Good morning,
Since the last post we have had some changes in treatment. We saw our High Risk doctor on Monday morning after a weekend of very little contractions. We were given a lower dose of the Indomethacin on Friday and told to take it until 6am Monday morning. Our appointment revealed that the amniotic fluid for baby A (Mason) was fine. Still on the lower side, but not bad. However, the Indomethacin was not compatible with Mason's heart. With Indomethacin it puts off your uterine contractions,but if used too much or too long it could be harmful to the babies heart. Typically, the Arterial Ductus in the heart is a vessel that is supposed to close once the baby is born and if the medicine is not monitored correctly it could close while in utero causing loss of blood circulation to the heart. This medicine should be taken before 31-32 weeks of pregnancy and no longer than a couple of days at a time. Mason is fine, but they could see that if taken any longer you are getting to the point where something could happen, so they took me off completely and will not be put back on.
My cervix also went down again and i have slight funneling in the cervix...very slight. This is where things just get very unpredictable. If the procardia medication works correctly, this will relax my contractions a little bit and can hold me off. However, contractions are contractions and will do what they are supposed to do. This is where bed rest and lots of IV fluids come in to major play. The High Risk doctor even discussed being put in a position where my legs are above my head to keep the pressure off of my cervix. We tried this last night for about an hour until I started having painful contractions and couldn't take being all the way back in that position. Luckily, the Procardia kicked in and took most of the pain and contractions away. I was told to keep an eye out for leakage of fluid, gushing of fluid and that was pretty much it. It is still a hope and pray at this point to just go as long as i can go.
On another note, the damn IV situation still sucks. I am needing a new Iv pretty much every two days and it makes it very hard to find areas in my hands and arms that are not still sore or bruised up. Since we are having such problems they have resorted to bringing in Anestesiologists to do the IV's (which they are not too thrilled to do!) For some reason the Anestesiologists think they are too good to have to be coming over to Antepartum to do a nurses job. Well, I made it quite clear that i wanted the best and if they are the best than they should be happy to do it when neccessary. Sigh! Iam the one getting poked and prodded so they should stop bitching...lol.
Friday will be 31 weeks!!! If we can just get another week in it will just be a huge milestone!!!!! I have been strict with laying on my back because Maddox is lodged in my ribs. I now know what it feels like to have bruised ribs. As of Monday the babies are weighing an estimated 3lbs 4 oz and 3lbs 5 oz :) They are getting so big!!
Sorry for such a long and in depth post, but I just wanted to keep everyone updated!
Thanks for reading!!
Shannon
