Last night I fell asleep around 1:30am and by 3 am I was awake in so much pain. It was terrible. My whole stomach was tight, my back felt worse than it ever had before and I could not get any relief. I just knew I was in labor.
It was pain that I had never felt before so I knew it wasnt normal.
Well after THREE hours of insisting they give me something to stop my labor that they didnt think exsisted...they finally increased my meds and would you know within 30 minutes my pain stopped and I was able to fall asleep..finally.
Since I was having so much pain,and my stomach felt as hard as a rock, I requested an ultra sound to make sure the girls fluids werent changing drastically.
I was so disappoointed when they told me Molly had over 9cm of fluid. This means in 4 days she has gone from 3cm to 9cm. Which means her fluids are still builiding up. They dont like for the babies to have more than 8cm in their sac. I am really worried that the next time they check her fluids that they may have increased again. I am afraid that another amnio is in the soon future.
I am asking...begging...all of you to pray against this. Pray that Molly's fluids will NOT increase anymore but they infact will decrease down to normal levels.
The good news in all of this is that Emma's fluids have remained the same. Around 4.5cm...so that is good that she has not lost any and pray that she wont.
But at the same time, it is not good for Molly or for my body that she is gaining so much fluid. I have had so many contractions lately that I am so scared that another amnio will just do me in and i may go into full blown labor.
My babies can NOT be born this early. It is too dangerous for them. So please please please keep praying.
" I dont know how but there is power, when Im on my knees"
Reach out to God on behalf of my sweet girls and just beg for his mercy.
My babies need His grace.
I need Him to save our little girls.
Erika - I commented on your post on Facebook and followed your link to your blog. I have journeyed the TTTS road and won...well in most moments I say we won. We did lose on of our sons, right away within hours of diagnosis, shortly after we had surgery. We too were late onset...23+ weeks. But our TTTS was acute, there was a slight discordance in our boys...but it was unusual as our donor was the bigger baby....leading the docs to know it had happened within days. Our recipient, strangely, had less placental share (less than 25%) and a severe velamentous cord insertion (11cm from the placenta).
ReplyDeleteThe reason I say we won is because I too had so much faith in God to get us through it. Cole was so very sick that he passed so quick and started to take Cameron with him. We had a close call then, another when it was discovered that Cameron was severely anemic and needed a transfusion in utero and then 3 weeks later when my water broke. God provided for us, Cole watched out for us and other than an 8 week hospital stay we made it out with a healthy 34 weeker.
I will be watching your blog, praying for you and am here if you have any questions about anything regarding TTTS...I've done TONS of research, or tips on bedrest (54 days, 2 different hospitals, 7 different roomates).
Contact me at jodietummers@gmail.com
Erika - You don't know me, but I am a member of the Mother of Twins Club and have been following your blog. My twins are fraternal, so we did not deal with TTTS, but I was put in the hospital at 24 weeks in preterm labor. We made it another 5 weeks and my babies were born at 29 weeks, weighing 2 lb, 11 oz and 3 lb, 4 oz. They are 13 months now and are doing very well!
ReplyDeleteI know you are going through a lot right now, but know that so many people are praying for you and your girls!
I am praying for you and your girls. I'm believing that Molly's fluids will decrease back to where they were and that Emma maintains her fluid amounts. Also believing that all of your contractions will stop, that way to provide the safest environment for your girls. Your faith and trust in God is very inspirational. Much love to you and your girls!
ReplyDeleteI am praying for you and your girls! Continue holding fast to the Lord and finding your strength in him. Thank you for letting us know how to pray specifically.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much everyone for your continued words of encouragement and support. I am sorry that I do not get to respond to each of you individually all the time, but I do appreciate each of you. It's so comforting knowing that there are so many people praying for my babies and knowing other moms that have been down the road we are traveling in one way or the other. Please continue to pray and may you all be blessed for your heart towards us!
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