29 weeks, 2 days

Hi All,

I really didn't think I would be updating again so soon, but of course, the babies had other ideas!  Everything is still going okay, but we spent most of today in labor and delivery having my contractions monitored.

I woke up at 1:30 am absolutely starving.  Jon gave me a bowl of Cheerios, I felt better and laid back down.  The feeling kept coming though and then my mind went nuts and I started getting panicked so I figured it would be better to get up and read some news, surf the web, play computer games, to take my mind off it and to make me tired enough to sleep again.   Anyway, after a little while I realized the feeling was accompanied by uterine tightening and was coming somewhat often.  I kept track of how often and when it hit eight minutes apart at 5:15 am I woke up Jon and called the doctor.  They sent me to labor and delivery where I was until 4 pm today.  Thankfully, the contractions are not causing any changes in my uterus and the babies are all doing fine.  They gave me the second steroid shot today, checked my urine for signs of infection or dehydration, both of which can cause contractions (both negative) and monitored me and the babies for a few hours.  I had contractions that were irregular in timing and not overly strong.  They felt that they were caused by the size of my uterus – it’s now the size of a full term uterus.  I was sent home with the warning that I should rest today and if they return like this another time or if the contractions I am still having become stronger or more regular I am to return to the hospital.  They weren’t overly worried as well since the fetal fibronectin test, which tells if labor is imminent within 7 days, was negative.  We are quite relieved as well as exhausted.  And not overly thrilled to know that this experience is likely to repeat itself a few times before these babies are ready to be born. 

A special thanks to my parents - Mom came over at 6 am to watch Harry until he woke up (meaning she was late to work!) and Dad still has him now at 5:45 pm (they will drop him off shortly though).

Hopefully, I will next update next week!