35 Week Update

I'm 35 weeks today! Woohoo! The crazy thing is...this might be my last weekly pregnancy update. Yikes! Yes, you read that right. Here's what's going on. I went to lunch with a sweet friend yesterday and while we were there I started feeling really crampy and it moved around to my lower back. When I got in my car to leave I started feeling some pressure in my bottom like I needed to go to the bathroom, but I didn't need to go. This concerned me so I decided to call my OB's office since I was literally right around the corner from my OB and the hospital. The nurse told me to come right in and then about 2 minutes later she called me back and said that the doctor on call said to go straight to labor and delivery. This is when I started to get more concerned. I didn't feel like I was going into labor but I just had a feeling that things might be headed in that direction sometime soon. I got to the hospital and was admitted to an antepartum room where they hooked me up to monitors for the babies and my contractions. I was having patterns of contractions and uterine irritability and then contractions again and then more irritability. Thankfully this pattern did not cause my cervix to start dilating more. They called my OB and she did decide to put me on Breth.ine to stop the contractions. Thankfully this worked. They also put in an IV to give me some fluids just in case I was dehydrated and hadn't realized it. I was at the hospital on the monitors for about 6 hours before they let me go home. Thankfully the babies were doing great!

I had my weekly appointment with my OB already scheduled for this afternoon. I had a feeling that she would tell us we wouldn't make it to Oct. 25th, but we had no idea that she would tell us we maybe had a week at this point. What?! We couldn't believe it! I thought Chris was going to pass out! Poor guy. She checked my cervix and I'm about 1/2 cm-1 cm dilated right now, but the babies have dropped and the extra pressure is causing my cervix to really thin out. Dr. M said that she really hopes we can squeeze in another week, but that she feels completely confident with the babies coming now if I do go into labor before next week. I'll still have a c-section to deliver the babies but at this point we no longer have a scheduled date. Dr. M wants to wait until my appointment on Tuesday morning to see if things have progressed and then she'll decide where to go from there.

I honestly don't know how I feel about all of this. Of course I'm super excited to meet these little ones, but at the same time I want them to keep baking a little longer. I told Chris this weekend that I didn't think my body was going to hold out for 3 more weeks and I noticed that the babies had dropped. I just didn't think that they could potentially be here in less than one week. I really feel like we're as ready as we possibly can be. The bags are packed and ready to go, the nursery is ready for them and I think we pretty much have everything we need. I'm sure once they're home we'll find things that we need and hadn't purchased yet or even thought of, but that seems pretty unavoidable to me for first time parents.

I'll try to post an updated picture tomorrow. Please keep these babies in your prayers. Please pray that they continue to put on weight and that their lungs are ready for the outside world. It's all in God's hands. It has been this whole time. We just have to sit back and wait for Him to reveal His perfect timing for meeting our precious miracles and continue to praise Him for all the blessings He's given us. I have LOVED every minute of this pregnancy and I will continue to soak up every minute that I have left.

(Linds- I'm so glad I got to spend my last outing hanging out and catching up with you!)