I am happy to say that I am officially 33 weeks pregnant!! I came into the hospital on Thursday to have a non stress test done, which is basically when they monitor the babies' heart beats. It came to attention that our baby boy had a few decelerations which was concerning to the doctor. They immediately took me to labor and delivery and strapped me up to monitors. They told me that I couldn't eat or drink anything because if the little boy was under distress, they would do an emergency c section. I was obviously terrified thinking that our little twins may come 7 weeks too soon!
It ended up that our little boy was not under distress, as he was able to come out of the decelerations in his heart beat. They don't really know what causes this to happen, but they imagine that the little guy grabbed his cord or some how pinched it for a second. The key thing is that it wasn't anything prolonged, and he is doing just fine. They kept me in the hospital for further monitoring that night and I had a miserable night.
I was hooked up to an IV, oxygen, an oxygen monitor, blood pressure monitors that went off every hour, and 3 huge monitors on my stomach (which made it so that I couldn't lay on my side which is awful when you are pregnant). Let's just say that I was a tad uncomfortable for the entire night! Luckily, our little boy looked great all night long and they moved me to another room where I didn't need such heavy monitoring.
As for now, I am on hospital bed rest which is causing me to become restless! However, I am grateful to have made it this far and I know that I will be done SOON!! I am grateful that the little boy is doing well and that I get to keep these little guys in a little bit longer! :)
I have been thinking about you daily. I hope all is going well and that the little ones are doing okay. You truely are in our prayers.
ReplyDeletePS: I hope you can eat, because thursday at the U for lunch is asian star :-p