Re: UPDATE (loss ment.)

[Guest guest]

Hi Layci--

It was good to hear your update. You are a very strong woman and an

inspiration. I am so glad to hear you made it through the last several days

remaining

pregnant. I am keeping you and your little girls in my thoughts. Hang in

there--it must be so difficult being on bedrest for so long----and all else that

you

have had to endure. Take care--- I am eager to hear your next update---

, 36

SU with a " dip "

resected 11-15-04

#1- late-term loss (July 2004)--my sweet

TTC #2 ---in a few weeks?....give me strength

In a message dated 12/31/04 3:55:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,

laycid@... writes:

> Hey guys!

>

> Well, I've had an interesting few days here at the hospital. Tuesday

> the 28th was the one year anniversary of the birth and death of my

> little baby girl, Saylor, so I was happy to get through that day

> without anything bad happening. However, I did discover that I had a

> really bad bladder infection that day which totally sucks! Wednesday

> the 29th was the day I turned 27 weeks and it also marked 9 weeks

> here in the hospital. Well, when I woke up on Wednesday, I wasn't

> feeling quite right. I had a little bit of crampiness in my lower

> abdomen and I thought I was having stomach problems like diarhea but

> in actualitly I wasn't. That's just what it felt like. Well, I told

> my nurse that morning and they decided to hook me up to the monitors

> to watch for contractions even though I wasn't feeling any at the

> time. A little while later, my doctor called the hospital. She had

> been watching the monitor from her office and noticed that I was

> indeed contracting...like every 3-5 minutes! I couldn't even tell!

> The next thing I know, I'm being wheeled out of my room in the

> gynecology wing of the hospital and around the corner to labor and

> delivery. I really didn't think there was anything big going on

> until I got into my new room and there were like 10 people there

> hovering over me. My doctor was doing a sono to see what position

> the babies were in just in case she had to do an emergency c-

> section, I was being hooked up to an IV for magnesium sulfate (that

> stuff sucks!) and I was given a shot of terbulatine (sp?) all at the

> same time! They also started another round of steriods for the

> babies lungs even though I had them 3 weeks ago. Apparently, since I

> took them at 24 weeks which is as early as they can give them, it

> doesn't hurt to give another dose. Also while all of this is going

> on, the neonatologist and nurse practioner from the NICU were in

> there talking to my husband and I about what would be happening to

> the babies if I were to deliver right then. Talk about a lot to sink

> in! Apparently, my husband and I were the only one's who didn't

> think I was going to have them that day...and we were right! I ended

> up having to be on the highest dose of mag my dr. likes to give, but

> the contractions have really slowed down. They think now that the

> reason for the sudden contractions was because of my bladder

> infection. I have been on antibiotics since Tuesday for it, so it's

> gotten alot better. The babies are doing fine and I was able to go

> down a dose on the mag which is great! I couldn't hold my eyes open

> or focus on anything at all last night with that stuff and the hot

> flashes were unreal! Yuck! Plus, I was having to have my blood drawn

> every 6 hours to test my mag levels so my poor arm is black and

> blue and looks like a pin cushion. My dr. is only ordering to have

> that done once a day now, instead of 4 so we're doing much better

> today! I don't know how long my dr. will keep me on the mag but as

> for now, the contractions have pretty much stopped and I'm still

> pregnant, so that's the important part. I'm sorry if I keep rambling

> or if this doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's the best I can do

> while I'm still feeling a little drunk from this mag. Anyway, that's

> whats going on with me at the moment. I just wanted to keep everyone

> updated. I'll let you know if anything changes!

>

> Layci, 26

> UD/IC

> My little angel in Heaven, Saylor Kayte, 12-28-03

> Still pregnant with twin girls! 27 weeks 2 days

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