26w3d and counting...

I know I updated most of you on facebook but here is the full update!......yay!

After my appt. 2 weeks ago I started to have some cramping. It went away that night and I figured it was from the cervix exam that day. Well on Wed. I woke up feeling really yucky. Lucky me I had caught Nevy's cold. Nevy and I spent the day in bed watching Dora (like I didn't feel crappy enough I was tortured! lol). At about 5pm the cramps came back and I decided to take a bath.....not very relaxing when your 2 year old HAS to be in there with you lol. I have a waterbug for a toddler. They seemed to have stopped after about 30 mins. So we got out and I laid on the couch reading Nevy books until Jose got home at 7pm. Not long after he got home the cramps started yet again and this time my back was hurting. I figured another bath might be a good idea.....ALONE this time lol. I sat in there for 1.5hrs and they were just getting worse. So after my nice "talk" with the Dr. the day before about not calling in when something like that happened I decided to call and YAY she was the Dr. on call! Of course she was worried and wanted me in L&D right away. So off Nevy went next door and off to L&D we went.

I've been in the NEW Prentice Women's hospital before but just the NICU for Jose's cousin's baby. So yeah I was shocked that my L&D room looked like a huge hotel suite complete with flat screen TV, huge windows over looking the lake and anything you could think of! Even Jose was shocked that the huge window seat turned into a bed for him. Yes a bed! Not some weird chair bed like they use to have! Anyway....I was attached to the monitors and of course my babies can't behave! Since most of the cramps were low and in my back they weren't picking up much. After 20mins the Dr. came in and checked my cervix. She said it was still closed but seemed to have softened a little more. Since I had a cold she decided to rehydrate me and see if it helped. We were kept until about 2am when the cramps stopped. They babies did great the whole time. Kicking the monitor and staying active. So we got to go home. I had to go back in that Friday for a cervix re-check.

On Friday everything was fine. My cervix had not changed from the L&D trip and the babies looked great. My blood pressure on the other hand was a little high..... 130/100. I always get a little spike in my BP when I'm sick but since high BP with twins is common and can be serious she ran a blood panel and I left with instructions to take it easy all weekend. She now believes the high BP was from the cold med I was taking (safe in pregnancy but can cause high BP).

My blood panel came back fine (which I knew it would) but the only thing was I had borderline anemia. So I was told to start iron. The rest of the week went by fast without any more cramping. Had my normal Dr. appt yesterday. Baby A is 1lbs 12oz and Baby B is 1lbs 13oz. A is still breech and B is still sideways which means if A doesn't turn soon I'll be have a c-section.....poop! They measure on target with singles which is awesome! My cervix still hasn't changed which is even better news and my BP was 120/82! So all was great! We did get to see a great ultrasound view of the twins face to face touching each others cheeks. It was soooo cute! Well it was until baby B pushed baby A away lol.

My next appts. are Oct. 7th & 19th then they become weekly since I'll be 30 weeks and in the "gray zone" for delivery. 85% of twins come before 37 weeks (full term). The average is 34-36 weeks. Which puts us at "some time" in Nov. My guess is I'll be in the hospital for Thanksgiving since that is my 35th week and about the same time I had Nevy. Either way they will be here by Dec. 14th (38 weeks) since I can't go past then (not that I want to! My poor uterus will be measuring over 50 weeks by then! Can you imagine? Thats like going 2 months overdue with a single!).

Well thats it for now. We are getting so close to having these two and I can't wait! They are now at a 90% chance for survival if they come but of course with NICU time. We are pretty much done with buying everything and packing is almost finished.

Stay tuned as the drama unfolds.......lol

I passed!!

I'm in shock!


I just got a call from my high risk OB....


I PASSED my 3hr glucose test!


How this happened I have no idea!!


I failed really bad with Nevy. So bad my endo checked after my pregnancy to make sure I didn't have type 2 diabetes. I was diet controlled the whole pregnancy but right when I delivered at 35w5d my levels had gone up enough that I would have needed insulin if I didn't deliver in the next few days.

He was about 100% sure I would need insulin this time since logic says two placentas = two times the insulin resistance. We figured I would start the gestational diabetes (GD) diet early (I did at 12 weeks) and hope it would keep my levels down until about 30 weeks. He didn't think I could make it pass 30 weeks without insulin.

I skipped the 1hr test this time b/c I had failed so bad with Nevy I knew I would end up with the 3hr test. Guess I was wrong! My levels were awesome!!


Fasting- 85 (cut off is 100)
1hr- 153 (cut off 180)
2hr- 157 (cut off 160)
3hr- 126 (cut off 140)


I am very shocked my 1hr was so good. With Nevy it was 200. I guess those 40lbs I lost before getting pregnant paid off! I will keep following the GD diet just to make sure I dont develope it later in the pregnancy but I'm so happy I can keep eating small amounts of sugar lol!


So I guess the old saying of once a GD pregnancy always one doesn't apply to me!

24 weeks!

Well we made it to the 24 week mark and so far so good! I had my appt. today and the girls are doing wonderful. Baby A is still breech and Baby B is sideways.....as always lol! I had some cramping Sat. night that I "thought" was just braxton hicks since they went away after I took a bath but it turns out they were contractions. The outside of my cervix did thin a very small amount but nothing to worry about. The inside is still thick/long and I am closed. So it was just a little warning that it's time to slooooooow down. My last day of work is friday and we will be moving by my grandparents very soon since demo is about to start on the house before Oct. So I will be able to go on semi-bedrest if I need to.

I didn't get a growth scan this week but I'll have one at my next appt on 9/22. They should be around 2lbs each by then. My 3hr glucose test went well. I should have the results in the next two days. I hope I passed but since I had it with Nevy I doubt I will. Either way all that matters to me is nice BIG, healthy and at least 34 week twins!

Nevy has been sick with a cold this weekend. It's pretty bad she even lost her voice. My poor baby sounds like a frog when she talks. Once she gets over this cold we will all be going into CVS for our regular flu shots. Since I fall in the really high risk area I have to get a "swine flu" shot as well. Nevy and Jose will both have to get one too. So I'm trying to space the shots out as far as I can buy getting the flu shot early.

Well thats it for now. I'll update again when I know more. Thanks for sticking with us everyone. I know this pregnancy seems to be flying by (well for everyone but ME! lol) and I will try to keep you up to date on all that is going on.