Ultrasound news
Dr. Adam gave us an ultrasound last night to look at the babies' growth. I was not too optimistic but things are actually ok! The baby boy is doing better than baby girl. He gained 6 oz. & is now estimated to be 3 lbs. 10 oz! Baby girl only gained two so she's about 3 lbs. 6 oz., which is only 16th percentile. Dr. Adam surprised us by saying she wouldn't do another u/s until Monday, July 21st, and when I asked her if she thought we'd make it that long she said yes! That is excellent news because I'll be 34 weeks on July 20th & that is a big milestone. I asked Dr. Adam what would be the deciding factor to taking the babies & she said if one of them is below the 10th percentile. So I would imagine she'll take them after that next ultrasound considering baby girl has gone from 28th to 16th percentile in 8 days. Of course, anything could happen in the mean time but as long as my contractions can stay under control & the babies continue to do well during the monitoring, we hopefully can make it until the week after next! It'll be so much better for the babies since the longer they can stay healthy inside me, the shorter amount of time in the NICU.
It's taken me a good night's sleep to be really happy about the news from the ultrasound. Don't get me wrong, I want the babies to be as healthy & big as possible! But I also would like to go home someday! I've been here for 2 1/2 weeks & my next ultrasound is 1 1/2 weeks from now. So that means I'll have been here 4 weeks by then. That's a long time to be in 1 room in a hospital. I really have felt blessed & boosted by everyone's support & prayers but I still have moments where I feel sorry for myself, & I had one of those last night. Then it makes me feel like a horrible mother for wanting them to come now so I can go home & not be pregnant anymore. It's a struggle but I'm feeling better this morning & just really happy that Dr. Adam thinks we can make it past 34 weeks.
After the rough couple of days I had Sunday, Monday & Tuesday with contractions, I've had a calm couple of days since then, which has been nice. I also get lots of visitors which makes the days pass quickly. I really have great friends & family! And I know there are many of you that would be here for me if you could, so thank you! (The phone calls are great too!) I have a lot to be grateful for, including a wonderful husband who is dealing with so much right now on his own while still trying to spend time with & support me. I love him so much & couldn't do this without him.
That's all for now! Hopefully nothing too eventful will happen in the next little bit!
It's taken me a good night's sleep to be really happy about the news from the ultrasound. Don't get me wrong, I want the babies to be as healthy & big as possible! But I also would like to go home someday! I've been here for 2 1/2 weeks & my next ultrasound is 1 1/2 weeks from now. So that means I'll have been here 4 weeks by then. That's a long time to be in 1 room in a hospital. I really have felt blessed & boosted by everyone's support & prayers but I still have moments where I feel sorry for myself, & I had one of those last night. Then it makes me feel like a horrible mother for wanting them to come now so I can go home & not be pregnant anymore. It's a struggle but I'm feeling better this morning & just really happy that Dr. Adam thinks we can make it past 34 weeks.
After the rough couple of days I had Sunday, Monday & Tuesday with contractions, I've had a calm couple of days since then, which has been nice. I also get lots of visitors which makes the days pass quickly. I really have great friends & family! And I know there are many of you that would be here for me if you could, so thank you! (The phone calls are great too!) I have a lot to be grateful for, including a wonderful husband who is dealing with so much right now on his own while still trying to spend time with & support me. I love him so much & couldn't do this without him.
That's all for now! Hopefully nothing too eventful will happen in the next little bit!
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