27!!

Whoa, 27 weeks!! This last week was a bit of an emotional one, and pretty eventful!! I felt off for a few days, just more emotional than usual, and really sore and tired. Wednesday morning I was working from home and felt a lot of pressure again, so I called Tom. He told me to call the DR and he would start heading home from work. I called the the clinic and they said to come in right away. So, Tom arrived and we headed back to the hospital.

Got checked into triage and they knew we were coming so they were ready for us. I explained the pressure I was having and they hooked me and the babies up to some monitors. Turns out, I was having contractions but not knowing it. They asked me some other questions and did a test to see if my water had broken, luckily it had not. We were hoping it would be a quick in and out check, but then the DR came in and decided to check my cervix. Luckily she did, as we found out I am dilated 1 cm, which Tom and I both knew that meant we would be staying. The change from two weeks ago where I was not dilated, I was 26 weeks and 3 days along combined with the fact that I was not feeling contractions made them think there was enough of a risk to admit me. Sigh. I am so thankful for my dr's and trust them 100%, but I was a little frustrated. It's not fun to be in the hospital obviously and I am just kind of struggling now with feeling as if I have no control over this pregnancy and feeling left out of what others get to experience. I am huge, I am so uncomfortable and experiencing things that most women dont have to deal with till way closer to the end of pregnancy. I don't get to go on fun dates with my husband, have missed almost all of our holiday events and my birthday.... I had a bit of a pity party, and I dont think hormones helped ;)

Anyways- got to the hospital room and got settled in, they decided they would do another round of the steroids for babies lung development. This would be my second round, and they can only do two, so that  made me kind of nervous.  They also gave me nifedepine to stop contractions, I took every 6 hours every 48 hours. The babies were also monitored twice a day for 2 hours or so and they always look great. They are big movers and shakers in there! I am so thankful that they seem to be developing well and on target for triplets. 

While in the hospital the dr's weren't able to tell me when anything could or would happen, which is frustrating. We have so many questions and there really are no answers other than my body will tell me when something is happening. ahhh. When?! I am really trying to be patient and just trust but it is definitely something I struggle with daily. 

Anyways, aside from Wed my stay at the hospital was pretty uneventful, and I was able to be released Saturday afternoon. I am home now, back to the same routine of bed rest. Tom is being pretty overprotective of me, haha. He leaves me with a list of all the things I am not allowed to do :) 

The house is coming along really nicely, too, we have the nursery set up and the extra bedroom we will use as a changing room is looking great as well. We are ready for these babies BUT don't want to meet them quite yet! 28 weeks is our big goal right now, if we can just make it there we'd be in a good place, it would still be a long road in the NICU and unknown possible challenges, but the drs seem to think that is an attainable goal for us now. Still just continuing to take things day by day and hoping for the best!!

Xo,