28 weeks! Now I can breathe. Mortality rates at 28 weeks are almost nothing.
I woke up Sunday morning contracting every 5 minutes for over 2 hours. I went into the hospital where Caroline's heart rate was showing some mild variables...this bought me an IV, NPO status, and an overnight stay. Contractions became very under control with some Procardia which I now take every 8 hours. Procardia is actually a BP medicine used off label for preterm laborious. The other reason I stayed the night was to make sure my BP didn't drop too much. In fact, they cut the dose in half during the night because of low BP.
Since Ive been released,Ive seen the high risk OB who delivered the twins. She did a through ultrasound looking at the chord to make sure there was no entangling. Dopplers were done that proved good blood flow. Caroline passed a BPP with 10/10. I also talked ultrasound tech into turning the ultrasound machine to 3D and 4D. It was very cool. Caroline has my mouth and I could see the dimple in her chin. I would post the pic but its too much effort to scan it into the computer.
The plan from here on out is to continue to stay off my feet as much possible. Procardia every 8 hours. Weekly ultrasounds and twice weekly NST.
I'm off work now until July. Don't worry, I still get to go into the office twice a week to see my friends. I plan on coasting through the next month.
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