Dutchy wrote:Dear Brooke I will comply with your request, trust everything will turn out alright, have faith! Thinking of you too.
Thank you ((((( Dutchy )))))
deedeexx wrote:Brooke - thoughts with you and yours ((xx)). Is this sis's first birth?
Thank you ((((( deedee))))). No this is her 3rd pregnancy. She has twin girls and a 3 year old son.
JPB wrote:prayers sent, brooke. I hope everything turns out well. Keep us posted.
So very appreciated. Thank you ((((( JPB )))))
Izzie .....
Thank you ((((( Izzie ))))). Kim is 30. 5 weeks on a 38 week scale.
I would love to go into the hospital and draw her. That's such a great idea. Right now, they are only allowing grandparents and spouse to get inside her room. One at a time. They are trying to keep her calm and are afraid of her tiring with too much activity in her room. And her blood pressure has been pretty high. So calm
calm
..calm is the prescribed "feeling." Though, I would imagine that is very difficult for her, knowing Kim.
Thank you for all of your input. You always make me feel better!
mismi wrote:
I know it is hard...I remember the weeks of worrying and wondering. I am praying...feel free to ask me anything...(((Brooke and Sis))))
Thank you ((((( missy ))))). Just like Izzie
..your information is comforting. I didn't sleep good last night. Toss and turn. Toss and turn.
( I know Bill! I should have called you. 24x7 Or just had you call me before I went to sleep)
Trying not to worry and just put everything in God's hands. That's all I can do. Thank you very much for your response.
Dev ......Thank you ((((( dev ))))). As always.
You guys
I love you all. You are simply the best! Here's the update on Kim and the babies:
Her labor is being slowed down. She's still having contractions but not every 4 minutes like she was for about the past 24 hours. The drug they are giving her seems to be working. She does have some bleeding but the water is still intact, albeit leaking.
They did a host of tests today and the results were
.some good. Some not so good. But overall there is no reason to stop hoping. But then....there never is, no matter what.
The twins are monochrionic, but a complicated case because the blood that they share is not being shared equally. So we have baby "A" receiving an adequate supply of nutrients and baby "B" who has less of the placenta and in distress and lagging in growth. Of course, since baby B has less of the placenta, he also has less of the amniotic fluid
which is leaking.
While the blood flow in the placenta is below normal
the blood flow to his brain is good. That's one of the deciding factors at the moment that is keeping the doctors doing everything they can to keep the twins from being born right now. If the blood flow to his brain drops below a certain level they will have to do an emergency C-section.
The other concern right now is with Baby "B's" heart. It should be slowing down in the 3rd trimester but it's still pretty high at 194. They'd be happy with it under 160. But the pregnancy isn't normal
..so to expect the heart rate to be normal, seems to be asking a little much right now?
Also ..Kim's blood pressure is high. She has shown no signs of eclampsia during this whole pregnancy till now. If that's what's causing it. Mom said it was 175/120 this morning but has dropped to 158/110. She's like me, normally. She works out a lot and has a very healthy reading otherwise. ( Of course she's not worked out for awhile due to pregnancy and being so stretched out.) So that's an extremely high reading for her.
The long and the short of it is
.they do not want to deliver while his lungs are not ready and while he is under 3 lbs if they can help it. Preferably in the 3.5 pound range. Anything short of 3, they said drastically increases not just the short term complications, but long term as well. His lungs are not developed enough right now to give him a good chance of survival. They are going to give Kim another shot of steroids tomorrow. (They wanted a full week between shots) With Kim being at 30.5 weeks on a 38 week scale
..the doctor said she has just entered that time frame where the growth rate for twins starts to slow down normally which further complicates the situation because they need it to speed up, for Baby B, not slow down. (If I understood Mom right on that)
Kim has been in pure misery the past 4 weeks or so. She was hoping that the twins could be born early. Like in
..asap (sometime this month). Of course now she's blaming herself for this early labor
.simply because she's been
thinking that way. But geez
she's 5'3 and around 110 when not pregnant. Of course she's gonna be stretched to the limit with twins. She's been to the point of having a hard time getting up from a seated position without some help for a few weeks now. I think she's just forgot how big she got with the girls before they were born.
Thank you
..and keep the thoughts and prayers coming? Please. You guys are the best!
I can't express my thanks, enough. Truly.
Perish the thought! He's just a baby. :wink: 
Have to keep trying.
Win the Jinks Win the Jinks..... :wink: 
