Growth Scan 34w 2d (last week) and other updates...

I just updated the 30 to 33 week post with ultrasound pictures, so if you want to see those check it out!!  There is a really cute profile pic of baby A that looks just like his sister :)

I went in for my final growth scan last week!  I was 34 weeks and 2 days.  The boys were measuring right on track! A was 5lbs 13oz and B was 5lbs 11oz!  They are big boys already... I can't believe it!  I believe they were somewhere in the 55-65th percentile.  From here on out they will grow about a half pound each week  so if I go to 38 weeks they could be close to 8lbs each!! Holy Moly!! Oh and how could I forget? Both boys are HEAD DOWN!! :D

Last Saturday I went out to dinner with 3 other twin mamas that have twins about the same age as the girls.  We went downtown to the Cheese.cake Factory and took a carriage ride afterwards.  It was so much fun!! We all joked about how we got all dolled up to go on a date without our husbands! I got a lot of grief from my friends on FB because I was leaving the house, but I figure sitting in the car, at dinner and in a carriage is the same as sitting at home on my couch, right?!? I just needed to get out!  I'm not used to just hanging out at home all day and doing nothing.

Saturday night I woke up with some crazy intense pain in one of my breasts.  It hurt so bad I couldn't even lay on that side or pick up the girls!  I got a fever, the chills, fatigue, and just an overall crappy feeling.  I thought I was coming down with the flu or something.  I felt so crappy that I made Brian call the on-call doc and see if I should go in.  The doc he talked to said to just call on Monday morning and make an appointment for the morning... so I did!  When I got to the office, the doc checked out my breast and it was bright red with a mass under the skin.  You should have seen her reaction.... it was like I had aliens in there or something.  It looked so bad she called in another doc to come look at it too.  They both agreed that it was a skin infection and that I should take some antibiotics to clear it up.  Thank goodness they worked... and fast!

They checked it out again on Wed morning when I was there for my weekly NST and exam.  It looked much better and they said to continue the antibiotics to clear it up completely.  The boys' heart rates checked out just fine on the NST and I believe my cervix is still closed... or maybe 1cm dilated.  They have a hard time checking it because I have a tipped uterus or something and my cervix is "way back there."  Those exams are no fun, let me tell you.

So Wednesday night I woke up with some crazy itching... especially on my hands and feet.  I ended up getting up at 2am taking a shower and watching tv because I couldn't go back to sleep.  Brian made me call in the morning because he couldn't stand me sitting there itching.  I talked to one of the docs and she said it could be two things.. PUPPS or cholestasis of pregnancy.  The latter can be dangerous for the babies so they had me come in for some blood work and gave me some meds to fix the problem if that was in fact the problem.  The doc said that if the meds they gave me don't work to cure the itching then I probably don't have that.... and the itching isn't going away so I think I'm in the clear.  I can take benadryl also to help, but it makes you drowsy so I just take it at night so I'm not up all night itching.  

I think that's about it for now.  The doc says that if I go into labor that he won't try to stop it.  I am 35 weeks and 4 days.  I haven't had too many contractions lately either.  I am now supposed to look for the 511 as the doc said.  Contractions 5 minutes apart lasting for 1 minute each for 1 hour or more.  Good thing I have a contraction app on my phone now.  It counts the duration and time in between.  Now to just get my hospital bag packed... :)

Side effects of the meds....

On my last post, someone commented on what the side effects are of the terbutaline and the procardia.  :)

The procardia, in my opinion, really doesn't have any side effects.  BUT, it is also less effective in stopping those bad contractions.  The night I had contractions all night it really didn't do anything, but I couldn't take anything else because I can't mix the meds together.

The terbutaline is the nasty drug that I really hate to take.  It makes me have hot flashes (and stay warm,) makes my heart race, and makes me feel all shaky.  If I drank about 15 cups of coffee on an empty stomach that might begin to explain how it makes me feel.  If you get the injection at the hospital or the OB's office, it has the same side effects but just a lot more intense for a shorter period of time.  The injection is only supposed to work for about a half hour and then wear off. 

In other news, I feel like absolute garbage.  I don't remember feeling this terrible when I was pregnant with the girls at all.  I am having some strange pain... my breasts hurt so bad that I can't even pick up the girls without being in pain  They hurt to the touch and I have no idea what to do about it.  I used Dr. Goo.gle and it said that this is "normal" late in pregnancy as my breasts are getting ready to lactate.  But, if it doesn't improve by tomorrow I will probably call the doc and see what I can do about it.  So far I have tried a shower, bath, warm compress, and Tyle.nol.  None of which seem to really give me much relief. 

I also feel like I got run over by a truck.  Perhaps its the lack of doing anything... I don't know.  I have body aches, my joints in my hands hurt and I just feel like crap overall. 

It just makes me mad because I can't take care of the girls and feel pretty useless.  Brian's dad has been here since Monday and has been a big help.  He's fixed some things around the house and helped take care of the girls which is huge at this point.  Next week we will be depending on Sherrie, the gal that takes care of the girls to help out when Brian is at class and such.  I don't know what we would do without her!!  I mean, could I take care of the girls by myself?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I feel like such a crappy right now, but I'm not really sure what I can do about it.  It would be nice to not be pregnant anymore so I could take care of the girls, but I also want the boys to cook longer so they don't have any time in the NICU. 

MORE Contractions

I really have been resting lately... and haven't been out of the house since Wednesday when I went to Tar.get to fill my prescription for the terbutaline.  Last night I was having some crazy contractions.  Since it was late, I took the procardia instead of the terb because I didn't want to be awake all night.  After taking the procardia, the contractions continued and I still didn't get any sleep because they kept waking me up.  At about 2 am  I downloaded an app on my phone for a contraction calculator and had a few that were 7 minutes apart.  I can't take both meds at the same time, so I was kinda SOL at that point because I had to wait a few hours to take the terb (which I really didn't want to take because of the crazy side effects.)  At about 5:30 am I finally decided to take the terb and suffer the consequences  because the contractions were just not letting up.  I go in this afternoon for a growth ultrasound and a visit with the doc, so we will see what he says about all of this.  I know some people's docs won't stop labor past 34 weeks so if that was labor perhaps I shouldn't have stopped it?  I don't know.  I'm going to ask about the steroid shots for the boys' lungs too.  Not sure if its too late for that, but I really don't need two babies in the NICU and two babies that can't visit the NICU at home because they are too young.  Anyways, I'm 34 weeks and 2 days and I wish I had a crystal ball to predict what was going to happen!!!