Well, today marks 5 weeks since I started calling St.Mary's Medical Center my home, but it has all been worth it since last Saturday we hit another huge milestone by making it to 28 weeks!!! We have also received some really great test results in the past few days! On Friday, we repeated the FFN test (the test that tells you the likelihood of going into labor in the next 2 weeks) and we once again received a negative result, which is great news. The same day, I had my cervix checked and it actually has remained stable. So again, some very good news! However, I think the best news was from our growth ultrasound yesterday. As many of you may remember, our babies were not growing so good for the past few weeks. Matter of fact, they had hardly grown at all in the 10 day span between the previous 2 ultrasounds. It was such a big worry that my doctor was actually talking about taking them out at 30 weeks. Well, yesterday's ultrasound proved to be better! Baby A (the princess) is currently weighing in at 2 pounds 11 ounces. That's a change of 11 ounces in only 10 days! Baby B is now 3 pounds even. He gained approximately 13 ounces in 10 days! And finally, Baby C is also an even 3 pounds, which is approximately a 14 ounce gain in 10 days! I met with Dr. Stoessel today and he was very pleased with this progress and he is still going to hold off on giving me the steroids to build the babies' lungs which means he thinks we can keep them in for a little while longer. I should be having another growth ultrasound in approximately 10 days so hopefully we can continue the progress and the princess can work towards 3 pounds and the boys can work towards 4 pounds! When put into perspective, it's crazy to think that I'm currently carrying 8 pounds and 11 ounces of baby and I'm only a little over 28 weeks. It's crazy what a woman's body can do!
I just want to thank everyone for their continued prayers and kind words! Please keep the prayers coming! The longer we can keep these babies in, the less chance they have of any long term effects from being a preemie! So, happy trails until next time!
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