12 years and 1 day and 32 weeks!

We have reached two amazing milestones. Ryan and I have been together for 12 years and 1 day. The picture to the right was taken when we lived in Georgia as an homage to Chi town, notice the Cubs hats and the Old Style Bear. We went out to have a nice dinner last night and I have to tell you I felt like a prisoner who was released from solitary confinement and out into the mainstream. It was a little weird being around so many people and some sort of innate Mother instinct was kicking in telling me to go back home. We had a nice dinner, but is was brief. So we went home to watch a movie instead, "Knocked Up" of course. Not bad, but parts in the hospital hit a little to close to home.

I went for my scan today and everything looked great. I had to go to Labor and Delivery to have the babies heart rates monitored, what they call a "non-stress test." Unfortunately I could not order pudding while I was there. I then went for my scan and again, everything looked great.

It is a big day for Dad, he is going to Wrigleyville to watch the game. So I will watch one set of cubs while he watches the other.

32 weeks pregnant today

3 weeks and 2 days on bed rest.

Hours till the Cubs game 5 and counting.

You can go home again.

I am home. I slept so good last night. It felt weird to be home, my house (which is on the smaller side) felt huge! My bed was a vast improvement from the plastic mattress and the plastic pillows. Seeing Daisy also was a real treat. I just got back from my scan and everything looked really good. So we continue the holding pattern. I am choosing not to comment on the Cubs at this time, as I feel it is important to surround myself with positive energy.

So days total on bed rest at home and in the hospital 3 weeks and 1 day

31 weeks and 6 days pregnant.

Times I looked for my call button to get a milk in the middle of the night 1.

And now the top ten things I will miss about being in the hospital

For those of you just tuning in I am leaving today to continue my bed rest at home, see the previous post for more details. Now, without further ado, the top 10 things I will miss about being in the hospital.

10. Freaking people out every time I get on the elevator and seeing them mentally prepare to deliver a baby.

9. Being able to order pudding to my room anytime I want.

8. Having my bed linens changed daily.

7. Having my room cleaned daily.

6. Random people looking into my room if one of the nurses accidentally left the door open while she was putting the heart monitors on.

5. Being asked everyday about my bathroom daily activity, sometimes when guest have been here.

4. Hearing women yell out in pain in the middle of the night.

3. Hearing babies crying in the middle of the night ( I am really sad about this one as I am sure the sound of babies crying is one I will never be woken up by again.)

2. The wonderful nurses the work here.

1. Seriously, did I mention the pudding; we are talking chocolate and banana.

There is no place like home

I am shocked and pleasantly surprised to announce that I am being sent home to continue my bed rest there. I have been having consistently good scans for quite a while now and my doctors are all in agreement that I can continue my care at home. The Dr who scanned me today is the one who admitted me, he is shocked as to how well I have done. He asked me today what I have been doing to make this turn around. I said I have been eating well and drinking my ensure shakes, resting, and what I think is the key is that I have been meditating on these babies. I spend a good amount of time each day thinking about all of you and how much love and support there is out there for these babies and I focus it on them. Sometimes I will think about a specific person and something they said, or sometimes I combine all the thoughts and prayers and focus the whole lot on the babies. That to me had made the difference. So thank you all for your love, support and prayers. We could not have done it and gone this far without you all.

I will be going in daily for a scan and twice a week for the babies heart monitoring. I can drive short distances and do things around the house, I just have to rest at least three times a day. Really they are not doing much for me here besides my scan and monitoring, it is kind of like I am just living here. I am a little scared to go home, but I trust my Doctors. Also, with the daily scans we will know exavtly what is going on with the babies. I will miss being able to pick up the phone to order food, but being home with Ryan and Daisy will more than make up for anything here I miss. I will continue the blog, but do not get worried if it is not daily. Thanks again for all of your support and care.

Time is the hospital 3 weeks.

31 weeks and 5 days pregnant.

Time till I go home 8 hours and counting.

Go Cubs!

The torch has been passed.

It is official, I have now been here the longest of any Mom who has not delivered. Today they brought me a cart with a mini fridge and microwave. There was no ceremony, but I could almost hear the Olympic theme in the background.

My scan was okay today. The absent end-diastolic flow was constant today instead of intermittent, but this is still okay and really status quo. Everything else looked good and they scored a 10 out of 10. Dr Y also told me that I have already made it over the average for women being able to keep from delivering babies with absent end-diastolic flow, I guess two weeks is the average. I am going to throw that curve!

Some upsetting, but not surprising news, is that I will not be able to go out to dinner for our anniversary. Due to liability, the only way to do this is discharge me and then re-admit me. That sounds like a little much. So my favorite Nurse A has arranged it so that the cafeteria will bring up a table and setting so Ryan and I can have a nice dinner in the room. We will just have to carry out from somewhere. The hospital cafeteria does not a romantic meal make.

So 2 weeks a 6 days in the hospital

31 weeks and 4 days pregnant

Servings of pancakes with strawberries to date -2 YUM!

Cubs play tonight!!!!

Sole Survivor, now show me the money.

So exciting news. I am now the long timer multiple mom here. One of the triplet Moms was delivered last night and one is having her scheduled section right now. (All the Moms and Babies are doing well.) So, I win, I guess? No one has said anything about a million dollars, but I may get the one room fridge. I also get the regular scheduled spot of going down for my scans at 8:30 every morning. This is a really good thing as most days I would sit and wait till my scan not knowing when it was. Now I am on a more regular schedule. They may also have to change some of my freedoms because of another non-compliant mom. She has been sneaking off and been missing for over an hour on different days. Hopefully I can still keep my freedom due to my good behavior.


My scan went well today, the absent end-diastolic flow was only intermittent. They both got a perfect 10 out of 10.

Two weeks and 5 days in the hospital

31 weeks and 3 days pregnant

1 day till the cubs play.

1 hospital meatloaf dinner (and it will be only 1!)

Happy October

Well Yip and Yap have made it to October. This means a little over one more month to go. We did not post yesterday as we all had a big day. Grandma Boulware, Great Aunt Kathy and Great Great Grandma Hirsch came by to see us. We had lunch and went for a nice walk outside. The weather was so nice yesterday. Their scan was good again, some moments were we did not see the absent end-diastolic flow at all with Yip. Dr. T also explained why they check to see if the babies are breathing every time, babies do not really need to breath in-utero, they are just practicing for when the are on the outside. If a baby is in distress or feels it need to save energy then it will stop breathing as it gets what oxygen is needs from the placenta and cord. I thought that was pretty interesting.

So today is Monday and wonderful news, Dr. C1 said that I could go out to dinner this weekend with Dad to celebrate our anniversary. We will be together 12 years on October 5th and be married 4 years on the 10th. So I get to leave and be in the real world for a little bit this weekend. Very exciting. Today's scan also went really well. There were moments where we did not see the absent end-diastolic flow at all with Yip and everything else looked great.

So 31 weeks and 2 days pregnant.

2 weeks and 4 days in the hospital.

Days till Cubs play again 2