Thursday afternoon when I went to my weekly doctor appointment, she discovered a few things of concern on the sonogram and decided I needed to be immediately admitted to the hospital for closer evaluation. One of the things that showed up was in the umbilical cord doppler test – this looks at blood flow patterns through the umbilical cord vessels for abnormal flow and there was an ever so slight break in this flow for baby A where is should be constant. This can improve with strict bed rest but can also get progressively worse if not monitored. Also, baby B had the amnion and chorion dissected, possibly from all the amniotic fluid pressure. With these new findings as well as the cord marginal insertion issue and funneling, we all agreed checking myself in was the best option for the babies now that we’re at a viable gestational age.
The first night was rough; I had never spent the night in the hospital before. But, all the nurses are nice and we are getting checked on every few hours looking for baby heart rates, my blood pressure, etc. We did discover I started having slight contractions, so they’ve put me on terbutaline to stop those from happening. Yesterday, there was no evidence of contractions, so I’m hoping this will stay the case.
I’m measuring 24 weeks, 1 day today and our first goal is to get me to 28 weeks. At 28 weeks, the survival percentage is over 80% and the chances increase they will not have any developmental delays. After that milestone, we’ll take it week by week to see what happens…we’ll be estatic if we can reach the 34 week mark.
Everyone has been so great about sending well wishes…that has really cheered me up and has kept me pretty optimistic. I’ll try updating frequently so everyone knows what is going on as well.
