Babies at 34 Weeks + 3 Days - Mom at 42

Babies continue to do well - both scored 10/10 on their biophysicals and did great on their NSTs... even though mom had 6 contractions in that half hour. Doctor and I discussed sending me downstairs to Labor and Delivery (L&D) to stop the contractions with medicines. But, the contractions are still not causing any dialation/progression of labor, so he sent me home to hydrate and lay down to see if we could get them under control. That seemed to work - I still have contractions this a.m., but not quite so many. I am to go to L&D if they get back up to every 10 minutes. Doctor said as of Monday 35 weeks, depending on the babies, he would probably not stop labor. He said the goal is to get me to next week - hoping to avoid the process of having to stop labor before then. Of course, he also said it could be another week or two before these two make their appearance.

One change is that the babies are both head down now (for the first time I can remember) - which could mean no c-section. Not sure how I feel about that, so I'm not going to think about it until we go into labor and see what position they are in at that time. Kendall flips around all of the time and could easily be back to breech or transverse.

I'm pretty miserable. My stomach stretched from measuring 41 on Monday to 42 yesterday. It feels like it is burning - according to the NST nurses it looks "mad and angry." Sleep is certainly a thing of the past... one too many baby bones poking around to get comfortable. And now, I'm supposed to spend most of my time laying around and resting, while drinking lots of water. Life is limited to cat napping, reading, t.v, drinking and going to the bathroom. Definitely looking forward to the next phase in this journey!

Also, please pray for this family. The husband is a member of the Twins forum that I follow. His wife had their twins at 24.5 weeks while he was in Iraq. The military got him home, but their family can use the prayers and well wishes.