Hey Everyone. I am now 34 weeks 3 days and no one can really believe that I have made it this far. I have now done 11 weeks of bed rest and when I look back on it i feel like the time really has flown by. I am not being very strict with my bed rest anymore. I don't leave my house unless its for an appointment but I do putter around trying to do a bit of nesting here and there. The problem is that I am so weak now and my belly is so huge that my poor back can only handle a few mins of standing before I have to lay flat again.
This past saturday I started having regular contractions that were strong enough for me to notice, but not strong enough for me to have to stop what I was doing. I tried laying down, drinking water, having a warm bath but they persisted and started to get stronger, so I called my midwife and she came over to check and observe me. It turns out I was 3cm dilated with about 1/2 cm of cervix left when she arrived at my house at around 4pm. We sat around for about an hour and the contractions kept getting stronger and were 2-3 mins apart so she rechecked me to see if there had been any change and my cervix had changed a little bit and was now 4cm and paper thin. My midwife told me to call my mom and get my things together for the hospital. I couldn't believe that this was it....and neither could my husband. When my mom arrived to take care of our son we were out the door and straight to the hospital where they were all waiting for us. I guess 34 week twins get a lot of attention there because I could not believe the commotion that took place in our room. Anyways, long story short, I was contracting every 2-3 mins but they were not getting stronger and after about 2 hours at the hospital they started to go away. My cervix held strong at 4cm and the dr decided that I should stay the night incase they picked up again, but they never did. I went back home sunday morning and since then have had occasion bouts of regular but not too strong contractions. Not too sure how much longer I will be pregnant for at this point, but I am laying low and hoping to make it a few more weeks