New Plans

So, this morning, I had an ultrasound. We got both good news and bad news from this ultrasound.  Good news: Reagan is measuring larger than expected. Her estimated weight is 3 lbs today and she's measuring at 29 wks, 1 day, instead of the 28 wks, 3 days we are actually at. That's excellent in case she does decide to make an early entrance. Bad news: my cervix is thinner than it was on Friday. So here's the lowdown as I understand it: a normal cervical length for my gestational age should be about 4-6 cm. On Friday, mine was about 1.5 cm. Today, it is about 0.7-1 cm. What that means is that there's less resistance for her to go through to exit her current place of residence. We don't know my dilation, and they probably wont check it for a while (doing so can cause contractions to start back up, and we don't want that). I'll be getting ultrasounds every few days instead. So what all this boils down to is that I won't get to go home anytime soon. We met the maternal-fetal medicine/high risk ob doctor today. He was awesome. But when he learned my ultrasound results, he told me that, basically, I'm going to be here in the hospital for approximately the next 4-6 weeks. It's a little disheartening, but whatever we have to do to keep Reagan healthy, that's what we'll do! So, here I am, sitting in a hospital bed (oh yea, I'm on bedrest-I can get up to the bathroom, but then right back to bed!), trying not to think about how long the next 4-6 wks will be! Lot's of computer time! Lots of tv time! Lots of magazines (thanks to all who've brought some by!! I will have plenty of time to read them all!!)!  If anyone plays "words with friends", please let me know so I can start up a game with you! LOL!! We're going to stay positive and happy and know that Reagan and I are in the best place we can be with all the given circumstances. We appreciate all the love and prayers! God is Good and He is listening. We have had great nurses and doctors, and will continue to be blessed in this journey!! I'm going to watch a little tv for now and maybe take a nap! Will update again soon! Love you all!

Another day

Well we are still hanging out in the hospital.  The girls are doing ok.  We are starting up some oral medicine to try and keep the contractions away.  They did come back last night and the nurse got a handle on them pretty quickly so we didn't have to many issues.  She managed to get a little sleep through the night, and has only had a few times today with some small non painful contractions.  We still aren't sure of our plan to go home, but we have an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow to see how things are doing.  Our baby girl still has a strong heart rate and continues to impress the nurses with her strength.  We will continue to keep everyone posted on how things are.  We are asking that the girls not have any visitors at this time just because we are trying to keep them calm and relaxed to keep away any contractions.  We are hoping that they may be able to go home sometime this week, but there isn't anything definite right now.  Please don't hesitate to post or ask questions.  I'm constantly checking phones, facebook, and emails.  Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers, we are definitely feeling them.

A scary day for the Williams Family

Well, This is my first blog, but I know I need to keep people updated now about what's going on! So here we go!!

 About 12:00am Friday morning, I started having contractions. Once timing them, they were about 3-4 minutes apart. We called the dr and headed to the hospital as directed. Fast forward several hours, I was contracting every 2-4 minutes, dilated 1/2 cm, 50 % effaced, and my cervix was shortened. Not good signs for being 28 weeks pregnant. They had me on several medications to stop the labor, and eventually put me on mag to stop it. I ended up on the highest dose of mag, and I was progressing through it. I was 1-2 cm dilated and 60 % effaced, and I was having back labor. Painful! I got some medicine for pain and it relaxed me enough to help the mag work. My contractions finally started to slow down some. This was all yesterday-it was pretty scary. We really thought that little Reagan Alexis was going to come see us so much sooner than expected! She needs to stay in a while longer. Today is much better. My contractions are very spaced out (haven't had one since 8:15 am!!) and the mag gets turned off completely at 4 pm. I'll probably be in the hospital til Monday, and looks like I'll be home bound on bed rest for most, if not all, of the remainder of the pregnancy. But whatever we have to do to keep Reagan safe and happy and healthy!! Please keep us in your prayers and pray for Mike-this is a lot on him too! I know he's stressing more than he's letting on to me! He's doing so incredibly awesome with me and Reagan-staying so calm and level-headed. He's an awesome husband and going to be the best daddy little Reagan could ever hope for!