Showing posts with label heartbeat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heartbeat. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2009

Why won't they come out?

Still nothing but pain and discomfort. I don't how she is doing it, but Holly is still hanging in there. Doc is coming in for another measurement at 5pm and then should have a plan for whats next. I'm just sitting here hoping to help her somehow. 'Bout all I can do is get her more ice and shoulder/arm rubs...scratch her back for her.

I would prefer to video the kids...but for now, here are their heart beats and momma's contractions. The graph with the contractions has thick vertical red lines...those are 1 minute apart. In this graph she was having them 2 minutes apart. Since then they got sporadic and they are giving her some drug to try and get them looking regular again.


Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Week 35 and Counting...

"Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight."
Multiply that times 2! Even more crowded and one big giant heavy belly. Holly's belly is measuring the size of a woman in her 42nd week of pregnancy. Everything is going great and we are hoping the boys come any time now. Getting a mass e-mail ready to send for when the day comes.

These are pics and video from our practice run through at the hospital. Check out the blog back in November for our night at the hospital.

This is a vid the monitor monitoring the babies' heartbeats and Holly's contractions. She had like 4 thing-a-ma-jigs hooked up to her belly: