Good news, bad news & good news

5:49 pm CDT June 20, 2008
Well we went to the Dr. yesterday gor a growth ultrasound and everything was good. They are very pleased with the growth of the babies. Baby A weighed 3lb 6oz, baby B was 3lb 5oz and baby C was 2lb 14oz. I was hoping for 3lb a piece, so I got more than I asked for, I was not expecting C to be that close to 3lb since he has been the runt, but he gained over a pound, so we are happy with that. My cervix was a little longer than last time, but I'm not sure how accurate that really is since they measure it 3 or 4 times and kinda pick one. Sometimes it was shorter and sometimes it was longer. So then the Dr. came in and said all was looking good and things should go smooth unless I develop pre-eclampsia or something. I asked him what to watch for and told him that I had not been having any headaches or anything, but had been getting dizzy. He had one of the nurses that my blood pressure and it was high, so I went to schedule my next appt in 3 weeks and then they wanted me to pee in a cup:( I was spilling a little protine in my urine so I have to go back next Thursday to be seen and have my pressure checked. So I figured all was good and I would be fine. Well about 7 or so last night I started having contractions and after an hour I decided to call and they wanted me to lay down and drink some water and call back in an hour. I called back and told them I was still having contractions, so they wanted us to come in and get checked out, better to be safe than sorry. I got there and got all hooked up to the monitors and they ran a few tests and come back a while later and pretty much said that the contractions were not doing anything to my cervix and unless they got stronger or more regulat that there was really no reason to keep me. They also did a test called fft(?) and it's supposed to tell if you will go into pre-term labor in the next 2 weeks and that was negative. So I have at least 2 weeks:) So they sent us home. When I go for my regular appt on July 1st we will schedulr my c-section so there will be a light at the end. I think they will schedule it for my 34th week, so if I don't go before then at least I will know when the end is. So that's all I've got for now.

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