Another Update (Ashley)

Well, another update.....So last week Sunday (10.14.12) our friend who's a professional photographer (who also did our wedding pictures) came to the hospital and took some maternity pictures for us!  We worked so hard and paid so much money I wanted to the pictures to remember this very precious time in our lives because I may never be pregnant again.  And there was a very high chance of me going into labor on Monday or Tuesday because they were turning the Magnesium Sulfate off so we wanted to get some pictures taken before then!  The nurses were awesome and excited about the photo shoot too.  They got approval from the doctor to take out my IV for an hour or two so we could have pictures taken!  So the picture above is in one of the hospital atriums!  Obviously there is only so much you can do in a hospital, so we were hoping to have more pictures taken in studio if I didn't go into labor and got released and sent home.  So Monday night at mid-night they took my Magnesium Sulfate dose from 2.5grams down to 1.5grams.  Two hours after turning the doseage down I started contracting pretty big contractions every 3-4 minutes, however I could still sleep so they weren't 'active' labor contractions.  At the rate things were going I thought for sure Tuesday would be the day!  So at 7am they shut the Magnesium Sulfate off completely.  At 32 weeks they won't do anything to stop labor in a twin pregnancy, that's why they shut the Magnesium Sulfate off because the risk no longer out weighs the benefit of having it on.  So as Tuesday went on the contractions became less frequent and less intense, Wednesday (10.17.12) things were even more mild.  So my doctor checked me at 3:15pm and I was still 1.5-2cm dilated, so he said I could go home!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!  So I called my husband and he came to pack up and take me home :)  Oh, it felt soooooooooo good to be home, and smell the crisp, fresh, fall air!  We stopped at our house (which is under construction for a remodel and has been since I was place on bed rest) to check on the progress and things are wrapping up!  Its almost done, the trim is getting put on today and they may be working on it tomorrow yet but then we just have dishes to wash, laundry to do and finish up dusting and cleaning!!!  We should be able to move back in in a few days if the boys stay put!  It would be so nice just to have a few days with my DH at home again and feel more settled before the boys come!  Since I've been home (at my parents) my contractions have stayed pretty mild for the most part.  I have a doctor's appointment today so I'm not sure what to expect yet but we'll see!  I want to get the boys' room alittle more together before they come because once I do go into labor I will probably be healing from a c-section and want to be at the NICU as much as possible (if they come in the next 3 weeks they'll be in the NICU for some period of time) and not home putting things together.  I still haven't had my baby shower yet, and I didn't buy very much stuff because I didn't want to jinx things...but as soon as the boys are born we are going to try to do the babies' shower.  I'd like to do it when they are still in the NICU because I don't want to expose them to everyone especially this time of year (cold and flu season).  The doctor's really encourage you hold off on the number of visitors until a few weeks after their due date because premies have weaker immune systems, so we'll have to see how things work out.  The only one who knows what's going to happen when is God!

I hope all of you have the chance to experience pregnancy, I've tried to look at the past 11 weeks as a blessing from God, that he placed me on bed rest for so long so I could completely enjoy every moment and movement of my pregnancy, because we worked so hard and waited for so long.  I have also learned - if you truly put your mind to do something YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IT!!  Good luck ladies, my thoughts and prayers are with all of you,