OB Appt

This week was pretty uneventful except that Saturday I started having some pre-term labor signs like bleeding.  It was continuing and getting worse on Sunday so I went to L&D.  The nurse said to prepare to stay for a few days so I was scared.  Luckily, everything came back really good.  They did a pre-term labor test (fetal fibronectin) that says whether you are likely to go into labor within the next 2 weeks and it was negative! That means I have less than a 1% chance of that happening so it was worth it to make the trip and make the sure the babies are ok and that I have peace of mind for a few weeks.  That means I will make it to at least 34 weeks pregnant which means that one of our babies will most likely be able to come home with us.  We are sooo close... 36 weeks is the average time for twin pregnancies to last. 

At our OB appointment this week, we just looked at the babies' heartbeats and the amniotic fluid to make sure everything is ok there and it was.  And lately we've been talking a lot, planning a lot.  The coordinator there mentioned that we might want to get a postpartum doula to help us out a bit since we'll probably be overwhelmed and exhausted with not only having twins, but one with  a serious health problem.  So I'm going to look into that to see if we can get some help at night so we can get a little bit of sleep in order to deal with our busy days.  It would be so great if my insurance provided something like that.   The dr mentioned that these babies may be born any time now (that's so scary to hear!) but that at this late in the game, they would be fine.  Of course we want them to stay put for at least another 4 weeks but yay!! We've made it to the point that survival is good generally. I have 5, yes 5, appointments to make and be done within the next 2-3 weeks.  Our next appt is Monday, Jan. 24th and it's a growth scan - we will see how big the babies are to make sure they are at healthy weights and probably check to make sure I'm not going to go into labor soon so I'll post again next week. 

Oh yes... we changed the babies' names again.  Aliya Cherene and Avery Blue.  Hopefully this will be the last time.  =)