I need to remember some spice....

Well I decided today to pack a just in case overnight bag to leave in my car for those unexpected hospital admissions. And I will make sure to sneak in some sort of Mrs. Dash or some type of seasoning to liven up that bland hospital food.

Well as you may have guessed I had another brief stay in the hospital. I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions fairly often for weeks now which is very common for twins. But the other night I woke up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain in my lower abdomen and was having a number of contractions. By morning the sharp pain had dulled out but I called the nurse anyway to report my symptoms and she said it was likely just gas and to try a warm bath, some tums and it should all be fine. But by 3pm it still wasn't gone and I was having dull pain in my lower back and the contractions were still fairly constant. So another call to the nurse, a different more friendly one this , I was called into the hospital for evaluation. The monitors determined I had a "irritated uterus". They were about to ship me out the door to just take it easy when they checked the fetal fibronectin test and it came back positive. That test means you have a 25% chance of giving birth in the next 2 weeks. So as to not take any chances I was admitted and given a round of steroids to mature the babies lungs just in case. I did have some more painful contractions start and they gave me some drugs to slow those down. They did an ultrasound and the babies look really great. They were around 3.5lbs each at just under 28 weeks which is great. The other thing they did was measure my cervical length and it was 2.1 cm which was not great but not horrible. If it had been under 2 they would have made me stay in the hospital but I managed to just make the grade and was discharged the next day. I am on bed rest until Tuesday when I have my next appointment and they determine what I can an can't do and make sure nothing more is progressing. I would really like to make it to at least 34 weeks when pre-term babies tend to do really well but even at the size they are now they could still do quite well. So I am hoping for the best and am hanging out on the couch while Greyson babies me. I am not sure how this will all work out with work and using up all my sick leave early but at least I have great insurance that we have really been putting to the test this year. So bottom line is things are alright at the moment and I could still go full term.

What else... My mother and grandma far-away are coming up for Mother's day. We were going to go to a mother's day brunch but now they will have to settle for hanging out at the house and maybe getting some good pinochle games in. I just need to get Greyson to set up the living room so I can play cards from the couch. Jenn is also going to stop by tomorrow and we are going to do some online shopping for baby supplies that I am still needing. We were going to head over to babies 'r us but I think shopping trips will not be in my future.

I hope everyone has a great mother's day. We have a family full of great women who deserve all the credit we can give them.

-Melanie