On Wednsday, Peyton and I were having a normal Wednsday. I took her to gymnastics and she was actually having a great day. I wasn't chasing her around or exhausting myself...she was doing pretty darn good! After gymnastics we went home and had lunch and then I put her down for her nap. While she napped I relaxed in the recliner with a glass of water and watched a little tv. I had been having some intense contractions....stomach tightening, low cramping, lower back pain, extra shortness of breath...so I was just taking it easy.
Bryce came home from a dentist appointment and I told him that the contractions were getting pretty uncomfortable. He asked if we should worry and I said, "no, let me time them. I'm sure they are fine." I started timing the contractions and they were coming every 3.5-4 minutes. To be safe we called the doctor. The doctor said that they couldn't monitor twins in the office so they were going to have us go to Labor and Delivery.
So we woke Peyton up from her nap :( and headed to the hospital. They strapped me up to monitors and watched the babies and my contractions. They checked my cervix...I wasn't dilated but my cervix was funneling a little, which she said was pretty normal for twins. After about 3 1/2 hours of monitoring, with contractions tappering off it was decided that I was good to go home....these babies were staying in! Yay!! I did however learn that those awesome uncomfortable contractions were likely just going to be in my future for the next several weeks...I just need to keep an eye on them!
Yesterday I had a dr appointment, which was good timing since I was just at the hospital! We got to see the boys. Baby A is still head down but Baby B has decide to flip around so he could sit on his brother's head. Both boys are growing nicely. Baby A is about 3lb 15oz and Baby B is about 4lb 6oz. So, yep, I have over 8lb of baby in me! Ugh!!!!! I also have to start going to the hospital once a week for NST (non-stress test). Basically they will strap me up to the same machines like in the picture above to monitor the babies heart rates and contractions, to make sure none of my contractions are stressing the babies out. This should be a fun endeavor with Peyton....but I'll figure it out!
So the thing about my doctor office is that it's a larger practice, so I don't always see the same doctor. We have only had a few issues with this in the past....like when one doctor said I didn't need to come back for a month, when I had previously been coming ever 2 weeks for monitoring. And when I came back 4 weeks later the doctor I saw that day, slightly freaked out that I hadn't been in for 4 weeks and rushed me to an ultrasound. Clearly, some doctors have different views of how to handle a twin pregnancy....since obviously it's a little more complex that a singleton pregnacy.
Well, at my last appointment the doctor said around 34 weeks we would start doing weekly visits. When I brought this up to the doctor yesterday, he said "no, we don't need to see you that often." That just pissed a pregnant lady off. After we got home I called my doctor office and let them know that it was becoming very frustrating to me that every time I go in each doctor changes my treatment plan.
Today I got a call back from the doctors office and it was decided that the best plan of action for me would be to see the same doctor the rest of my pregnancy. I got to pick my doctor. I chose a doctor that I saw near the beginning of my pregnancy because she seemed pretty conservative about twin pregnancies. Which, I think is best fitting for me. Though I have been pregnant before and had a text book pregnancy with Peyton, twin pregnancies are a whole new ball game and ultimately pretty scary! Lots of unknowns! So I'm hoping I picked the right doctor for us. Fingers crossed!!
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