On Sunday morning one of my doctors walked in my room with a machine and exclaimed, "I can't wait until Wednesday. Let's measure the fluid today!" Okaaayyy. I had a feeling everything was okay with the fluid so I didn't have any concerns about it, but if the doctor wanted to check then it was just fine with me. The doc found a lot more fluid surrounding Scarlett than when I was first admitted to the hospital. It was actually enough to be in normal range. They still wanted to see it increase a little more. I was also allowed to only be monitored 1 out of every 6 hours now. AWESOME. A lot less interruptions to my sleep. If everything continued to go the way it was going, we could possibly talk about when I could go home at my next check-up (today).
Unfortunately, my little stinkers had another plan in mind. On Monday night Scarlett's heart rate decelerated (dropped) for 5 minutes so I was put back on continuous monitoring for at least 24 hours. I slept poorly again that night and caught up on my sleep during naps all morning. On Tuesday evening Shayla's heart rate dropped for 3 minutes. There went my hope of getting off continuous monitoring before bedtime. I slept surprisingly well last night (with a little help from Ambien).
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| Missing my baby girl. |
This morning I left my room for the first time in week. My doctor checked the fluids again and it increased!! The fluid is now looking great and almost equal for both Scarlett and Shayla. My cervix was also measured -- it went from 2.9 last week to 2.2 cm today.
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| Apparently she only photographs on this side? |
There was no mention today of going home. I think we're in the clear regarding the fluid around the babies. After a long chat with my nurse practitioner, it doesn't seem like I'll be going home soon. The babies are too unpredictable with their heart rates and although my cervix could definitely be shorter, there's no way of telling at what length a person will go into labor (it varies from person to person). They want to keep me here so I'm close to doctors in case anything happens. Also, I'm unable to feel contractions at this point in my pregnancy. I haven't had consistent contractions, but I didn't notice the ones I did have.
It's sad to think I might not be home for Christmas. Every time I think about it the tears start falling. I have a good feeling that my babies will be healthy, but I have absolutely no idea when they will be here. I hope not too soon, but if so, at least we're at a good hospital with staff capable to care for them.
3 comments:
You are on a roller coaster!! But at least you're where you need to be...at least you're in a city with that kind of medical care and not out in some village of 1000 people and no hospital close to home! Let us know when we need to spring into action with Kinsey. If it's OK with you, I'm inclined at this point (and I have not checked with Georgia) to go ahead with the shower even if you're not there. That actually happened to me when our son came from VietNam. I was so sick I couldn't go, so they had it w/o me but sad thing, they didn't take any pictures! We can do that. But that's a detail we can deal with later. Still my congested cough--how can a person's body produce so much gunk!?!? I'm ready to dry up but it just isn't happening yet. Hope you get another good night's sleep.
Oh, honey! I'm so sorry...but I'm also so glad that the fluid levels are great! yay! yay! for that! Hopefully you can still find the joy in the holidays, even in the hospital. HUGE (((hugs)))
I'm so sorry that it doesn't look like you will be coming home soon. I wish so much that I could be there right now! Please know I am thinking of you and praying for you! But I am glad you are in a hospital with great doctors. Love you!
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