Oh, sadly I had a nice long post that I spent half of yesterday writing, but (stupidly!) forgot to save and then had a mishap with the laptop touchpad (oh, how many times a day I curse thee, oversensitive laptop touchpad).
But anyway, here is version 2.0.
1) House: Thanks to our great friends and family, we are moved! We had lots of help last Saturday, with packing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, and now we are feeling pretty settled. Still lots to do (including unloading the Pod) but nothing that is critical. We LOVE the new house and it is working really well for us. Hooray!
2) Baby Drama: Tuesday and Wednesday after the move brought a bit of an adventure as well. I started getting contractions (no more painful than the usual ones, but much more frequent) that just were not going away with the normal treatment (lying down, chilling out, hydrating, etc). I was also suddenly feeling nauseaus a la the first tri and really tired. Eventually I called the after hours nurse hotline and was told to try Ibuprofin, which relaxes the uterus. That seemed to work overnight, but it was all back again Weds AM.
I then called in to the clinic and was offered to either wait until my Thurs appt, or come in early. I went in that morning, and they did some monitoring and checked my cervix. I think they were pretty surprised, due to my past history, to find I was 50% effaced, and 2 cm dilated! I was not, really. They immediately brought me more Ibuprofin, then wheeled me over to the antepartum unit in the hospital (a wing dedicated to folks with preterm issues) and checked me in.
They then started me on stronger meds (a high blood pressure med, actually) and monitored me throughout the day. It took awhile, but finally the ute calmed down and the contractions mostly went away. Babies were doing fine throughout this -- clearly they are fine and its my body trying to press eject a bit early. After a day and a half of monitoring, I was released home, on full bedrest. Whee!
We also had an ultrasound in the hospital, and both babies are estimated at 5 pounds each! This is fantastic for two reasons -- first, that they are measuring the same, and have even decreased the small weight gap that they had a few weeks ago, and second, that they are so big already! Thats 10 pounds of baby in there, oof!
So all in all, things could be much worse. At 33 weeks today, and 5 pounds each, the babies should be in pretty good shape if they did come soonish. However, 34 or 36 weeks would be even better (38ish is considered full term for singletons and I went to 41 with Emma, but twins most often come earlier), and with each day/week, the risk of preemie problems goes down. So, for now we lay low (well, I do) and try to keep them cooking a bit longer. And maybe try to tie up any loose ends around here to make sure we are ready!
Through all of this, Emma has been a trooper, first dealing with her stomach bug (which she finally kicked mid week) and then with a lot of changes with the new house, and mama being gone. Luckily, Grandma Waitt was still in town when I was checked in to the hospital, so she stayed longer and will be back again next week. Whew! Not sure how we would manage without her!
We'll keep you posted! I guess we are officially on baby(ies?) watch now, and it could be any time. Eeeps!
