33 1/2 week update!!

We are still holding strong and doing wonderful... The babies are growing. Baby girl weighs in at 3 lbs 15 ounces, Baby boy weighs in at 4 lbs 7 ounces. Dr. Nilson is still very concerned about baby girl. Yesterday he guessed we would have these babies within the next 2 weeks. He said baby girl will determine when they will arrive. She must take after her Mom in a hurry all the time and ready to be born! We are hoping to put some additional weight on her before she makes her debut into this world.

Bed rest is still bed rest... it's not fun but it's better me here than them in the NICU. Richard is taking AWESOME care of me and he almost has the nursery finished. I hope to post nursery pictures soon.

Thank you all for your continued support and prayers!!!

31 1/2 week update!

Everything is still moving along.... We are status quo and doing well- almost to our next goal!! We went and had belly shots taken over the weekend, I thought I would share them with you!

I also included one of the family from left (Steffi our German exchange daughter, Kelsa, Me, Mollie, and my wonderful husband).

Thank you for your continued support and prayers!

30 1/2 week update!

Things are staying the same which is a great thing! Cervix is still funneling and open. Baby girl's fluid is still low but not getting lower! Baby boy measures 3 lbs 1 ounce and Baby girl weighs 2 lbs 13 ounces. I continue the bed rest and continue to cook these little babies as long as I can!!!

Thank you all for your continued prayers - they are working!!!

I'll update with belly pictures soon.

28 1/2 weeks!! We made it!

We can take a deep breath now, we passed the 28 week mark. The babies now have a 92% chance of survival. Our new goal is 32 weeks!! I know we can make it! This week at our weekly appointment baby girls amniotic fluid was low, this means I continue to rest and continue to drink more water!!! Everything with my cervix is status quo, so this means the bed rest is working! I also had my gestational diabetes test and this test came back negative! WOO HOO!!!

I still continue to feel absolutely wonderful and I feel very fortunate to have made it this far. We are still trying to decide on baby boys name, hopefully this is something we can figure out soon.

Weekly Update!

We visited Dr. N today. He said everything is status quo, said we are looking perfect and we are counting down to 28 weeks. He also said baby girl will be a small baby but she will be just fine. I felt great after our checkup today!! One week at a time... The prayers are working!!!

26 1/2 week update and belly pic!!

Our weekly appointment went OK. I've been on full bed rest for one week!!!! I'm already going crazy but this will all be worth it in the end!!!!

I am dilated, my cervix is open BUT it's still measuring the same as last week so that is a great thing. He is also now concerned about baby girl. Her stomach is measuring small. He said if I was not on bed rest for my cervix I would be on bed rest for her condition now. He said there could be several reasons for this, we will watch her more closely from week to week.

Bed rest is going alright. The hardest part about all of this is being dependent on other people and not being in control! Ha - everyone knows this will teach me lots of patience!!! He said to continue what I am doing and he will see me next Monday. He also did an FET test checking to see if I would be going into labor soon, this test came back negative. WOO HOO, I was excited to get that call!!! He said I was having contractions while he was checking me, I could not feel anything – so bizarre that I could not feel anything!! Right now we are just trying to get to week 28, I know the babies have a better chance at week 28! One week at a time is all we can do.

I am very thankful that we are stable; he said I am doing the best thing for them – stay on my backside!! We can use prayers for these babies right now.

Richard is doing a fantastic job taking care of me and his babies!!! He has a full job right now with me! Trust me I am taking it easy on him....

I'll update next Monday after our appointment. Right now I better finish my registry and start ordering stuff online! :) Thank goodness I have a computer, this is my outlet!!

Feeling these babies inside me everyday is a wonderful thing, I can't even put on paper how happy this makes my heart..... This is all worth it!!!

25 week update!

We had a doctor’s appointment this week……. They started me on progesterone shots last night because I am having contractions and they are calling this pre term labor. My cervix is shorting and funneling to a 2.9 which is not good…. Dr. Nilson told me to take it easy and rest but is allowing me to continue to work until Monday. The progesterone is supposed to stop contractions and then he will recheck us on Monday. He will then decide on what is next. Of course I googled funneling short cervix and have been scared to death ever since….. I know this is in God’s hands and I know he will take good care of us, I just worry, of course. I will update you all on Monday. Thank you for your continued prayers and support during this time.