Wednesday, October 28, 2009

24 weeks 1 day

Well today has been a bit of a rollercoaster. Dr. E digitally checked my cervix this morning and said I was dilated to a 3 and she could feel the bag of water bulging into my cervix. So I was immediately moved to the labor & delivery floor where they restarted the Mag. I tolerated the bolus better this time, no puking :) They had me on the monitor & I was showing quite a bit of irritability as well as contractions. These contractions were stronger than ones I had had before & a bit uncomfortable. After being on mag for a while the irritability & contractions were calming down. Then Dr.S decided to see if I would tolerate turning down my mag to 1 gram an hour instead of 2. Well, not so much. The irritability & contractions came back. So I am back up to 2 grams an hour of mag. I am still having some contractions, but they are pretty spread out & not as intense. Dr. F has rechecked my cervix twice and he said it is a 2-3, still pretty long, and he cannot feel any bulging of the bag of water. So they are planning to keep me on the labor& delivery floor for sure overnight so they can monitor the babies & I more often. If things remain stable it sounds like I might head back to the OB special care floor tomorrow.

Needless to say Dave & I were both scared. The doctors were very reassuring which helped. We are continuing to pray that God bless the twinners with many more days in utero. And like Dave said "Don't forget our motto, God is in control." Please keep the prayers coming.

8 comments:

  1. On my knees for you all .. much love and blessings

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  2. Been praying for you with the updates from church -- may God surround you all with calm feelings (and that you don't get sick from the Mag!) and that the babies continue their healthy growth!

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  3. tons of thoughts and prayers on your behalf! we tried calling you from work today so a few of us could say "hi".we pray u can go back to the ob special care and stay out of l&d for a long time!thanks for the update, i like your motto :) love and prayers

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  4. Abi and Dave,
    We are praying for all of you. We will pray for the twinners to wait a little longer to meet their amazing parents, and strength for you both.
    It is the hardest thing to lean on God in this situation, but He really is in control. He has you and your family in his strong mighty hands.
    One of the times I was on the 2nd floor, in the midst of being loopy on mag a song came to me. Apparently I started singing it outloud-I don't remember.
    ---Be still and know that I am God.---

    We celebrate one more day... 24 and 1!

    Praying constantly,
    Kate Wiersma

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  5. It's hard for me to envision Dave as anything but that 11 year boy sitting on the couch in my mom's travel trailer watching "Sit And Be Fit"- perhaps he can show you some moves some time! That said, just seeing the picture of the two of you smiling together despite all this and I'm so moved by what wonderful parents you will be!!! My prayer is that you won't get to take on that job title for several more weeks. You two are amazing!

    Dave's old camping groupie,
    Elizabeth Knoll

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  6. Thank you for this blog I check it every day .. praying that you stay preggy

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  7. Still praying!!! Hoping those precious little twinners get comfortable and stay put right where they are.
    Thanks for keeping us updated.

    Jordan Kleinheksel

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  8. Praying, praying, praying, networking those prayers too! We love you!!!

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