some clothes, and Kendall, Keaton, and Kya got him some shirts that they can wear that say "I Love My Dad". We had a good evening and made the best of his birthday, even though it was in the hospital.

Today we have an appointment to make sure everything is going ok with the babies fluid levels, and to check and see if my cervix has thinned more. We are praying we get a good report today. We are taking each day as a victory and celebrating each day they stay with me. I will give an update either today or tomorrow on what we find out at our appointment.

25 Weeks: Another Goal Reached

Sunday was a good day for the Diesel's! We made it another week. The boys are still doing great and kicking me like crazy. It was just a good weekend all around. I had many visitors and my contractions stayed very low. Sunday we had eighteen people come to see us. I just knew I was going to sleep well that night...wrong! The boys were kicking all night and I just couldn't sleep, so Monday I spent the day sleeping. I am hoping I don't get my days and nights mixed up. Yesterday I found out that our boys are famous :) They made the Wayne County Press....they aren't even here yet and making the news.

This week is going to be pretty busy....tonight I have a very special visitor coming to see me. Any guesses? Andrew is going to drive Kya over tonight to see her mamma. I have been missing her so much. I never thought it would be this long before I got to see her again. I am sure she is pretty confused right now, but hopefully she understands. We treat her just like a child.....yes we will be the first to admit that she is spoiled rotten! Not only do I get to see Kya.....I am going to get to see some sun when I meet her in my wheel chair at the front door. This week we have another appointment to see the babies and check my cervix. I will get my cervix checked once a week from here on out. We will get to celebrate Andrew's birthday tomorrow and then the weekend will almost be here. I will try to post again on Thursday with new pictures of the boys, Kya's visit, and Andrew's birthday. Once again, thank you so much from the Diesel's for all the prayers, kind thoughts, and visits. We feel very loved and blessed to know such wonderful people