It's SNOWING!!! In HOUSTON!!

I know for the rest of the country, snow is no big deal...but when it's only snowed in Houston twice in the last 20 years...it's a BIG deal!! Here are a few pics...I managed to get out of bed long enough to enjoy the snow and get my 27 week belly pic!

Due Date Pool!!

Some friends suggested I try this out to help the time go by! If you are feeling lucky, click the link on the side and see if you can guess when our girls will be here!! Be sure to guess for each baby and include weights and length!! It will be interesting to see who gets the closest! Enjoy!

26 weeks down...10 weeks to go!!! We hope!!!

I had my 26 week appointment today. I must say I was very anxious to see the girls as I've had a rough two weeks with contractions and being put on the T-pump. I was worried about how my cervix was holding up and hoping that I wouldn't have to get put on hospital bed rest any time soon. It looks like my cervix is shortening (which I expected) but the cerclage is doing it's job and holding tight. I have broken through on my contraction monitoring a lot over the last few days so they had to up my medicine dosage AGAIN to try and get them under control. It seems to be working so far.

The doctor said that I will need to have the girls by c-section and that she won't let me go beyond February 9 for a due date. Although, we both seem to know it will most likely happen sooner than that.

The only worrisome news was that both babies have "fallen off their growth curves"...which basically means that they are slowing down in their growth rate. She didn't really say much about it other than to say that we need to watch it. I think that this is the beginning of something called IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction)...which basically means the babies are getting too tight in there and they "may" have to come out early if they start developing complications. She seemed confident enough to go another two weeks before my next appointment though. I just have to make it through the end of the year as my Dr will be gone for Christmas :(

I'm wondering if I should start a pool to see who gets closest to the due date :)

And I'm back on the terbutaline...ugh...

Well it looks like these little girls are determined to make their presence known!! I think they got Kiko's and my patience...or lack of patience...lol. My contractions have been becoming a lot more frequent and pretty painful so the doctor ordered me on a terbutaline pump. This is basically a continuous feed pump (much like an insulin pump) that supplies medicine to prevent contractions. I have to wear this thing 24/7 and change the location of the injection every 3/5 days. It is really intimidating not to mention uncomfortable having this tube inserted into your thigh and a cord running to a pump that I have to carry around everywhere. Showering is going to be interesting. The ironic thing is that I'm still having pretty good contractions even being on the pump so I'm pretty sure that I may end up in the hospital here before long...I may be enjoying Christmas from Woman's Hospital. Think they will let me put up a tree??

So that's the latest...still hanging in there. Today is Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be Thankful for!! This will be short as its hard to type one handed still. Keep checking in...things should be getting pretty interesting soon...I have a feeling the girls will ge here in the next 6-8 weeks!! My next Dr appt is Tuesday so I'm going to try and get a better feel for when my c-section will be targeted for.

Baby Shower!!

We had our 2nd baby shower with some very dear friends from the pool leagues that Kiko and I play in...well I haven't played in a while...LOL. Kiko and I first met in a pool league shortly after I moved to Houston and you couldn't ask for a greater group of friends and extended family. I can't post all the pictures (or type too much)...but we LOVE ALL of you and greatly appreciate all the wonderful gifts!! We look forward to you all being a huge part of our daughter's lives!! Here are a couple of my favorite pictures that I've seen so far (thanks Ben!)...Kiko had to do all the unwrapping since I had to be reclining on the couch...I love his BIG SMILE!!! I think he's getting excited about our little girls!

24 week update!!!

Hey everyone! I'm sorry it's been so long between posts! I've been on bed rest and it's very hard to update the blog when I can only type one handed! I'm sitting up so I can type a lot faster today and maybe get caught up!!

First - had my 24 week checkup yesterday and the babies are doing great! Both growing right on track! I also had my gestational diabetes check and I passed, so that was good news! I am very anemic though so I have to take iron supplements and up my iron intake twice a day. Yuck. I'll take that over diabetes though. I am still on bedrest and taking medication to try and keep the contractions to a minimum. I am averaging about 2-3 an hour which is ok. We hit the viability mark, so I'm thrilled! Next goal is to make 28 weeks!!!

We had our first baby shower this past Sunday with Kiko's family and some of my friends. I don't have any pictures to post but we had a really great time and enjoyed seeing everyone!! We also got some GREAT gifts for our little girls which we desperately needed so it is all very much appreciated!!! I am not able to write out thank-you notes just yet so please be patient with me on getting those out. We have our second and final baby shower this Saturday with all of our "pool hall" friends! I can't wait!!

Well, I'm back to bed rest and will try to post some pictures soon. Stay tuned!!

22 week update!

Today was my 22 week appointment with Dr. Adam. The girls are doing well and no signs of TTTS which is a relief. I'm still having contractions and cramping though, so the doctor ordered a home monitoring device for me which will monitor for contractions. I feel much better knowing that I can monitor at home for any problems now!

Other than that...not much else to report!