Contractions

I have been having a few contractions through out the day for a few weeks now. Some are more tense than otherS but they are few and far between. Saturday afternoon,all of a sudden, contractions one after another 6 in 45 mins. They are not really painful just bothersome. My neighbor came and got Savannah and I headed to the hospital. I still continued to have them for several hours. They we're not showing up on the monitor at first, so the nurse wanted to see them. I showed her and she felt around and adjusted the monitor bc she said I was contracting good but the monitor wasnt really showing them. She also informed us we were not viable yet, which we told her we understood. I had two terbuline shots at different times. I forgot how bad it makes me shake and my heart race but it did stop the contractions for awhile. We then had an ultrasound to check the cervix. They did it thru the belly so they didn't have to remove the pessary. It was around three but the tech had difficultly with what to measure. I go for another check tomorrow and it will be more accurate measurement bc the pessary will be removed.

We talked with the on call dr for a long while. She was really nice and already knew of my situation. She even stayed in for the ultrasound. We talked about procardia for the contractions and I guess I'll probably start it soon. She told me if they started up again to give her a call but we'd like to hold off as long as possible. Last time terbuline's effectiveness dropped as I took it over the months.

Bedrest is hard and slowly taking a toll on my body and mind and we still have many months to go. We have three goals first make it to Dec.9 th that will be a huge milestone - 24 weeks . At that point our little guy is consider viable :) then the new year 2012- 27.5 weeks then the big goal- Jan 20 th we will reach 30 weeks. We had similar goals with Savannah and made it to term and we hope to do the same. We are fighting and praying for each day.

Tomorrow doctor visit and then shot on Wednesday ( we gave it witha 20 G needle a few weeks ago an will not make that mistake again. Needle size does make a difference)

I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and eating :). I still get nauseated and occasionally throw up but I am actually enjoying eating now.