three updates

1.i'm in a new room! it's the biggest one, and they moved me here today because the girl who has been in here for a long time either went home or delivered. it's room 214 and it is a lot bigger, great for the kids when they come :)

2. i had my cervical check today and I'm still stable, nothing has changed. that is good news and being stable is a great thing. the high risk dr. was telling me that with cervix's you just never know. they always treat it like the "sky is falling" but sometimes people like me end up having to be induced....or they deliver really early. he said because i'm not dilating, if you were to just check me they would have no idea what was going on and i would just all the sudden be in labor. but because they can use an ultrasound and see inside, they can tell that my cervix is "funneling" and really short. if i lay down and take gravity off of it, chances are it will help. and in my history, it has helped to do bedrest. so here i lay :) the dr. was also saying that if I am stable at 28 wks (not this Friday but the next), given my history, i should be able to go home on bedrest....music to my ears! so we are praying for stability!

3. i had an emotional two days this week as i learned i have gestational diabetes again. all the nurses and my dr. kept saying they really didn't think i would have it, and i really didn't think i would...but low and behold I do! not only that, I had it with the twins, and even though i passed my test with Canon, i know i had it with him too. i passed my test only by a little bit, i was able to move around (i was getting at least some exercise compared to just laying here in a bed) and was able to eat my own food instead of hospital food. i ate really good before my test and passed it, but in the end...he weighed 9.3lbs and i gained 60lbs! one of the predictors for if you'll have gestational diabetes is if you've had it before, or had a 9 lb baby...i fit them both. so even though my eating habits have been good, i'm still eating hospital food and have absolutely NO exercise and i am genetically predispositioned to getting diabetes. it took me a day or so to figure all that out...at first i was just mad. how come my really big nurse that day didnt' have it, but I did? what a bad attitude i know. since then i've been learning a lot, eating a lot more protein and not quite so much chocolate. my blood sugar levels are checked 4x a day, and so far they've been really low and good. i'm not worried about it anymore and also see this as a great opportunity to learn more about nutrition, which i like anyway. other than all the diabetes stuff, it was great to have phillip here for a few days. the kids are always super clingy to him while he is here. he was able to have some good one on one times with each of them, and a good conversation with atley. she's been the most emotional and vocal about the changes. its been hard for her to understand why i'm here and has even been a little angry with me...which totally breaks my heart. this is the beginning of a new stage of motherhood i know. my girls haven't been very vocal until now, and its mainly still only atley. so she can now express her feelings better. the kids are truly doing great, but they are not unaffected by all of this. i continue to pray pray pray...and i'm also making them a little book for when they come up to visit me. more on that to come...

thanks for listening to my ramblings and lack of pictures....someday soon my blog will be a lot more fun again!
and thank you for the prayers, i believe they are helping!!!
shelly