33 Week Update

We have made it to 33 weeks!

 

My doctors appointment went A LOT better this week than it did last week. From here on out, I will be monitored every week at the doctor. Sometimes I have ultrasounds, sometime I don't. This week I did not have an ultrasound- just monitoring of the heart rates and for contractions. We will get to see our baby girls via ultrasound next week. As I mentioned in my post from last week, I was having contractions every 2 minutes last week. Dr. Dupre was concerned and was considering admitting me into the hospital in order to stop the contractions. And would you believe it...this week I did not have ANY contractions while being monitored. The contractions have seemed to have slowed down- THANK GOODNESS! I will contribute this to my EXTREME laziness this past week. I finally decided to listen to my body and slow down! Even though I am working only part time now, I had made it a habit to keep myself busy while at home. I was constantly cleaning, doing laundry, organizing the nursery, giving the dog a bath, cooking, etc. I finally made the decision to LAY DOWN and DO  NOTHING over the past week and it certainly has paid off.

 

I will be the first to admit, I was not at all comfortable with the way things were looking last week. I was just about convinced that these baby girls were going to come early. Dr. Dupre could not be more excited about the way things looked this week! Both babies were VERY active in addition to the lack of contractions. In fact, they both kept kicking and punching the monitors. I am still having contractions, but they are any where from every 15 minutes to hours apart- very irregular. Nothing like last week! Dr. Dupre has assured me that this is perfectly normal. If we can keep this going, hopefully we will be able to keep them "baking" for another 3-4 weeks.

 

Another praise report- my swelling has gone down! It isn't completely gone by any means, but it is definitely better compared to a week or two ago. This has helped some of my discomfort to go away!

 

Thank you for all the prayers! Please continue to pray for healthy, FULL TERM babies :)