Back to Hospital

On September 13th I came to EIRMC for ultrasound with Salt Lake specialist, Dr. Belfort. My sweet father-in-law dropped me off at the appointment. My cervix had thinned more and was "opening" in and under stitch....maybe I was going to start dilating? I had gone from 1.7cm of cervix to 1.3cm in 4 days. So i was admitted.During this week Dr. Huggins started me on a med to stop contractions. I take this every 8 hours now. Before it I was having back pain and pressure and now I hardly ever have this. I think this medication (Niphedipine) has mad a BIG difference.

Yesterday, September 20th, I had another ultrasound and things had improved. I went from 1.3cm of cervix to 2cm. (Normal people have 3-4cm). Today i was also started on a shot that is given once a day to prevent blood clots, since I've been on bedrest nearly 7 weeks. I feel I am taking so many medications but I'm having full trust in my doctors. I take niphedipine pill every 8 hours, the shot for blood clots everyday, progesterone shot once a week, after 30 weeks another steroid shot for baby, colace for constipation, and the usual prenatal vitamins.

Dr. Huggins says I will be here until delivery and guesses that I may have somewhere around 4 more weeks. That's good. It would put me somewhere in the 32 week range. A long way from the 22 week range i started this mess at. I have break down days more often now....I just cry for awhile them I'm good to go.

We also sold our house to Jake's sister and because I'm unable to house hunt we moved with my in-laws. We hope to find something that fits our needs a move out during Thanksgiving break but we'll get through this life chapter first. Leaving our house was very hard and emotional on the three of us. We'd lived there 7 years and all at once things were packed up and moved and we didn't have a part in it. It was done when Jake was too busy to help and of course I couldn't even pack boxes. Doing ok with this part now but all of us are a little anxious to get a place of our own to call home.

I love to see this smiley face and am lucky enough I get to see him every day.

My room board. It's the same room I was in before.....i think I own it now ha ha. Did you know the rooms are like 900 a night? Where's my 5 star hotel??

Baby and contraction monitoring done 2x's or more a day. Top heart rate, lower contrations.

Baby Names and updates

We've been trying to name our little girl, which is something we struggle with since Kody was 5 days old before he had a name. Some names we like are Jocelyn, Oaklee, Kenzie, Jenna, Jamie, Reese, Lyndee, Hannah, and Ellie. Hannah was recently vetoed by Jake due to Hannah Montana. We like Oaklee because we have a Kody, a wild west name and Jake's middle name is Lee. Funny story behind Ellie. Before we knew we were having a girl Kody insisted that it was a boy and his name was Eli. When I discussed with him that we needed to pick a girl name and suggested maybe Ellie instead of Eli his reply was, " Like Ellie-gator?" ha ha love the things kids come up with. As for the other names we thought we would mix our middle names for her middle name ....LeeAnn.

Kody has been busy with grandma n grandpa, Cassie n Austin, and mornings have been hard. Some mornings he tells me he wants to stay home with me but for the most part he's doing well. I'm greatful to have family taking care of him.

Jake has started school and has football after that. His Ag shop will not be done for another month. He's a little overwhelmed with that and the stress of taking care of Kody, a wife, a house, and meals. We love him and all he does for us.

My ultrasound looked a little worse yesterday. My cervix has thinned more but realistically look how far we've come. I've been on bed rest 5 wks, had steroid and progesterone shots, hospitalized 2 1/2 weeks at 22 wks, and surgery at 23 weeks. I think we've made some accomplishments and hope to hold her in until at least 30 weeks. I feel terrible today though but I had a long day of appts yesterday....might have overdid it.