23 weeks 6 days

The twinners, head to head, all on my left side :) A lot more of Baby B's head ended up in the picture than A's.

Baby B, best profile pic in a while. This baby likes to look at the camera which does not work out well for ultrasound pics.

Baby A.

Momma...23 weeks 5 days...on Mag, not feeling hot...not lookin so hot, but still preggers :)

The twinners and I on bed rest :)

Dave & I on bed rest...me with sleepy mag eyes.

Again we want to praise God!

This morning they rechecked my cervix by ultrasound and everything looks the same as what it did on Friday. My cervix is not thinning. According to Dr. S there is "no obvious dilatation" which he said means I could be slightly dilated but not to the point where we should be concerned about it at this point. This particular physician is not a fan of keeping moms on Mag if they are not in active labor because it does have some potentially harmful side effects. Therefore they stopped my Mag just before lunch today. I have mixed feelings about that. I am glad because I do not like how it makes me feel, on the other hand if it is keeping the twinners inside I would rather stay on it.

For now I am on Procardia 20mg every 4 hours and if I start to have regular contractions that cause cervical changes (thinning and dilation) they will put me back on the magnesium. We are trusting God that this is the right move to make and that things are going to remain stable.

Dr. S said what we do not know is if the mag made me "stable" or if I would have progressed to this point with or without medication. So right now he is taking the "watch & wait" approach. So we are praying that he gets to wait & watch me be pregnant for quite a while yet. Dr. S was very reassuring. My nurse was in here when he talked to me & when he left she said "wow, that was a very positive conversation." I like those conversations :)

On the ultrasound today Baby A measured 1lb 9oz (57th percentile) and B measured 1lb 8oz (52nd percentile). Baby A is now breech and B is transverse, but that seems to change almost daily :) The ultrasound pics above are from today.

We are going to play it by ear as to when they recheck my cervix again by ultrasound. If I want it Dr. S said he will do it, otherwise if I am stable he will probably hold off for a while. They will manually check to see if I am dilating more only if I start having regular contractions.Tomorrow is my test for Gestational Diabetes so pray that that goes well.

Continue to pray things remain stable and the twinners stay inside. We are continuing to trust that God will keep me pregnant until He feels it is safe for the twinners to be born. I will let you know when I am ready for visitors again. Right now I would like to take it easy and see how things go off the Mag. I do not want to overdo it :)

A big thank you to all my friends at HPA & MPH for the flowers. They are gorgeous & smell really pretty :)