We made it to Friday!! By tonight at 7 pm the full benefits of the steroid injections will have been met! Hooray!! I saw Dr. V. this morning and she was pleased to hear that my cervix had lengthened a bit more since being hospitalized. It sounds like there are no plans to send me home though. I will be here for the remainder of the pregnancy. She leaves for vacation tomorrow for one week - she gets back next Saturday. She feels pretty confident the babies won't make an appearance in the next week but it's too hard to really know. I could be on bed rest for another 3 weeks in the hospital before the babies are born. It just depends. We're taking it a day at a time but right now, things look good.
I got my shower privileges last night - hooray!! I got to take a nice bath in a garden tub so that was relaxing. Then they let me blow dry my hair, etc. It felt nice to have that luxury back (although they don't let me walk - I have to be wheeled everywhere.) Ben came in this morning and really brightened my day. It was so nice to see him again. He even brought me a homemade smoothie - yummy! I was happy because breakfast was nasty so I ended up getting a nutritional smoothie instead. :) Ben brought some of my pillows from home so now I feel a little more comfortable. Sleep continues to be a problem but last night I slept a decent amount (4-5 hours). My nurses do a great job of only waking me when it's time to take my medications. Otherwise, they leave it up to me to page them at night if I need help with anything. I'm still having a hard time getting comfortable but a big part of that is the weight of my belly. I still can't believe how much the babies weigh already - WOW!
A Nurse Practitioner from the NICU came down to visit with Ben and I this afternoon. They went over the typical issues you can expect with babies born at 33 weeks. Mainly it sounds like breathing and eating are the main factors. They are really busy right now with 56 babies so a tour wasn't an option for today. We will try and get one this weekend so we can see the unit and also look at babies born at 33 weeks.
I got moved to a new room again. This is a private room but it does have two beds. This way, Ben has a place to sleep when he wants to stay overnight. The other room looked bigger because it was one bed with two big chairs but we appreciate the extra bed for when Ben can stay over. I'm sure his back will appreciate it too. The chair in the room that pulled out into a bed wasn't very comfortable. Ben checked it out this afternoon and it was pretty sad. The chair was rather squeaky - he kept thinking I was saying something but I was sleeping. We got a good laugh at that later. Ben also got to enjoy his first gourmet hospital meal. The dietary manager for our floor ordered him a guest tray free of charge. That was very nice but he agrees - not the best food. :)
Well, I hope you all have a great Friday night. Ben and I will try to update the blog as more news is known. We're praying for an uneventful weekend. Next week will be much of the same - I will work when I have time and then the rest of my day is usually taken up by monitoring the babies, appointments in my room with the physicians, etc. I'm not enjoying living in bed but I understand the importance of it and will continue to do this for each of our precious babies. I would much rather spend my extra days in bed than deliver earlier and watch them struggle in the NICU! In fact, we were just told that some babies born at 35 weeks go straight to the regular nursery and can avoid the NICU all together. Wouldn't that be a wonderful surprise/miracle!! We haven't given up on praying for take home babies!!
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