Twenty-four weeks and holding strong. Dr. Awesome told me at my last appointment that if my cervix hasn't budged by now, it probably isn't going to open prematurely and took me off the weekly monitoring schedule. Or, as he puts it, the "million dollar ultrasound machine" schedule. Now when I go in every two to three weeks, he checks the babies for movement and heartbeats using the "hundred thousand dollar machine." I don't get to have any more million dollar scans until the babies are big enough to weigh and they start doing the biophysical profiles. While I know this is the best possible news, I'm going to miss those high resolution scans and weekly confirmation that the babes are alive and kicking.
Fortunately, they now let me know on a regular basis that they are alive by kicking the heck out of me. Baby number 3 is the most active (or perhaps just has the most room); her territory is the upper right quadrant of my abdomen. In fact, she is pounding out a little rhythm as I am typing this. I also feel babies 1 & 2, but as they are both on the left side and kind of overlapping, it's harder to distinguish who is responsible for the movement unless it occurs at the very top or bottom of my belly. I've been able to see and feel them from the outside but so far my husband has missed the show.
I had the follow-up appointment with my new cardiologist and my heart is fine, so that's a relief. The new cardiologist was quite the character. I told her that they are all girls and she turned to my husband and said "poor you" to which my husband replied "as long as they all love their daddy." Without missing a beat, she turned to me and said, "oh, they always love the daddy; it's the mommy that they hate." She had a couple of other good lines, we quite liked her. In other pregnancy fun, I'm retaining a fair amount of water and having a lot of swelling in my legs and feet. Still dealing with mild nausea and now reflux and figuring at this point that it's not going away until after the babies are born.
We're still working on setting a price with our contractor so we can get a few improvements done on our house, hopefully they'll be starting work in a week or two. I ordered fabrics for the girls' room and have started to look at baby gear but haven't bought anything yet. I figure that as long as I have it all picked out, we'll have plenty of time to buy things as the time they will be needed draws nearer.
Yay! Great news! Sorry about the swelling, but so happy for the cervix news ;).
ReplyDeleteWooooo hooooo! Congratulations on making it to 24 weeks and I hope that they stay nice and warm for many months to come. Sorry about a little swelling, but the kicking and feeling them move sounds like magic. Best wishes.
ReplyDeleteWhoo hoo on the cervix and having a new, good cardiologist.
ReplyDeleteThe reflux is bound to get worse as you progress through, and may even be what's causing you to have continued nausea.
Talk to your doctor about taking Zantac or Prevacid and go buy stock in Tums. Tums were one of the only things I could keep down during my triplet pregnancy (no such luck with this one), and thank heavens for that, because I went through PILES of them.
I'm glad you're still doing so well and I hope that you continue to feel well. I know that the aches and pains and nausea etc. are not any fun, and there's only one real cure for most of them (delivery), but you're doing great! (better than me, that's for sure, and I'm only growing ONE baby human this time!)