The babies are still cooking, but the bad contractions have come back. I get meds every four hours and for the past two days about a half an hour before my dose the bad contractions come. It is pretty scary and there is not much they can do about it. I am at the highest dose and take it as frequently as possible.
This morning was particularly bad. The contractions woke me up and got stronger for about 45 mins before my meds were due and even continued for about 30 mins after the dose. I can't imagine that more than an hour of strong contractions isn't doing anything to my cervix:(
I talked to my OB about it this morning and he basically said it will continue and we will just try to buy more time.
We had another consult with one of the neonatologists (NICU dr) yesterday. He was much more optimistic than the last one and pretty much said we are out of the woods for long term effects from prematurity (of course unless something unforeseen happens). He even said that if the babies come now he thinks they would only stay for 4-6 weeks in the NICU. Which of course is 4-6 weeks more than I would like, but sounds a lot better than the 8-10 we've been told.
Hopefully you guys will have at least another full week of boring blog posts from me and no birth announcements:)
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Our journey through infertility, to pregnancy, with a few bumps along the way.
About Me
- Andrea
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- After years of struggling with infertility we are finally parents to twins thanks to IVF#2! Learning through the difficult time of infertility, a multiples pregnancy, hospital bedrest, and a NICU stay that life is life, there is nothing you can do to control it. All you can do is try to make the best of it:)
Our Journey
- 10/05-Got married!
- 12/06-Began TTC
- 8/07-Diagnosed with Varicocele
- 10/07-Varicocelectomy
- 7/08-First RE appointment
- 9/, 10/, 12/08-IUI #1-3=BFNs
- 1/09 -IUI#4 =BFN
- 4/09 -IVF#1=BFN w/RE #2
- 6/22/09-IVF#2 =BFP!
- 1/15/10-Hazel and Elijah were born
Blog Archive
IF Success Stories
- Busted Babymaker
- Caroline-From Infertility to Baby
- Conceive This!
- Infertility Journey to Motherhood
- IVF on the Down Low
- Little Bluebirds Fly
- Make it Grand
- My Infertile World
- No swimmers in the tubes, no bun in the oven
- Not How I Planned
- Pieces of My Life
- Someday, Someway!
- Swimming Against the Tide
- There's a baby at the end of this, right?
Multiples
Infertility Blogs
Loss
Non-IF blogs I like
Money Spent on IF
- 2008-
- 7/23/08 -$323 RE office visit
- 7/23/08 -$727 cervical cultures
- 8/11/08 -$948 day 3 bloodwork
- 8/11/08 -$536 day 3 ultrasound
- 8/20/08 -$285 for IUI #1
- 9/5/08 -$194 Semen analysis and cryopreservation
- 9/08-9/09 -$150 semen storage fee
- 9/11/08 -$194 semen analysis
- 10/6/08 -pending $3,500 for HSG
- 10/11/08 -$285 for IUI #2
- 12/1/08 -$285 for IUI #3
- 12/27/08 -$285 for IUI #4
- 2009-
- 1/24/09-$248 RE office visit
- 1/28/09 -$412 semen analysis and bloodwork
- 1/30/09 -$542 mock-ET and bloodwork
- 2/6/09 -$3,966 for IVF & ER anesthesia
- 2/10/09 -$1,819.05 for IVF Meds
- 3/25/09 -$1,290 freezing embryos
- 4/2/09 -$293 beta testing
- 6/1/09 -$3,996 for IVF #2
Acronyms
- AF = Aunt Flow (menstruation)
- Beta =Beta blood test, tests for pregnancy hormone
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (on HPT)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (i.e. PREGNANT!)
- DH = Dear Husband. Even when he's not being particularly dear
- ER = Egg retrieval
- ET = Embryo transfer
- FET=Frozen Embryo Cycle
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- ICSI = Intro Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- IF = Infertility
- IL = In-laws
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- LO = Little Ones (babies)
- MFI = Male Factor Infertility
- MoM = Mother of Multiples
- O = Ovulate
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit (tells when you O)
- Pg = pregnant, pregnancy
- PIO = Progesterone in Oil shots
- POAS = Pee on a Stick (take HPT)
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- Stims = Stimulation hormone shots
- TI = Timed Intercourse
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
- WTF=What the fuck? -why didn't this work
8 comments:
Keep on cookin', woman. And hang in there!
Here's to another week of boring blog posts from you!! Lol! I hope that your body can hang in there for a while longer! Its good that they have said 4-6 weeks. It sounds like ages but as you said it is better than 8-10. Hope all continues to be well
Take care x
Cook Babies, COOK!
Woo hoo for boring posts!!!!
(P.S. they're not really boring)
Keep on bakin', babies! Just a few more weeks! I'm thinking of you all!
Thinking of you and hoping for some further cooking time for the babies.
Keep the boring blog posts coming!! And, keep those babies cooking!!
Come on for a few more weeks!!! Our twins were born at 27w5d and spent 64 and 69 days, respectively, in the NICU. We were told we were the best case scenario in our hospital, so I hope that you turn out to be the best case scenario in yours!
yuck! you're doing great, though. it just sucks not knowing what will happen and being in the dark. you sound like you're in great hands. i'm so hopeful that the babies will continue to stay snuggled inside!
(my word verification for this post is "baking"...maybe it's a sign??)
xoxo
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