How Did We Get Here??

I've decided to start this to hopefully keep everyone updated on how things are going!! Please bare with me as I'm new to this and learning!!

I'll start from the beginning of hospital stays/bedrest. At 18 weeks 1 day I was admitted to St. Vincents in Indy and told that I would need to have a cerclage (stitch put in cervix) due to cervical shortening and dilation to help preterm labor. Needless to say, that was one of the scariest days of my life and the thought of losing my boys was just not an option for me. Unfortunately Brodie had a stomach bug, so he was not able to be there, but thankfully my mom was able to be there!! The cerclage was placed on Saturday, January 26th at 18 weeks 2 days. I was discharged the next day and would be on bed rest at home until delivery. I would be following up once a week for appts and ultrasounds with my OB.

All of my visits had been going great, until Friday, March 1st. Working at my OB office is the biggest blessing, but yet the biggest curse at the same time. Most patients don't understand numbers on ultrasounds, but working there, I knew the number on the screen when my cervix was measured was not good!! I told Brodie as soon as we walked out that I was probably on the way to the hospital. Of course, he being the optomistic one of our marriage, told me to just try not to worry until we talk to Dr. S. She walked in the room, looked at me (a crying mess) and said everything's going to be okay! I can't stress enough how much trust and confidence I have in my group of OB's!! She had discussed my ultrasound with the high risk OB's that did my surgery, and they decided that hospital bed rest until 28 weeks was the best thing for me. That of course was not what I wanted to hear, but I knew it was what we needed to do to keep our boys inside!

Once I got to the hospital I was hooked to monitor if I was having any contractions. I had no idea, but the monitor revealed that I was contracting about every 15 minutes, then it was every 12 minutes, then it was every 5 minutes. They were giving me meds to try to stop them, which eventually worked, but it took awhile. Once again we were faced with one of our scariest days, but knew that we were not in control of the situation!! Since the day I was admitted, I have been taking meds every 4 hours to keep my contractions away, monitored every 4 hours for contractions, and the babies get monitored twice a day!!

We are truly blessed to have the greatest nurses to watch over me and the boys!! Brodie comes and stays with me for awhile after he gets off work and then returns in the evening after he gets some sleep. I can't tell any of you how much it means to us to get the texts, calls, visits, thoughts, and mostly prayers!! We know that our lives are planned out and this is not in our control, we just give it to our Father above!! Our prayer everyday has changed from making it to my C-Section date, to making it to tomorrow. I have found it much easier to look to tomorrow instead of 14 weeks from now!!

I'm planning on writing everyday, some may just be a quick update, or some may be my thoughts of the day! My prayer is that this not only keeps everyone updated, but also helps Brodie and I through this journey!! Our boys are our miracles and when they get here, they will know how many people have helped us through this!!!

1 Samuel 1:27 "For this child I have prayed..."