Thursday & Friday update

Things continue to be going well for me and the babies. The NST's continue to look awesome and the babies are moving around so much! They are so sweet and fun! Although this little girl of ours likes to climb up under my ribs still and camp out - it doesn't help that I'm sitting all day and smoosh her. Poor little babies - they are so squished. I think they continue to grow every day because the usounds get harder and harder. It's harder for the nurses to find these big pockets of fluid like they used to but since I know I'm not leaking any, I know they have plenty which is reassuring as well.

I was diagnosed with choleostasis and so now I'm taking a new medication to help my liver and gall bladder function more properly and it seems like it is helping with the itching. It's not completely better but it is night and day from a few days ago which I could not be happier for. Itching is one of the worst things I think - I would almost have traded that for another day on L&D being hooked up to the monitors all day. ALMOST... not quite though. The good news is that it is just choleostasis and not toxemia too. They were worried that it might have been both but my labs look good and my platelet count is up today too and my liver enzyme count is down. Both good news. I take Benadryl to help with the surface itching and it is helping too. Hopefully by tomorrow, this will all be over and maintained by the medicine.


I have to tell all of those in my neighborhood that attended our neighborhood party last night - thank you so much! Spence told me that everyone was so generous and thoughtful! Thank you so much for your kindness that is shown all the time to us. We couldn't be more grateful!


I'm a bit more emotional these days and feeling a little more isolated from the world. It is hard to look out the window and not feel a part of anything real. My whole world has been NST's and the babies and trying not to have them. It's funny that I say that because I do have lots of great visitors and texts and phone calls all day. I don't mean to imply that I'm isolated like that - just isolated from the "real world" I guess is what I mean. Anyway, I'm doing well and feel very lucky and blessed every day to still be pregnant for the babies sake.


Spence's family Christmas party was tonight and I was sad to miss it. It sounds like it was fun as usual. They are all so funny and fun to be with. Then, Spence came up and we hung out for awhile - he took me for a wheelchair ride which is always nice to get out of the room. This whole experience is just as hard on Spence - our last few weeks of being a couple without kids and I'm here and he's there. We're making it work though! Talk to you soon!