Today marks 1 year since I started this blog! I cant believe 1 year ago I was introducing ya'll to our fertility journey and our upcoming IVF journey and today I am blogging about my 23'd week of pregnancy with 2 babies! The blog has had over 50,000 hits so I appreciate everyone who has been reading and following our journey! What a blessing to share this story of God's faithfulness.
So yesterday I was 23 weeks and boy did the day start off with a scary situation. We had our first "labor" scare. I had been having these "pains" that were taking place in the middle of my abdomen in between my pelvis and belly button starting Tuesday night. At first, I thought they were round ligament pains that are very common at this stage in pregnancy and dismissed them. Yesterday morning I woke up and was getting ready to go to work and I kept having them and they were coming pretty frequently. I didn't think they were contractions because I was feeling my belly and didn't feel like it was getting hard and the pains weren't lasting long, just a few seconds. Once I was at work and they kept coming I figured I should probably call the nurse at the doctors office and just see what they think they might be. I left a message and they got back with me pretty quick. The nurse told me I needed to come on over and get this checked out so I got there at 10:20am. My blood pressure was good which I was happy about cause I thought it would be high cause I was sooooo nervous! I really thought the nurse was going to tell me to take some Tylenol and put my feet up so when she told me to come right over, it sent me into freak out mode! We got an ultrasound and both babies looked great, fluids levels were great, and cervix was closed on ultrasound. I saw Dr. Pryzbysz yesterday cause she was the doctor on call and she was great! I explained to her what had been going on and she wanted to "check me" down there. Oh joy! My cervix was closed via exam but she said it was soft. I was initially concerned that my cervix was already soft but she emphasized that it being soft had no bearings on whether or not I would go into labor early. She said the important thing is that it is closed! She said based on my urine sample it looked like I probably have a bladder infection and I also had a yeast infection. I mean, really??? She wanted to send me down to L&D to monitor me to make sure these pains I was having weren't contractions. So I went down and they hooked me up to a monitor. Both babies behaved well and looked great on the monitor, they were super active the whole time. I did have some very small contractions but it was mostly "uterine irritability". They went ahead and gave me a shot of brethine (a medicine to relax the uterine muscle) to see if it would stop the pains I was having. It made me feel soooo weird! If you have ever had it, you know, heart racing and very shaky!
This was getting my first shot of the med. I got another dose of the brethine 30 minutes later cause I still had some of those pains. After the second dose I didn't have hardly any of those pains. The doctor came in and said she felt like this was all related to the bladder and yeast infections and gave me a prescription for both and said this should take those pains away. They sent me home and told me to drink lots of fluids and rest. Shout out to Erica Bradberry in the birth suites for taking great care of me and keeping me calm! Even though I wasn't in labor, it was still very scary and nerve racking and a wake up call to take it even easier! I haven't had any of those pains since after starting the meds yesterday so Praise the Lord he was watching out for me and the babies yesterday! If I hadn't listened to my body, the infections could have sent me into labor!
Today, we had fetal echocardiograms done with the maternal-fetal doctor at UAB. After they did my target ultrasound 5 weeks ago, they wanted us to come back to have these done because IVF babies are at risk for cardiac defects. Both babies hearts were perfect and there were no abnormalities! Thank you Jesus!!!! They also measured them both and both weighing in at 1 lb 7 oz. They released me from UAB and said to just keep growing these perfect babies!! Answered Prayer!!!
How big are the babies this week? According to todays ultrasound, they are both 1 lb 7oz! According to the pregnancy apps they are 1.2 pounds and the size of a papaya.
What are the babies up to this week? I can tell you both babies are extremely active now and its so awesome to see their kicks and feel them all the time. The blood vessels in their lungs that will allow them to breathe on their own once they are born are under construction. Their faces are fully formed now, just waiting for the fat to fill them out!
Maternity clothes? YES
Stretch Marks? Still none yet. Not sure how much longer that will last!
Sleep? Well, some nights are terrible and some are good. The hip and back pain that comes with sleeping has gotten rough and I imagine will only get worse. I sleep with 2 body pillows and 2 regular pillows now. Keith has learned to embrace all the pillows! haha :)
Cravings? Well this week I indulged in my craving for Mexican cheese dip. I also have been craving Gobstoppers candy and those are just soooo good. I tend to be cravings sweets right now which is not good since my gestational diabetes test is a week from today. I did say no to the powdered donuts at the store today!
Swelling? none so far
Miss anything? Cant say I miss anything!
Signs of labor? Even though I had my first "labor" scare, it was not labor, so nope!
Looking forward to? Honestly Im looking forward to getting the gestational diabetes test over with so ill say that! I hope I pass cause I am so going to get a hot krispy kreme donut with a big glass of milk if I do! :)
Praying specifically for? To be able to carry the twins to 37 weeks or November 19th!! To be able to make it to 30 weeks for working and not have anymore "labor" scares!
We are just so grateful God has got this and is carrying us in His hands throughout this entire journey. Alyssa and Garrett and already 2 of the most prayed for babies I know! We feel so blessed and thankful that God has chosen us to be their parents and we know GOD IS SOOOO GOOD!
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