We are in the hospital, we've hit a bump in the road

Yesterday, March 25th, was officially the scariest day of my life. Eric left for a work trip early in the a.m. and my mom was set to come in today (Thursday) so I had only ONE day by myself. Well, that's all it took. Eric's flight left at 7:00 am and I noticed something "off" by 8:00 am. I called my ob/gyn and went into their office at 2:00 pm. (mind you I was there the day before for a routine check up and everything looked great). Well, I was dialated 2 cm and rushed right over to the hospital. I was hooked up to all kinds of IVs and medication to slow down the pre-term labor that I was and still currently in. I quickly progressed to 3 cm and was rushed by ambulance to a near by hospital that has a Level 3 Labor & Delivery unit. I am only 28.4 weeks along, too early for any baby to be born. I was terrified. Eric was lucky to land in Las Vegas for his meeting, hear from me what was going on, and get on a flight back to Raleigh. For a while I was progressing so rapidly I was afraid I was going to need an emergency c-section and Eric wasn't going to be here. They got me to Wake Med where I have been since yesterday at 5pm. Throughout the remainder of the evening and into the night my contractions weakened and really spaced out and slowed down. I am still at 3 cm, no further progression. So, for now, we are status quo. I have been given steroids to help the babies lungs and will be given another dose at 5pm today. Our short term goal right now is to make it to 5pm tomorrow (Friday). At that point, the babies would have received the maximum benefit from the steroids. From there, we will take it minute, by minute, day by day, week by week. If I can stay at this state, without furthering progression, that would be WONDERFUL. I will more than likely be here throughout the remainder of the pregnancy - - whether that be 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month. On a good note, the babies are fine. They are not in any stress and their heartbeats are wonderful. Their rate of survival is 99.9%, they would need some assistance breathing, eating etc. Bottom line, its just too early and I am praying that we can round past Friday and just remain on bedrest for a few more weeks and get them as big as we can.

Back to the story, Eric got to me around 1:00 am and I have never in my life been more excited to see him. We got a few hours of sleep, but I have a fetal monitor for each baby, plus 2 IVs, a contraction monitor, and a blood pressure cuff that goes off every 30 minutes etc etc etc. So sleep was minimal. Like I mentioned, things stabilized throughout the night. I was moved from Labor & Delivery this morning to antipartym - - which is for women like me trying to prolong their pregnancy. I have not felt any contractions since this morning and emotionally feeling much better. It has been a rollercoaster. The staff is wonderful and we have met with the neonatologist and Eric will be touring the NICU later on today or tomorrow.

I am writing this as Eric is at the airport getting my mom - - whom I cannot wait to see.

Send your good vibes are way . . .

( we have Eric's laptop, so you can contact us via email or try our cells )