Growth is Good!

Just a quick update for tonight. Saw Dr. L tonight (peri) and he did a quick doppler on the boys. It's still hard to see Baby A very well but his heartbeat was still ticking. Baby B is about 1 lb, 6 oz and Baby C about 1 lb 8 oz. There is a margin of error there though so those weights are not nearly precise but we'll take it!

There is some concern about one of the drugs that I am on now which is being used to hold off contractions; it can have a negative affect on the amniotic fluid (it can decrease fluid, however this is not the culprit with Baby A). It can also affect one of the ducts in the babies hearts. They are keeping an extra eye on both of those things now, probably every 2-3 days. Have I mentioned how lucky I feel to get to see these boys at least once a day, sometimes twice?!

We are still happy to see Baby A hanging in there for the sake of his Mommy and brothers - he's a fighter. My ultimate enemy at the moment is going into labor again, but if that happens, they will do all that they can to stop it.

For now, I'm holding my own and things have been quiet. That can turn in a matter of one hour though so we'll continue to hope and pray that this old body of mine can hold out a while longer! One more batch of steroids on Sunday/Monday which would be a nice reassurance ~ from then on, it's a waiting game. And that just seems to be the hardest part.

One of the highlights of my hospital stay so far was a visit from my niece Emily today. We were able to get special permission (I'm shmoozing the nurses) to allow her to come for a visit today; as always, she brightened my spirits so much and was such a happy little love bug. I'll hold on to that visit for the next week - until I can shmooze some more and get her back again! We took some pictures so will try to post them over the weekend sometime.

Good weekend to all!