Well, I'm going to have to give you a little background information from yesterday to now....we haven't had any contractions since Monday night at 11:00 p.m. So Yeah!!!! I have been on the Magnesium Sulfate (Mag) since Monday @ 1:00 p.m. The cervical length ultrasound did not go well yesterday...it was a 1.8 :-( The growth ultrasound went very well, Jordan is growing just perfectly. She's getting bigger everyday.
Ok now on to today :-) We were woken up by Dr. Holbrook this morning who told me that since my cervical length was so short yesterday I'm here until it increases. She did not tell me what that length of increase will be. We are also getting a Trabutaline Pump (T Pump) from Matria Health today & someone will be in to show us how to operate it. It is the new meds to keep the contractions from starting again. Obviously the Procardium Pills were not working. We will also have a monitor at our house to keep an eye out for any contractions via satellite. We are told the T-Pump & the contractions monitor will help us to stay out of the hospital. So, we'll do whatever we have to!!!!
Big happenings for our day was...I got transferred around lunch time to the high risk mom unit since I was not contracting anymore. It's much quieter over here & the rooms are so much nicer too. Plus, once I'm here it's like I have one foot out the door :-) Once I got to my new room I also FINALLY got to shower. Thank God...I don't think my nurses or the visitors could handle it. Haha. Around 3:00 the Matria Health Nurse came to show me how to do the T-Pump. My Mom (Grammie Deb) was here to be another set of eyes & ears for me (Nate was making Jordan & I $$$). I have to change my injection site & tubing every 3-5 days. The pump is the size of a pager & I insert a syringe into the device that has my meds in it. I change my meds every 16-20 hours...the pump lets me know when it's getting low. So far the pump seems easy...by the time I do it a few more times it will be a normal thing. Right now it's a little scary stabbing myself with a needle to insert medicine into my body. I get meds every hour & an extra boost every 4 hours. The extra boost every 4 hours makes me really jittery...like I've had too much coffee/caffeine.
Other than all of that fabulous news...Jordan is doing well, I'm doing well, Nate is great & we are hoping the cervical length ultrasound tomorrow allows us to go home! Once we are home the Matria Health Nurse will be out to hook us up with the monitor for our contractions. For now we are hanging out at the hospital waiting for the next step to be decided. We are just thankful the baby & Mom are healthy :-) We keep telling ourselves things could be worse & this is God preparing us for having a child. Making us realize that the small stuff doesn't matter so much & planning things doesn't always work. We all know what a big planner I am...so, I'm learning to have patience & take things day by day.
Thanks to everyone who has come visit us & brought me great presents, activity books & flowers...your kindness & support is very much appreciated. We are also very happy to have all of our family & friends support & prayers through all of this. We would not be able to get through all of the ups & downs without you all. Thank you so much for everything & in 10+ weeks we will have Jordan with us healthy & happy :-)
We will as always keep you all posted. Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend.
Love xoxoxoxo,
The Helgerson's
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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