Back in the hospital

Yesterday afternoon I was re-admitted to the hospital. I had an OB appointment yesterday morning. It seemed to go okay although I was monitored for contractions and it was picking a few up. Nivens didn't seem too concerned about them alone because at that point everything else seemed to be going well. The babies heart rates etc. all looked good.

I did have a glucose test and a FFN (the test that detects whether delivery will occur in the next 2 weeks). I don't have the results from the glucose test yet, but I got a call from Nivens yesterday afternoon with the results from the FFN and unfortunately, it came back positive. She told me this test isn't as accurate (maybe 40)when it reads positive as it is when it reads negative (maybe 99%). We are hoping the test is wrong and that the babies will stay put for a while.

After getting those results, Koster wanted to see me for a cervical check and my cervix has shortened quite a bit (for me that is). My cervix is still considered long, but for me, it is short because my cervix has consistently been very long. My doctors aren't concerned that it is too short, they are more concerned by how much it has changed in the past week. Koster thinks the fluid around the babies might be partly to blame for the shortening cervix because of the added weight it brings. She says they have good fluid, not too much, but this may be part of the cause. We were told I would be admitted, which we somewhat wanted to do anyway just to have close monitoring.

I got settled in and they immediately started monitoring my contractions. They were pretty frequent, so they gave me more procardia. I had my first steroid shot last night. This is to help speed up the babies lung development in the event they are born in the near future. My contractions really hadn't slowed down after several hours of monitoring, so they were going to give me tributilene (sp)but my heart rate was too high so they didn't give it to me. Some time in the middle of the night my contractions slowed enough to take me off the monitor and not need to go the next step of taking tributilene.

It is Tuesday morning now and not much has happened yet except I had my 2nd and final round of the steroid shot. They haven't been in yet to monitor the contractions or the babies and I haven't seen my doctors yet, so I don't know much as far as where everything currently stands. I will try to update you tonight and give you daily updates.

We appreciate all your thoughts and prayers, emails and phone calls. Please continue to pray that these babies will stay put for a while longer and that everything will go smoothly.