good luck to you! enjoy the rest and the waiting on you that they will do in the hospital - you and your lil ladies will be in great hands(if you have to go)!
Ladies....I am going to be leaving you all for a while Sorry!!!
September 10, 2008
Yesterday i went to the Dr and was dilated 1 cm and my cervix was a 1.8 down from 2.6 last week. So think babies are trying to tell us something. The Dr is giving me two more days until i have to go back on thursday to see if i am dilated anymore..If so then i will be in the hospital until 37 weeks or until i deliver if they come before 37 weeks..at 37 weeks i will have the scheduled c section if i can make it..which is 5 more weeks from now..She said that my babies lungs are most likely matured because of the steroid injections that i had 3 weeks ago but she said that we want to go at least to 34 weeks to make sure..I will miss you all but will be back very soon..take care...
Oh i am 32 weeks and 4 days and they are estimating babies right at 4 pounds if not a little bigger..Dr will do growth next week i think since they do it every 4 weeks and it wasnot quite 4 weeks from the last scan..take care all..
Oh i am 32 weeks and 4 days and they are estimating babies right at 4 pounds if not a little bigger..Dr will do growth next week i think since they do it every 4 weeks and it wasnot quite 4 weeks from the last scan..take care all..
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Summer!!! Good luck sweetie! I hope all goes well with you and those little ones will be able to stay in there another few weeks. I will be saying prayers and sending thoughts to the 3 of you! You are doing a great job with these babies and they will thank you one day! can't wait until the pics come! hugs hugs and more hugs!
Summer, Best wishes to you and your little ones. I was on bedrest for a little over 5 weeks with hospital bedrest as almost 3 of those weeks. Here are some tips to help get through it because it can be long and boring if you let it.
- Take snacks (the hospital food gets old) I had boxes of cereal, granola bars, yogurts and fresh fruit. I had a dorm room size refridge in my room.
- If you have a portable DVD player...take it. The cable channels are limited at the hospital. I had my hubby rent me DVD's 5 at a time. Any portable hand held games are great like solitaire or poker. I also took books to read and a word search book. Hubby brought me magazines like every week.
- My bedrest was super strict. I had to be in bed the entire time and was only allowed to be up to use the bathroom and take a 20 min. shower once per day. It's nice to have a table top mirror that sits up on its own to put on your tray. I had to do all grooming in bed. So it as nice to be able to fix my hair and sometimes I put makeup on when I knew I was getting visitors.
Some other info to prepare you....the nurses come in like 3 to 4 times per day to take you vitals. Food service comes 2 times per day. Since you will be on bedrest they want to make sure you don't get blood clots. They will put these massage wraps on your legs to keep the blood flowing and they sent a physical therapist in show me exercises I could do in the bed. Oh and a massage therapist came in once per week and gave me a massage.
Sounds like a hotel right? LOL...not really. Hope some of this info helps!
- Take snacks (the hospital food gets old) I had boxes of cereal, granola bars, yogurts and fresh fruit. I had a dorm room size refridge in my room.
- If you have a portable DVD player...take it. The cable channels are limited at the hospital. I had my hubby rent me DVD's 5 at a time. Any portable hand held games are great like solitaire or poker. I also took books to read and a word search book. Hubby brought me magazines like every week.
- My bedrest was super strict. I had to be in bed the entire time and was only allowed to be up to use the bathroom and take a 20 min. shower once per day. It's nice to have a table top mirror that sits up on its own to put on your tray. I had to do all grooming in bed. So it as nice to be able to fix my hair and sometimes I put makeup on when I knew I was getting visitors.
Some other info to prepare you....the nurses come in like 3 to 4 times per day to take you vitals. Food service comes 2 times per day. Since you will be on bedrest they want to make sure you don't get blood clots. They will put these massage wraps on your legs to keep the blood flowing and they sent a physical therapist in show me exercises I could do in the bed. Oh and a massage therapist came in once per week and gave me a massage.
Sounds like a hotel right? LOL...not really. Hope some of this info helps!
Summer, i'm sorry that you will have to go into the hospital. it looks like the ladies here covered all the things you'll need while you're there. you poor thing!
i wish i could give you a hug. i know you'll be taken care of very well by your fiance and the hospital staff. and pretty soon you're going to have your babies in your arms!! we were so neck in neck w/ finding out about our pregnancies and stuff... i can't believe how far we've come. i'll miss you not being on FT, but i will be thinking about you and the babies!!! lots of love to you.
i wish i could give you a hug. i know you'll be taken care of very well by your fiance and the hospital staff. and pretty soon you're going to have your babies in your arms!! we were so neck in neck w/ finding out about our pregnancies and stuff... i can't believe how far we've come. i'll miss you not being on FT, but i will be thinking about you and the babies!!! lots of love to you.
you ladies are so sweet...You all made my cry..LOL..well i was reading the packet that they gave me las time i was there..they have a library of dvd's and magazines and books..also in my room here was a dvd and vcr player..so that is good.and they also have lap tops with wireless service..butit say that they are limited..to share with all the bed rest people..so that is good..also they keep healthy choice meals on stock and they can pre order all my meals to what i want instead of the regular food since i will be on a regular diet..also they can preorder snacks from the cafeteria to whatever i want...so it may not be that bad...i am getting soi nervous..i want to get to 34 weeks with the little ladies but really 37 like the dr said..
hopefully things have not changed that much when i go tomorrow and maybe she will let me go home..i feel not different..so maybe it is still the same..i am praying for that and praying for all you ladies..
love you all
hopefully things have not changed that much when i go tomorrow and maybe she will let me go home..i feel not different..so maybe it is still the same..i am praying for that and praying for all you ladies..
love you all
Wow Summer, it sounds like we are in a similar boat. I went to see the doctor today and I am 1 cm dilated and 75% effaced. Doctor told me that she hopes I can make it one more week. Funny thing is though once you hit 32 weeks at my hospital they let the babies come. She didnt put me on bed rest or anything just told me to watch for signs and to take it easy. One baby is 3.5 pounds the other is 4 pounds. I hope your little girls stay in there for a little while yet. I'll be thinking of you!!! ((HUGS))
Hi Ladies I have such good news I am so happy..I cried in the Dr's office all day..LOL..well since i dilated I begged the doc to give me two days to see if my cervix would iprove and it did..I went in today and cervix is measuring 3.6 cm and she said that my cervix is almost closed back up..she said it is still soft though and that i need to continue the strick bed rest..Well what made this happen..I went to my moms house and i was sitting in her recliner instead of laying on the couch and that put to much pressure on the cervix..so will not do that again.
She says that she wants me to go to 37 weeks and that she wants the babies to go home with me so she will continue to stop my labor up until 34 weeks which is just a little over a week from now..but if i do not go before 34 weeks that will be great..the babies are estimating at 4 pounds so that is great..and i ganed 2 pounds since my visit on tuesday..
I was wondering how can the cervix go back to normal like that..and she said well if you do not put pressure on it that it will thicke back up and she said that when you put pressure on it it thins out(shotens, effacment, or whatever you wnat to call it) and then once it thins out you will start to dilated..but when it thickens back up the cervix will close back up and toughen up..she said she is excited at how responsive my cervix is..at 29 weeks i started to shorten my cervix and it gor soft really soft and she put me in the hospital and then it toughen right back up once i was in that bed for those three days..
Thanks you ladies so much for all your support it really made a difference in my life and gave me the courage to stay in that bed so that my little ones can continue to thrive..you ladies are just the best...
She says that she wants me to go to 37 weeks and that she wants the babies to go home with me so she will continue to stop my labor up until 34 weeks which is just a little over a week from now..but if i do not go before 34 weeks that will be great..the babies are estimating at 4 pounds so that is great..and i ganed 2 pounds since my visit on tuesday..
I was wondering how can the cervix go back to normal like that..and she said well if you do not put pressure on it that it will thicke back up and she said that when you put pressure on it it thins out(shotens, effacment, or whatever you wnat to call it) and then once it thins out you will start to dilated..but when it thickens back up the cervix will close back up and toughen up..she said she is excited at how responsive my cervix is..at 29 weeks i started to shorten my cervix and it gor soft really soft and she put me in the hospital and then it toughen right back up once i was in that bed for those three days..
Thanks you ladies so much for all your support it really made a difference in my life and gave me the courage to stay in that bed so that my little ones can continue to thrive..you ladies are just the best...
Wow Summer! that is fantastic news, you and your fiance' must be thrilled about it!
does the lying down v. sitting in recliner really make a huge difference? isn't it hard to just literally lay down all day? i try my best to stay off my feet, but it's like torture (of course, i know that is what you have to do), but i feel for you.
how many pounds have you gained total so far? the girls seem to have grown nicely, no? i thought babies were smaller at 33 weeks, but then again, i'm not really sure. :-)
i'm so glad you're doing better!!!
tons of love to you and the babies.
does the lying down v. sitting in recliner really make a huge difference? isn't it hard to just literally lay down all day? i try my best to stay off my feet, but it's like torture (of course, i know that is what you have to do), but i feel for you.
how many pounds have you gained total so far? the girls seem to have grown nicely, no? i thought babies were smaller at 33 weeks, but then again, i'm not really sure. :-)
i'm so glad you're doing better!!!
tons of love to you and the babies.
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