Trips Update

We had our second appointment at the University yesterday. We started off with an ultrasound to mainly check on the girls and the levels of fluid in their sacs. Once it was finished Dr. Williamson met with us to tell us what he was seeing and what his concerns were. So... Dr. Williamson said that they had all grown appropriately since our last visit two weeks ago. Baby B (the boy) likes to hang out on my right side and he is still going strong. He is measuring in at 23 weeks (always a week ahead) and has plenty of fluid in his sac. Then we moved to Baby C. She is sitting pretty right on top. She measures right on target at 22 weeks and has just the right amount of fluid in her sac. And then we moved to Baby A. She is snuggled in at the very bottom. And while she grew the appropriate amount in the last two weeks, she is still measuring a week behind at 21 weeks. The fluid in her sac is also measuring at the low end, but at this time it is not a serious concern. A concern, but not a serious one. So we continue to pray for her and hope that her fluid levels go up by our next visit in two weeks.

Next we moved on to meet with Dr. Lori Day, a Fellow in the High Risk Clinic. She too spent a lot of time with us. She went over all my questions and into further discussion about the girls and then talked about signs of preterm labor and what to do. She also did a cervix check and found that while my cervix is still really long (that is good), I am just slightly dilated. But when I say slightly, I mean under a centimeter. So she is putting on what she calls pelvic rest. We asked about bed rest and she said that there was no reason for me to be on bed rest at this point. Yeah! But we did talk about lifting Olivia and she said that she is about the heaviest thing I can lift, push, or pull. Nothing over 25 lbs. She also said that she would even like me to keep that to a minimum. :(

So overall, the babies are still doing good and so am I, with just some minor concerns at this point. We are at 22 now and if we can make it to their goal of 28 weeks that would put us at the first part of February. If we can make it to 32 weeks that would put us in early March, and if I would be blessed enough to make it to my goal of 36 weeks that would take us April! Crazy!

Here is a link to the University if any of you are interested in checking out any of the doctors I have mentioned. http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/obgyn/facstaff/index.html

Oh, and if you are wondering about my how big I am getting. My tummy measured as if I was 30 weeks prego with one baby!