The Roller Coaster Ride Continues

Shannon could not update her blog so this is her husband Michael.  So...on Sunday evening Shannon has had a stomach bug but still little or no contractions.  Also on Monday we saw our high risk doctor who actually said that her cervix had not only stopped shortening but had also moved up to like a 2.5 (it was a 2.2).  So we thought FINALLY we are catching a break!  Well, Shannon's stomach bug worsened today and after we thought that was finally settling down, her contractions started back up and now they are a little painful.  So once again back to the high risk doctor.  Well her cervix went down in one day to a 2.1(but not dilated) and the contractions are continuing.

The high risk doc has now decided to put us back the Indomethacin (Indo) today instead of the weekend which is a little worrying.  Well on top of that he has doubled the dose to 50mg every 6 hours which is worrying us even more!  Indomethacin can be harmful to the babies if they are not monitored closely for amniotic fluid and also a major blood vessel for the babies, the ductus arterisous, could close prematurely (it closes on its own naturally when the baby is born) which could stop their hearts.  However, our high risk doctor has been doing this type of treatment for 14 years and he is confident in this decision.  The issue is that Shannon is carrying twins which makes getting together the right dose and course of action difficult because most of the research is for mothers carrying single babies not multiples.  At the worst it will delay labor for a few more day and at best it could stop it altogether.  So Shannon will be on this double dose on Indo until Friday morning in the hopes it will not interfere with the babies too much and stop her contractions.

This has been the worst roller coast ride.  Every time we think we have made progress in the right direction something else happens.  I have been on constant edge and I hate when the phone rings when I'm at home and not with her thinking something else has gone wrong. This next rounds of meds will really determine whether or not we can trick her body out of going into full on labor.  We hope you all will pray along with us that the babies will be safe and this will be successful.  As always thank you for you support.

Shannon & Mike