33 WEEKS

Well I've made it to 33 weeks. YAY!! Yesterday was a really bad day. At about 11:30 am the nurse came into check my blood pressure and it was high. She waited a little while and checked it again and it was still high and it kept getting higher. I had several runs of having high blood pressure so they wheeled me down to labor and delivery to get hooked back up on the magnesium and to have some blood work done to see if I was headed in the direction of having Preclampsia. At this point we were under the impression that we might have babies in about one hour if my blood pressure didn't calm donw. As soon as I got down to L&D and was hooked up to the Mag, my blood pressure starting going down. My blood work came back fine. Then I had a bad spell of contractions that were pretty bad. I finally got some pain medicine and everything settled down for the night. This morning they took me off the Mag and started me back on the Procardia (a pill). Everything seems to be stable right now. So maybe I'll get through another week. I'm still in LDR #2, but hopefully will get moved back to another room on the Perinatal floor either tonight or tomorrow.

32 Weeks and 4 Days

Well my doc came by this morning with the results of the Fetal Fibornectin test. And the test came back positive which means I am highly likely to deliver early which we all pretty much knew that, but with a positive result that means that both docs want me to stay in the hospital. So the plan for now is that I will be in the hospital until Monday the 24th and then we will reevaluate everything on Monday. I will be getting another U/S on the babies to reevaluate the babies weight. Another factor that played a big part in whether to go home or not was the fact that I don't really go 24 hours without having a flare up with these contractions so therefore if Iwas at home I would be calling the doc everyday about something therefore it is better for me to just stay in the hospital and be monitored here, plus I'm doing nothing but resting and eating which is what me and the babies need most right now. Oh and I've got a poster up in my room that has a calendar on it and everybody is predicting when they think the babies will get here. They calendar goes from now until Christmas Day. So if you want your name on the calendar just send me your date. There will be a prize, but we don't know what yet. Unless the babies come this weekend, I'll post on Monday after my visit with the doc and hopefully my U/S.

32 Weeks and 3 Days

I've made it another week!! YAY!!! I am still in the hospital though, but might be going home tomorrow. My doc did a test called Fetal Fibronectin on me last night. We should have the results tonight. But this test is suppose to show how likely I am to deliver these boys early. This test will give my doc a better idea of what I need to do as far as staying in the hospitall goes. Right now I am still contracting, but we have deteremined that I'm always going to contract. My contractions right now are not making my cervix change which is a good thing. If I go home I will continue to take medicine for the contractions. I am currently taking Procardia and Terbutaline as needed for the contractions. As long as the contractions are not getting more intense then I am fine. It has been a long week, but at least if something was going to happen last weekend we have prevented it and these boys are getting more days inside so they will be stronger when they come out. Plus the boys got the steroid shot for their lungs just in case they did come early. So everything is looking much better and we are hoping to go at least two more weeks. As soon as I here from the test results, I will get a post up. Sorry, it has taken me so long to post, but it has been a crazy week.

31 Weeks and 3 Days

I had another appointment today. It started at 1:30pm with a Non Stress Test. Everything looked good and the babies did fine, but the test did show that I was having like 10 contractions an hour. I then went up for an U/S. Baby A weighed 3 pounds and 10 ounces and Baby B weighed 3 pounds and 12 ounces. They aren't far from being 4 pounders. So after that I met with my doc and she checked me and I was a finger tip dilated and 50% effaced, so that meant I was being admitted for monitoring. So I am currently at Brookwood Hospital and will more than likely be here until these babies are born. They've given me the steroid to help with the babies lungs and are giving me meds to help with the contractions. So far the contractions are down to like every 20 minutes apart. So please keep us in your prayers and I will try to keep you all posted on what's going on.

30 WEEKS AND 5 DAYS PREGNANT

So today I had another appointment. I met with Dr. Brown this time. She made me feel so much better about these contractions. She checked me out and everything looked great! I am suppose to continue taking the terbutaline. I told her that I'm still having contractions and she said that that was normal for some people especially when carrying twins and that the contractions more than likely would not go away. The medicine was to keep me out of the hospital. I go back next Wednesday the 12th for a non stress test at 1:30, U/S at 2:30 and then my appointment with Dr. Favor at 3pm. She said they don't do stress test on the babies, but if something strange shows up on the non stress test then that would be a sign that they would need to take the babies. I believe I will be getting these once a week from now on. These past two weeks of rest were really good for me, but I'm feeling okay now so I'm going to go back to work next week, but only to work for about 4 hours a day. My goal is to work some at least until December 1st. So keep me and these babies in your prayers and I will let you all know what happens at my next appointment.

THE SHOWER GIVEN BY OUR FRIENDS..

Sorry for the late post, but I just got these pictures from my mom this past weekend. Anyways....our closest friends hosted us a baby shower on October 17th which was the Friday that I was in the hospital. It was a crazy day. I couldn't believe that I almost missed my own shower. But everything worked out great by the end of the night. Our friends held us a co-ed shower at The Preserver in Hoover. Everything was perfect and everyone had so much fun. The food was delicious and the cake was precious. We played games, opened gifts, and got to visit with people that we don't see that much anymore. Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics.

I let Daddy-to-Be open most of the gifts.

This toy was given to us by Big Brother Brady.

The twins weren't the only ones that got gifts that night. Brady got a shirt from Daddy and Kristy that said "Big Brother" and then Grandmommy gave Brady a Nintendo DS for already being such a Big Brother to the Boys.

We got our Pack-N-Play from the Potter's. THANK YOU!! I know we are certainly going to enjoy it especially since we are always on the go.

Grandmommy gave the Boys there very first Saltwater Fish outfit. HOW CUTE!

Just a pic of Mommy and Daddy opening more gifts.

The Boys each got their very own Alabama stroller. These were given to us by Granny Page and Pappa Brad. The boys are so lucky to have them as Grandparents. We Love You!

I mentioned that we played several games, well in this pic me and my sis are trying to figure out what type of chocolate candy bar was melted in this diaper. It was a fun game and there were plenty of laughs.

Ginny had a blast playing with the kids.

Me, My Grandmother Quinn, and My Niece Victoria!

All the host and hostesses gave us this Awesome Diaper Cake. It was filled with all kind of goodies and was made from 280 diapers. Jane did a great job in making it for us.

Brady really got into the Diaper Game!

The guys got to participate in their own game. Instead of chugging a beer from a can they had to chug a beer from a baby bottle. It was rather hilarious. David won, but he also cheated in a way. He cut the nipple off with his pocket knife, so then we thought that Ken won but later found out that he bit the end of his nipple off. It was funny watching the guys try to chug a baby bottle.

This was the Cake. The theme of the party was "Two Peas in a Pod". The girls did a great job in putting everything together. It was all so cute!

The HOSTESSES:

Maggie Dixon, Jane Dunne, Allison Barton, Sara Chandler,

Christen Ballard, and Ann Bradford Sturgis

THE BOYS ROOM....

The Boys' Room are basically done. We've still got some washing to do and get all the clutter out, but other than that their rooms are ready for their arrival.

This of course is Quinn's bed.

I painted this picture for their room.
I thought they needed a cute little saying in their room.

This of course is their changing area. The wreaths under the white shelves were made for us for out baby shower that our friends gave us. (pics from that shower to come later) The wreaths are made out of diapers and wash clothes.

And this is Kaden's bed. I sure hope the boys like their rooms!