Today was awful, for me.
The dopplers were good again (yea!) and all the heart rate strips went well.....
Except for the fact that A is a crazy man lately. You would think that since they are (hopefully) getting bigger, that they wouldn't have as much room to move around.
The dopplers are a little hard to do because there are always body parts in the way, whereas before they would have these long strips of cord they could use, but that's not a big deal.
The nurse today had a different midwife come in to find them on the sonogram. This one was much more patient about the whole process. B was easy, A was moving all over the place and we finally found him way down on my hip. He was on a few minutes when she had to come back in and he had moved to my side.... killing my ribs. Because he was so high up, I had acid reflux soooooo bad I thought I was going to be sick. They also had to have me lay flat so they could pick him up. I could feel the acid coming up my throat, so I was not drinking. Me +not drinking = contractions. So they made me gulp down my water, which made the acid reflux worse. I took TUM after TUM after TUM. I thought I would just have to roll my head to the side to get sick because I knew I wouldn't be able to get up I was strapped so tight.
It eventually ended, and I didn't get sick, but I took a nap right away. My body ached from being strapped so long (I think it took about 2 hours altogether). I couldn't eat anything, which I felt terrible about because I know the boys need to eat, I just didn't think I'd be able to keep it down. When I woke up around 3:30, the nurse told me they'd put an order in for Prilosec for the acid reflux.
When the tech came in to do my vitals, my pulse was high. Someone apparently wanted to send me to Labor & Delivery, but luckily my nurse knew I was stressed, she had me drink more water and breathe, she talked to me about other things, and she took it by hand- she claims it went down. I don't know if I believe her, but I don't care, because I knew she knew how stressed and dehydrated I was.
I finally got up around 5:30 and then they put me back on for the afternoon strips. What time did they end? 9:30..... It took another good hour to get A on again, he started up by ribs, moved down to my hip, then eventually stayed on my side for a little while, around 7:30. When the night nurse came in, I told her I would just continue on for the next 2 hours. I don't think I could have just gone off them for an hour just to get back on and suffer for another 3 or so hours to find them again. She did have to readjust A, he moved more to the middle of my stomach, and she tied the straps so tight that I still have marks on my stomach 3 hours later from them, but he stayed on.
Hopefully the next few days are a little easier.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
6 Days
Today was pretty rough, but we made it another day!
They BOTH passed their biophysical today! B had hiccups (which count) and A breathed. No one beat up the other one, either, which was nice. Dopplers were good, and the morning strips went fine.
This afternoon, the strips took 2 hours! The nurse couldn't find A, but then we got B on, then we got A on, then B came off, etc., etc. Then when we had both of them on, their heart rates were so close that it seemed like the same baby, they were even getting elevated at the same time. So she had the practitioner come in for a sonogram. I was freaking out. I thought there was only one baby left. I knew I had felt them both earlier in the day, but I was so scared. The practitioner was able to find both babies, and apparently, they just had the same heart rate. She said they can mimic each other (a sign of things to come...?) Eventually they separated, but it took over an hour to find them, and she only made me stay on for 45 minutes or maybe even less because I was having them done again in 2 hours anyway.
I had called Shane, trying to stay calm, and asked him for a milkshake. I guess that helped for tonight. They were both very wild, kicking and bumping me all over, but they stayed on the monitor. A came off for about the last 10 minutes like, "I'm sick of this, see ya!"
I'm curious to see if they ever have any fears about being restricted or beeping noises from all this monitoring. Poor babies.
They BOTH passed their biophysical today! B had hiccups (which count) and A breathed. No one beat up the other one, either, which was nice. Dopplers were good, and the morning strips went fine.
This afternoon, the strips took 2 hours! The nurse couldn't find A, but then we got B on, then we got A on, then B came off, etc., etc. Then when we had both of them on, their heart rates were so close that it seemed like the same baby, they were even getting elevated at the same time. So she had the practitioner come in for a sonogram. I was freaking out. I thought there was only one baby left. I knew I had felt them both earlier in the day, but I was so scared. The practitioner was able to find both babies, and apparently, they just had the same heart rate. She said they can mimic each other (a sign of things to come...?) Eventually they separated, but it took over an hour to find them, and she only made me stay on for 45 minutes or maybe even less because I was having them done again in 2 hours anyway.
I had called Shane, trying to stay calm, and asked him for a milkshake. I guess that helped for tonight. They were both very wild, kicking and bumping me all over, but they stayed on the monitor. A came off for about the last 10 minutes like, "I'm sick of this, see ya!"
I'm curious to see if they ever have any fears about being restricted or beeping noises from all this monitoring. Poor babies.
Monday, January 16, 2012
1st Hour in the Hospital
So I'm here. I've already had a sonogram, had their heartbeats checked, and had heart rate strips done. Boys are doing good, they just do not like having the heart rate strips done.
My room is not that bad, doesn't feel so much like a hospital room (other than the bed), and the nurses I've had so far have been pleasant. I have a little refrigerator and some dressers and a closet.
I don't know what else to say yet, I'm just trying to get acclimated with everything. Tomorrow I'm going to have a lot of things done, so I'll have a lot more to write about.
My room is not that bad, doesn't feel so much like a hospital room (other than the bed), and the nurses I've had so far have been pleasant. I have a little refrigerator and some dressers and a closet.
I don't know what else to say yet, I'm just trying to get acclimated with everything. Tomorrow I'm going to have a lot of things done, so I'll have a lot more to write about.
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