Cerclage tomorrow

At our Dr. appt today we saw that my cervix has continued to shorten and funnel. So, tomorrow morning they will be performing a cerclage. They will give me a spinal block (yes, I am pretty scared about that part) and then the Dr. will stitch my cervix closed. They said it is a pretty easy procedure and the Dr. who will be doing it has done many. They are hopeful that since we are doing it early, we will have good results. We have to be at the hospital at 6:00am and the procedure is scheduled for 8:00am. Hopefully, all will go well and it will be out patient.

Home Again

I am sorry it has taken me a while to get this post up. Things have been busy since we returned.
We had a very nice trip to Massachusetts. We were able to visit with my family and see some of Brent's family. I was able to take Brent to see Dublin (where I went to HS). I had wanted to do that for some time and it was nice to look around again. My mother and sister were VERY generous with the baby clothes and accessories! We came back with our minivan loaded with stuff for the kids!
When we got back, we went to the Dr. on Monday. Overall, the ultrasound looked good. Baby B has some cysts in the brain which they say are pretty common and will hopefully go away between 26-28 weeks. We are praying that will happen. The two boys weighed 13oz and were measuring at 20 weeks and 3 days. Anna Kate weighed 11 oz and measured at 19 weeks and 6 days. They were all within the normal limits.
I have had a lot of back/rib pain which they say is normal for the size that I am. I am growing quickly, my stomach circumference has grown 1.5 inches in the last week! I am really beginning to feel big and waddle. I can't imagine what it will be like at the end!
We go back next Monday. They said the length of my cervix was normal, but it may be starting to funnel. So, I may end up having a cerclage. I am pretty scared about having a spinal block for that procedure, and am praying that it won't be necessary.
Brent's sister, Beth, and her family arrived on Monday. My nephew, Kristopher, flew in from MA on Wed. He was supposed to be here on Tues., but they missed his flight. When he was 4years old, I told him he could come see my in SC when he turned 10. He flew by himself and loved it! Beth has two boys who are 9 and 10 and they have been having a great time! As I type this, Uncle Brent has the boys on the four-wheeler and is driving around in the mud somewhere! Beth's family leaves tomorow and Kristopher goes home on Sunday. It has been fun to have them here and Beth has been a huge help! She has sorted baby clothes, done laundry and picked up! It has been wonderful!

Northern Bound

We had an appointment yesterday and today. All looks good. One of the boys had turned and was head down pretty low, causing a lot of pelvic pressure. But they said everything was fine! My cervix hasn't changed and we go for our big ultrasound on Monday June 23 (our 2 year anniversary).

Tomorrow morning we are headed up North to see my family. It will be a long slow trip-but we are looking forward to it!

I will post again when we get back!

We went to the Dr. yesterday and had another good report. My cervix hasn't changed-so that is great! He said if all goes well next week, we should be fine to drive up North. The babies looked good. One of the boys has turned, so they are both looking to my left and Anna Kate is still stretched out on top! The said they will most likely stay where they are at this point.

The doctor said everything looked good with my weight gain. I have gained about 14 lbs so far and my stomach is 38inches around. Besides the back pain, I really feel good!

Yesterday was the last day of school for the teachers and I work another 5 days. We are getting ready for a yard sale on Sat. Many of our friends have been generous and donated things for us to sell. We are planning on using the profits to help furnish the nursery.

We go back to the Dr. next Thursday!

Matthew Glen, Andrew Kyes and Anna Kate

We went to the specialist on Friday and the ultrasound tech saw two boys and a girl! :-) Right now, Matthew and Andrew are back to back on the bottom and the Anna Kate is moving around on top. We were a little worried at first. Last week, the tech started on the left and the first baby she came to was a girl. This week, she started in the same spot and came to a boy first. My cervix looked good, but they want to continue to monitor me every week. That now makes sense, since we know how they are positioned! Our next appointment is this Thursday.

Looks Like a Mix

We went back to the OB yesterday and had another ultrasound. Everything looked good! The first thing they checked was the heartbeats. They had all slowed down from two weeks ago, but they said that was normal. We asked the tech to see if she could tell gender. She has been doing this 13 years and said she was at least 75% sure of what she saw. . . .two boys and a girl! We are very excited and hope to hear the same thing when we go to the specialist next week. They started checking my cervix and that looked good to! I go back to the High Risk group next Friday.

First Shower

Well, I must say that when I started this blog, I thought I would be better at keeping up with it! I apologize to those who check it often and are disappointed :-).

We had an OB visit last week and everything looked good. They did an ultrasound-but no one was cooperating and they couldn't tell any genders. It was still pretty early, but we were hoping to see something! The ultrasound tech did tell us that all of the heart beats were "fast" which according to the old wives tale means they are girls. One baby was 155 and the other two were 157. I am not relying on that and am still hoping for at least one boy. But, of course we will consider ourselves blessed with whatever the Lord has for us.

We go back one week from today and they are going to do another ultrasound. We are really hoping to see something then!

I am not 100%, but I think I felt a baby (or two) move today. It is very exciting. I am showing now and have been told that I am starting to waddle. I think that is more from some hip pain than my size! Besides the hip and back pain, I think I am doing great!

I have four weeks left in the school year. This is a very busy time and I pray that I will continue to feel good so that I can wrap up all of my lose ends before the school year is over. We are in the middle of State Testing-which makes for busy days.

We had a baby shower at the school yesterday. There are six of us who are expecting. Everyone at the school was so generous, and they did a wonderful job making each of us feel special. We were blessed with many gift cards to Babies R Us and lots of other useful baby "stuff". We are shopping the sales and stocking up on what we can. Hopefully in a week, we will have some more direction regarding colors etc!