We're starting to get settled in to the hospital life routine. I honestly can't complain about anything - I've received excellent care and every person that I've met here has been just wonderful. Antepartum is a different world than the regular floor - they pretty much just leave me alone unless I need them for anything. The contractions are continuing, and today my doctor changed the parameters for getting a shot. The on call doctor this weekend had ordered that if I have 8 contractions in an hour that I should get one, but my regular OB said 4 in an hour whether they see it on the monitor or not that I need a shot. My cervix is continuing to shorten - yesterday it was down to 1.5cm, so we don't really have a lot of wiggle room to just contract all day. So this morning I got a shot at 11:30 and that helped - things have been pretty quiet since then. (ha - as I type that, I just had two contractions in seven minutes. We'll see how that goes!)
I am thankful to be where we are, thankful that our little one is staying put for now. I am 31 weeks tomorrow, and our main goal is to make it to 34 weeks. Any time past that will be icing on the cake. Please also pray for my friend Jennifer who has gone into preterm labor with her twin boys at 27 weeks. She needs it more than I do right now.
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