It is all for the girls!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the latest update, from the horses mouth!!!!! I have Grade 1 Placenta Abruption. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placental_abruption
Since Friday night I would call my Placenta Abruption a Grade a 1.5, because there is no distress to the babies, but I did go in to full-out labor. WHAT A DAY!!! They tried the initial drug terbutlaine, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbutaline. This worked the 3 previous times I began contracting, but those were smaller episodes. But because I was in full-out labor this time that drug of choice did not work. The next more aggressive step was Magnesium treatments, http://www.healthline.com/yodocontent/pregnancy/preterm-labor-magnesium-sulfate.html. My reaction to this treat was so severe that IF this happens again they will start me on a lower does and maintain my dose very low as well. I AM NOT A WIMP, I AM SENSITIVE!!!! My body has always reacted to meds at much lower amounts. This makes for a cheap date since I only need 1/2 glass of wine and I am tipsy!!! But, they will still try the treb first, and if it doesn't work then Mag again!

Looking back at my entire pregnancy thus far, with these complications it all seems to make sense. I confirmed my ideas with the Doctor this morning and she said I can now go to medical school. My thought was... I DON'T NEED TO, IF I KNOW IT ALL ALREADY!!!! hahaha I have been having so much fun here with most of the nurses and all of the Doctors. At week 14 I went to ER for first time. That was when they said I had Marginal Previa. A clot irritated, confused and complicted the situation. This brought me back in to hospital at week 17 when I was put on bed rest for a few weeks. I had two GREAT WEEKS before the next disruption, which landed me here till the end.

This is what I am praying and believing for: NO MORE EPISODES, NO MORE LABOR until after 32 weeks, I rest enough that the Placenta Abruption heals and there are no issues. Doctors will not know for sure until the girls are born and they see the placenta to REALLY pinpoint everything. Because my placenta for Baby A is anterior http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/ask-heidi/anterior-placenta.aspx, I must remain reclined or on my side. This is my own choice! No Doctor has told me I should or shouldn't do this. But most episodes follow a time when I have bending or folding too much. Typically this is not an issue with an abruption, but because mine is abrupted I feel I need to be overly cautious. Most of my episodes that started since week 14 were from this type of irritation. Because it is twins and I am fuller faster and it makes for a more complicated situation for God to show all His glory:) Due to the stress and multiple episodes, it caused Baby B's water to break broke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruptured_membrane. This landed me in the hospital April 1st, and yes Aaron thought I was kidding. I had to tell him a few times I was not joking:) ! This added a whole other complication... again for God to show his glory, right??? Meaning God can use all things for good no matter how bad the out come!!!

I also pray I can deliver without a C-section. I will not be disappointed and have proven that I will do anything for these girls, but it is just my special request to God NOT TO HAVE A SECTION!!!

This situation is sooo unique. Doctors don't know why Baby B's water broke and not Baby A. I think Baby B knew she needed to take care of her sister....because I was in the hospital when the more major episodes started, they were able to get to me in minutes!!! This would not have happened unless Baby B's water broke!!! Baby A, on the other hand, has been taking care of her sister too. It was explain to me that when membranes are ruptured in a single pregnancy the uterus shrinks down a tad making it a little harder for the baby to replace its own fluids. But with twins, because Baby A is in there too, it is keeping the uterus larger and Baby B has been able to maintain her fluids, allowing them to be back to where they should be. DO YOU HAVE GOOSE BUMPS YET??? The girls are not even born yet and they are already taking care of each other!!! Through all of this, each nurse and Doctor is telling me how much of an advantage we have because they are both girls. Statistically, girls are just stronger and can handle all this stuff much better than boys. IT IS SCIENTIFIC!!!!!

So, here I sit, letting my girls cook:) while I get waited on hand and foot. I just found out my monitoring will decrease from 3 times a day for one hour to 2 times a day for 20 min!!!! This makes me believe the Doctors even more, when they say they feel the Mag treatment worked!!!!! We are not out of the clouds but we are seeing the sun!!! WE LIVE IN PORTLAND RIGHT:)!!! hahahaha

I will keep posting on this blog, so I don 't have to repeat my story to anyone that has heard it already:)!