31 weeks 1 day

I went to the hospital yesterday for a non-stress test. It looks something like this:

I had 3 monitors (one for each baby and one for contractions) and I didn't hold anything--not sure what that lady is holding. I guess this is pretty normal for twin pregnancies. Baby A (girl) had an arrhythmia which I've never heard before and I've heard her heart beat many times. A friend let me borrow her little machine so I could listen to their heartbeats daily for the first 4-5 months. It look about an hour or so because with twins, they need to get both babies heart beats monitored continuously for about 20 minutes--just to make sure they are different babies. I had no contractions during the monitoring.

I don't think the babies liked the monitors. I should've taken a photo--my belly started bulging on the opposite side where the monitors were. It was really crazy looking. They stayed that way most of the night. "Get away from those freaky monitors". The nurse thinks both babies are now transverse...bad news. We'll see if they don't move and get comfortable with both heads down.

They consulted with my doctor and then came back and gave me a steroid shot to develop their lungs. I am to go back to the hospital today for another non-stress test, exam to see if I've progressed further, and get my second steroid shot (I guess it needs to be 24 hours after the first--I am learning a lot!)

We took a tour of the hospital afterward and asked questions. I found out that I will deliver the babies in the Operating Room (OR) instead of a labor and delivery room as I am "high risk" and may require an emergency c-section to help get the second baby out fast. Let me just tell you how exciting that sounds--deliver naturally and then get a c-section! :) I'd do it, but it would be my least favorite option.

In short, at around 5 pm tonight I'll know if I need to be on bed rest or not for at least 3 weeks. I think everyone that saw me today at church was lecturing me for being there--the word gets out fast! I am now diligently putting my feet up and "relaxing" while I blog. That counts as "laying low" right? I'll update this tonight or tomorrow with the latest (while "laying low" of course)...