It seems like every time I get an ultrasound done (which is once or twice a week!), we start out with great news and then it turns bad. That was the case Tuesday when I went to have my cervix checked. It was up to 17 from 10 which was great! Both boys remained head down. Then she checked their fluid. Baby A's fluid was especially low at like 5%. Then she couldn't get him to move much, though I tried to tell her he's not a morning person, just like Mommy! They sent me to the hospital to have him monitored. I told Jon it was scary when they told me something was wrong with my cervix because that is just a thing, but it's AWFUL when you're in the emergency room and they say you're here because Baby A is in distress!
Did I mention the worse part? Jon was 7 hours away in Mississippi for work. Luckily, I had my mother-in-law with me and the kids were hanging out with GranBobby. Of course, once they put the monitor on Baby A, he started kicking at it! The doctor said the anti-contraction meds caused my fluid to drop too low (it had been too high-95%!). She said it should come back once I was off the meds, but if not it could mean they'd have to deliver, which worried me that Jon wouldn't make it home. However, they let me go home to drink LOTS of water and come back for a recheck Thurs.
I go to my ultrasound Thursday and she says it was "amazing" how much better the fluid was! Again, we started out with great news then it got AWFUL!!! When she checked Baby A's heart it would stop beating or skip a beat every 10 beats or so. Of course, the ultrasound lady didn't say anything but I could see his heart stop beating on the screen. They sent me to the hospital where you could hear it missing when he was on the monitor. They decided to send me to a specialist at Centennial. I had to spend the night being monitored and then have an echocardiogram in the morning.
Jon made it to the hopsital by 10:00 p.m. Thursday night after driving I-don't- want-to-know how fast to get home! I didn't sleep all night bc/ if I move one twin's or the other's monitor would come off. It was awful to hear his little heart skip beats.
The next afternoon the ultrasound showed no physical abnormalities causing the arrythmea. The doctor said 85% go away before birth and 10% more within 30 hours after birth. We go back to Centennnial tomorrow for another ultrasound where I have lots of questions for the doctor!
Obviously, this has been a rough few days. We are so glad nothing is majorly wrong with his heart, but I'm still worried about my sweet baby boy and what this will mean for him after delivery in the NICU or whatever. I'm fairly freaked out bc/ I have to be VERY aware of any decreased movement and call the doctor immediately which is hard bc/ they are getting bigger and move less not to mention keeping track of who kicked me when!
Please really pray for us and Baby A! Tomorrow I'm 32 weeks so we're getting into much safer territory which is reassuring!
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