I am now over half way through my pregnancy. As 23-24 weeks approached, I had a lot of nightmares and stressed constantly about my baby. Not for any particular reason except that is when Corbin died. I am now 26 weeks; contracting some, and my cervix is slowly changing. I have already been taking progesterone shots of Fridays (makenna injections), so my OB decided to put me on Nifedipine every 6 hours while I am contracting. Each pregnancy I swell up like a balloon and have always wondered if I have pre-eclampsia. My weight increases quickly, I get headaches, my blood pressure is elevated and the swelling. The nifedipine has definitely been helping my blood pressure. Even with the Nifedipine I still have a few contractions a day, but that is much better than what it was. Every 2 weeks my doctor is going to do an FFN (fetal fibernectin) swab. When this test is negative it is 99.3% negative, but if it is positive there is a chance that you will deliver in the next few weeks.
I have been worried this pregnancy but definitely not as much as others, my 4 year old has been keeping me busy and I like that I have distractions instead of focusing about the worry. My goal is to make it to 34 weeks. That would be 4 weeks longer than Owen and I am praying that my baby this time doesn't have to go to the NICU. I will however have to go back to work at 29 weeks, I took 2 30 day leave of absences, but will need to return after this one so that I don't lose my job.
I will have my gestational diabetes test on Thursday this week and also another FFN test. I will keep you all updated with my pregnancy and Joannas, the closer I get the more exciting I am, I can't wait to hold these last two babies of mine and become a mother of 3.
