I had my last sonogram at 34 weeks and everything looked great. Girls were measuring about 4lbs 10 oz and 5lbz 4 oz. The specialist didn't want to see me until 37 weeks (if I was still pregnant). I had a routine OB appointment a few days before I hit the 35 week mark and again, everything was great and my OB didn't want to see me again until 37 weeks.
I couldn't believe it! I was in the home stretch and I had made it through a twin pregnancy with out any complications (knock on wood). I was still working, still feeling great and thought that I'd have no problem making it to 37 weeks, maybe even 38.
Then I hit 35 weeks this past Wednesday. I noticed some strange discharge in the morning and called my OB. It had a pink tinge to it, which was definitely something new. They wanted to see me just to make sure everything was OK. I was anxious all day long and when I went in to my appointment they checked and I was 1 cm dilated, which they said was fine. The heart beats sounded great, BUT my blood pressure was high. They checked three times and it was high every single time. After the third time the nurse practitioner said that they were going to send me to Labor and Delivery. I couldn't believe it. She said that they needed to monitor my blood pressure to make sure that it came down.
I called my husband from the parking lot crying. It's amazing how quickly thoughts can spiral out of control. I was so worried that they would keep me in the hospital until the babies were born or that they were going to have to do a c-section early. We met at the house and I grabbed my hospital bag. I was praying that I wouldn't need it, but I had no idea how long they were going to keep me.
When we got to the hospital they set me up in a room and strapped up the monitors for the girls, one to monitor contractions and then they also checked my blood pressure every 15 minutes. Luckily the girls were doing well, I wasn't having contractions and my blood pressure had come down a bit. They waited for my lab work to come back and once everything came back clear, the doctor on call released me. He told me that my blood pressure was still borderline so I'd have to be on bed rest until I followed up with my doctor the next day. I was just so happy to be going home.
I slept like a rock that night and relaxed the next day until my doctor's appointment. When I got there my blood pressure was still elevated so they started me on blood pressure medication, ran more lab work and told me that I'd have to do a 24 urine test. I am waiting to hear back about the urine and see my doctor again on Monday.
The trip to L & D scared the crap out of me. It made me realize that I'm not ready for these girls to come out yet. I don't know if any first time parents ever feel ready, but I really panicked. I still feel on edge because I'm not sure how my urine test will go and I don't know what the plan will be if my blood pressure is still high on Monday. I'm hoping that the medications will work and I can cruise through another week or two before becoming a Mom.
I have a countdown on my phone to April 2nd, which is when I will be 37 weeks (full term for twins). Every morning I look at that number and feel grateful to have made it another day. Right now I have 11 days until full term but I know that ultimately some things are out of my control.
So for now I'm taking it one day at a time and trying to keep these chickies baking as long as I can.
