So Ready

Well, it truly looks like we are going to go until next Tuesday. I have my last OB appointment today at 2:30 and I doubt the doctor will even check to see if I'm progressing. I'm kinda hoping when he sees my rash he will move my c-section to tomorrow, but I think that's pretty unlikely since the rash is not dangerous to me or the babies (just to my sanity lol). The rash has continued to spread and I'm pretty sure the steroid cream isn't doing anything. I have been up for half the night feeling itchy or going to the bathroom for the past couple of nights...evidently the benadryl trick only works once lol. I am so ready to meet Brennan and May...I want to know what they look like and how big they are! I want to hold them on the outside and hopefully start getting rid of this rash. Only 5 more days to go and I have to say I am soooo thankful to have made it this far. Back when I was having the issues with uterine irritability I really thought they would be born premature and I was so scared for them. I have prayed all along, and still do each day, that they will be healthy and big enough to come home from the hospital with us...no NICU hopefully. At this point, I think that is a very likely possibility and it makes me so happy. On another note, all of the ladies having twins in my "due dates" group online have had their babies except me...and I was due first! Out of the 4 of us, one of the women delivered on the 7th at 35 1/2 weeks, one delivered at 33 1/2 weeks on the 13th and...get this....her babies were 5 lb. 8oz., and 4lb. 8oz.!! Great weights! Then the 3rd twin mommy is having a c-section today and she is 37 weeks exactly...only 2 days behind me. I'm amazed when I see pictures of these babies on the outside... I just imagine how big May and Brennan will be...how can they fit in there??

Oh, and I forgot to mention last week that my Group B strep test was negative. I really thought it would be positive since I work in the hospital and have probably been exposed to it about a million times, but I'm thankful that it was negative!

So, I guess if there's any news when I get home from the doctor I will post and update to this, but don't count on it :)

UPDATE:: Ok, so I just got home from the OB appointment and he actually did check me...I am 1-2cm and 50% effaced. He actually is calling the high risk doctor to see if we can do the c-section sooner, but he said he would be surprised if they approved it. It would be SO AWESOME if we could meet them tomorrow! BUT, I'm trying not to get my hopes up because he didn't think it seemed likely. Otherwise everything looked good. Brennan is now "sunny side up" so I'm glad we are doing the c-section anyway. The doctor said he suspects they will both be over 6 lbs, although that's really no surprise considering the weight estimates 3 weeks ago. I am praying that if its safe for them to come out tomorrow (and it really should be) that the doctor will approve doing the c-section early. I am anxiously awaiting a call from my doctor! It would also be great because Scott's dad is going out of town on Saturday for a week and will miss the delivery if we wait. I will post another update after he calls me.

UPDATE #2:: Looks like we are waiting until Tuesday. When he called the high risk doctors they said we could do it tomorrow if we got an amnio first thing in the morning to check for lung maturity. Then we would have to wait until 4 or 5 PM for the c-section and I wouldn't be able to eat all day. It just doesn't seem worth it to have a giant needle stuck into my belly twice and not eat all day just to have them born 4 days earlier. Are these doctors serious?? It would be one thing if I wasn't SURE of my due date, but I am so it seems ridiculous to me. Not only that, but evidently, they wouldn't let my doctor do the c-section next Tuesday either if it weren't for the PUPPPs! They would wait until 39 weeks...seriously?! That is so crazy to me. I just can't imagine they would have any breathing problems at 37 1/2 weeks. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on this with my experience in the NICU. It is especially crazy to me that they are telling me this now when all along they said they don't let twin pregnancies go beyond 38 weeks because of the increased risks (basically its the same as a singleton going to 42 weeks). AND they told me that they don't even give steroids for lung maturity if you go into labor at 34 weeks. Anyway, it doesn't really matter...I can deal with the itching for an extra 4 days. Let's just hope it doesn't keep spreading! Oh, and there's still the chance I could go into labor before Tuesday...