Did I Say "Steady"?

Well obviously things aren't/weren't quite as steady as I thought in my last post....

Because I'm writing this update from the hospital. AGAIN.

We had our routine doctor's appointment this past Monday. And, truth be told, I did think that something may be up because for about 3 days prior to that I had been feeling a little less than great. But I didn't think it was going to be quite as dramatic as it turned out to be.

Basically as soon as the ultrasound showed how thin my cervix was, I was told not to go back to the waiting room and to just lay down until the doctor came in. And a little bit later she walked in, handed Jason some paperwork, and said to head straight to the hospital.

In the process of getting admitted into a room I started to get pretty uncomfortable. And by the time I was in a hospital bed and on a fetal monitor, the uncomfortable feelings became painful. The monitor showed that I was having contractions every 1-2 minutes and dilated to 1 cm. I was started on Magnesium to stop the contractions. (Which is a MISERABLE medication, but thankfully it did what it was supposed to).

It wasn't until the next day that they told us that the contractions didn't slow down until about 11:30pm that night. We really didn't realize how close we were to meeting our girls that day! But we're SO, SO thankful that they stayed put!

So Monday and Tuesday were very long days/nights of feeling horrible from all the medication and having every extremity hooked up to something. But I'm back to "normal" now :) I feel really good and am only having a few contractions a day. BUT I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. At best, it looks like Kennestone Hospital is my new home for at least 2 weeks... They may reconsider letting me go home if I can get to 30 weeks.

I'm really hoping and praying for that.... The chance to (eventually) go home and still keep these girls safe and healthy and growing. But I also do know that this is the best place for me to be right now. As hard as it is, (so hard that i can't even really think about it) I'm very grateful to know that the twins and me are being very cautiously taken care of.

Im trying to focus on the MANY, MANY things I have to be thankful for right now:

healthy babies, feeling better, a husband who has loved me and taken care of me & his family better than I could've ever dreamed of, a family that doesn't hesitate for one second to go over & beyond to help us in every single way; as well as show us true love & concern in all they do, friends that have given us more encouragement than they'll ever know.... And the cutest, sweetest little girl who comes to sit in bed with me and watch movies, color, & play games each day!