Update

So now that I have some time here is an update on what's been happening.

The first sign that something maybe up was on Friday when Kathy said she had a feeling the babies would be coming this past weekend. The second sign was just after lunch on Saturday when Kathy was having contractions. She spoke with the doctor on call who suggested she wait two hours and to call back if the contractions continued. Well, three hours later the contractions were now 4 1/2 minutes apart and it was time for a ride to the hospital in Concord NH where the other boys were born and where we were planning the birth of these babies. Once at the hospital they found that Kathy was 3 cm dialated and still contracting. They decided to administer some steroids to help the babies development quicken and some other meds to slow down the contractions. They said that since the babies were less than 34 weeks (they were 33w, 6d, 18hrs at the time) they decided to move her to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center via ambulance. Dartmouth has the best Intensive Care Nursery in the state. We thought the babies would be coming late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

On Sunday it became clear that the meds to slow down the contractions were working well so they decided to do a second does of steroids and continued administering the meds to hold off the contractions. We were now thinking the babies might arrive late Sunday night or early Monday morning.

Well it is now Monday night and the babies are still in the belly. They have had 48 hours with the meds to help their development and the plan is to do the final dose of anti contraction medication (for lack of the real name) tonight at 10pm and then wait and see what happens. If the contractions stay away without medication then we just sit and wait. If strong contraction start again then they will go ahead with the c-section delivery.

btw..Dartmouth Hitchcock is where Aiden was airlifted to 16 months ago when we lost him. So it is bittersweet to be here again.