27 Weeks Update
Week 27 sonogram of Baby B Our OB visit this week went great! She congratulated us to making it 27 weeks, which is a huge mile-marker for risk of complications, and she increased our doc visits to...
View ArticleProject Nursery: Ready, Aim, Fire!
Planning a twin nursery is quite a challenge when you are on best rest. I can assuredly say with some creativity, it is possible. Armed with my trusty laptop, a wifi connection, and my sweet friends...
View ArticleThe Diary of Wimpy Cervix
The good news: At 29 weeks, our girls looked great. The bad news: My cervix measured at 1.8 cm (a healthy cervix is 4cm+). My sonogram technician called it “a wimpy cervix.” Well my wimpy cervix was...
View ArticleThe Big Gun: Magnesium Sulfate
OB office visit – 1.4 cm cervix. Admission to labor & delivery. 30 secs before hot flashes began. 30 weeks update. At my Monday follow-up (29 weeks, 4 days) my cervix dropped from 1.8 cm to 1.4 cm....
View Article33 Weeks Update
My cervix remains closed, but the best news my OB gave me is that I no longer have to do home monitoring. Yay! Essentially, my last weapon for pre-labor was Terbutaline, but unfortunately I had a bad...
View ArticleThe Big Day is Scheduled!
Today is 34 weeks and 4 days! We are scheduled for a c-section this Wednesday morning, December 14. Our babies’ estimated weights are 4 lbs, 2 oz and 4 lbs, 14 oz. That puts Baby A’s weight on the...
View ArticleI Was That Big?
How quickly I forgot how big I was before giving birth to Kaitlyn and Ava on Dec. 13. I gained 40% of my pre-preggo weight, so my talented friend Lindsay Vallas came to our home to document our...
View ArticleProject Nursery: The Finish Line
Our nursery is complete. This cozy room is a calm tranquil haven, but it’s not overpowered by pinkiness. Of course now that the girls are here, I kind of like pink. For this room, I focus on a grey...
View ArticleMiracle Baby. Praying for Your Unborn Twins, Week 28
My dear friend’s baby is 28 weeks old today. He’s a miracle baby, born early at 25 weeks due to preeclampsia. He’s close to 2 pounds, and that’s reason to celebrate! It’s amazing that today’s...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
photo credit: alanadonovanphotography.com One year ago today, I was 32 weeks pregnant, on bed rest, and praying that our twin girls would stay in the womb for just a few more weeks. Today I’m thankful...
View ArticleMy Bed Rest Journey
I went into prelabor with twins at 21 weeks. I endured a spectrum of treatments from strict bed rest, procardia, terbutaline, indocin, corticosteroids, to the (gulp) 24 hour mag treatment, and home...
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