Where's Deb?

Where's Deb? And, why hasn't she given us an update yet on her OB appointment? What the heck has she been doing all day, anyway?

Fine questions...

Currently, admitted to the hospital. Hopefully, only for a few days. I asked for another cervix check today and it had gone from 2 to 1.5. Not good. Not good at all. So, we agreed to do the steroid shots to help the babies develop faster, just in case. However, since I have Gestational Diabetes and the steroids mess (apparently big time) with sugar levels, I need to be in the hospital for monitoring. So, here I am. Typing from the hospital bed.

I got here about 8:30 pm after a whirl wind rush to let work know, get someone to watch Max, pack, and such. I just now finished getting admitted and done with all the preliminary things like blood pressure, taking almost 2 hours to get 30 minutes of both babies heart rates "on tape" at the same time, the steroid shot. The staff is great. All rooms are private (with wireless internet). And, if I have to be in a hospital, this is the one I want. Not only does it have the highest level of NICU around, the staff is caring and make things as stress free as possible.

Oh, yeah, on top of a crazy work morning, the OB visit, and the mad arraignments to prep for a hospital stay...today was election day so I had a garage full of workers.

So far, no contractions. Not a one. I'm holding out hope that as long as that continues, I really will only be here a few days and not the duration. That, and the FFN comes back negative. Either way, I'm basically off work. I turned over to my back up today, called my boss, sent out emails letting folks know. I have my work laptop with me as well and will try to tie up a few loose ends and do turnover the next few days with Monday being my official disability leave date. The reason for the delay as soon as you're "out" they take away all your access and I really would like to get a few things cleaned up first.

I'm still hoping that this is all just precautionary and that I make it until August for delivery. I've had too much to get done to get all emotional and worried other than a few minutes on the drive home from the OB's when I started to think about what a difficult road it would be for 28 weekers. They'd probably live, but....it really is still way to early and not the start of life I want for them. I'll do what I have to do to avoid such preemies, but know that I will survice what I have to for my family even if they do come much earlier than planned.