33 Weeks and 1 Day

First I just have to say how proud I am of Billy for coming on here and getting everyone updated for me. I can't believe he was able to figure it out and do it...and yes...it's like you have all said...he types just like he talks.

So here it is my 6th day in the hospital...still pregnant, Thank God! Joey is doing great even though his sac broke. He is continuously creating more fluid and his heart rate is strong. Molly is just hanging out...doing good with a strong heart rate as well. I can feel her growing stronger and bigger everyday. Joey is still way down low with his head on my cervix. Don't feel him as much anymore , I guess because he doesn't have the water to move around as easily...but Molly has been very busy exploring all the new room she has.

For the first few days I was having all kinds of contractions. But ever since yesterday afternoon things have definitely slowed down. Last night was probably the best night yet...no contractions and the nurses took off all the monitors and let me have a good nights rest. In fact it's gotten so boring around here Billy woke up early this morning and went to work for a little while. He is also going out to our land to get things going. Our windows are in and so is all the material to get the framing started. Hopefully the framing will start tomorrow! My doctor came to talk to me today and said that everything is looking so good. She is going to find out what day Dr. Ivey (another doctor within her group) is on-call. She wants to do the c-section on either Monday or Tuesday so which ever day Dr. Ivey is on-call is the day we'll finally get to meet our new bundles of joy! So...by this time next week...they will have arrived! YIPPEE!!! So exciting. Everyone keeps telling me to enjoy this time and just rest...but that is almost impossible. Not only because I have been resting for the past 3 years after my last pregnancy didn't end good...but now I'm in a hospital room with a million RN's, PCA's, MFM's, and of course Dr.'s that come every 20 mins. to bother me and on top of all that I have Molly putting her feet in my ribs and getting them stuck there. At this point I am done resting...now I just want to meet my babies!

I want to Thank everyone for all your thoughts and prayers! We could not have made it this far without all of your support. Thank you for all the shout outs on Facebook and all the wonderful advice on how to get through this very stressful time. I guess the next time you all will hear from me will be after the twins are here and I'll make sure to post lots of pictures! :)

Thanks Again,
Love Billy and Christy

32 weeks and 2 days " the water breaks"

This is Billy posting this blog, per Christy, she is resting. It was Wednesday, bunko night. I was thawing out a ribeye, & went out to cresent to show Blake P. The progress on the Barndominnium. When on the way back the wife calls to tell me she thinks her h2o broke. I assumed it was pee & instructed her to call her doc. Well, I'm back @ the hse. In 5 min. To my dis-belief Wendy Crane is parked in my spot!!!! Just kidding! Thank God! Wendy, Amy, and Tracy we're there. They we're life savers, I was lucky to have such well seasoned pros there. I wasn't prepaired for this, this early. Christy pretty much was, she was packed, I wasn't. For some reason she packed herself @ 30 wks., must of figured I'd just be naked. I really pretty much stay packed. So we loaded the rig and warped into st. Lukes, Hou. Joey's sack broke @ 8pm 10/21/09. The docs. Gave Molly & Joey some steroids, and Christy some dope to relax her muscles. She was only dialated 1cm., the doc. took her cercloge out around 11:00pm, just in case she goes into labor. In the a. m. We were moved to the Anepartum unit, to try and keep these babies in as long as possible. Tonight @ 9pm the kids get the 2nd steroid injection. This helps speed the growth of the organs. Even if Christy went into labor right now 32 wks. Is a long time for twins. They would be in the nic-u for 2 to 4 weeks, but will be healthy and ready for hunting season! Christy is doing fine, she's a tough Lil soldier. Spirits are high and we can't wait to see Molly & Joey! Joey has had his head pushing on Christy's cervix for months now & Molly is on top taking up all the space in the womb, pushing Joey out of the way. I think they are just excited for deer season!

It Was A Good Day At The Doctors Office

Today was my 31 week visit with the MFM doctors and my OB. First they did an ultrasound on my cervix that measured 1.42". Not great...but that is right where my stitches are and they are holding up. My cervix seems firm and like it will hold strong for the next 5 to 8 weeks. Then they measured the babies. Joey is 4 lbs. and Molly is 2 oz. shy of 4 lbs. So the babies weights are GREAT! We have decided not to measure the cervix anymore, to just leave it alone, since it can't get any shorter due to the cerclage...and the next thing that will happen is I will just go into labor. My MFM doc and OB doc decided that we will take out the cerclage in 5 weeks, Nov. 18th and scheduled a C-Section for 39 weeks. They said if the babies come at 36 weeks...when they remove the cerclage the babies should be big enough that they will get to come home when I get released from the hospital. I asked her to give me the Steroid injections just in case they come early and she told me,"No. No reason to. Everything looks great and they will just see me in 2 weeks." Yippee! So excited. I can't believe it but I have only gained 18 lbs. and 8 of that is baby. How Crazy!
I am so excited that in just 5 to 8 weeks I will be home with my two babies. I don't care how crazy it will be and how much sleep I'm going to lose. I am so looking forward to hearing them cry and just having them to hold and kiss. I will finally have my little family that I've been wanting for so long and I feel so lucky to have found such wonderful doctors to make this experience a GOOD one.

My poor poor husband!
Billy went to the ranch this past week-end for what they call a "Work Week-End". Although I didn't hear about them doing any work...I did hear that they Bow Hunted Friday evening and Saturday morning. Billy called me Saturday morning after hunting complaining of a sore throat. He thought maybe he was getting strep throat. I told him if that's the case he may need to stay at the ranch or go stay with his parents because I didn't want him getting me sick. Then he called back that afternoon and said that his body was aching, he thought he was running fever, his head felt like it might explode and all the other flu symptoms you might get. So he was on his way to his parents house to get on their couch. I told him to just stay away from me and go to the doctor as soon as possible. He felt bad all Saturday, all Sunday and this morning. So he was finally able to go to the doctor today and sure enough...he has the flu. Maybe the swine flu...but since they treat the flu and the swine flu the same way...they didn't test him to see which one it was. They gave him a prescription for TamaFlu and sent him on his way. So my doctor said that I need him to stay away from me until all symptoms have been gone for at least 48 hours. He just texted me to tell me his temp is now 100.3, so it doesn't look like he'll get to come home until the end of the week. I know this is going to sound selfish...but how bored am I going to be this week? This sucks! It was bad enough being home alone all day by myself...but now...it is going to be all night too. Blah! :( I have to feed myself?! Oh well...I guess it could be worse. At least he got it now...before the babies are here. I told Suzy to make sure she disinfects everything of his before sending him home. So hopefully all the germs will stay over at The Freemans. :)

My Room Is Ready!

Not Going Crazy Anymore!

So this week-end has been great. Billy has been home most of the time helping me get things in order. Not sure if I've mentioned this or not...but the past few months I have NOT been thinking very clearly. Suzy actually brought it to my attention the other day after she washed some of the babies clothes and other items for me, that I will need a place to put all this stuff when the babies come home. For some reason...I was thinking I was going to get everything washed...but then keep them in the gift bags so it is all together when we move to our new house. Once we get there I was planning on getting it all out and organizing it. But wait...the babies are coming here first...to our house in town. OMG! I was like, I need to get all their stuff organized now. And when I thought now, I meant...NOW! So all last week I was in a panic and this week-end I got it all done! Billy and I organized everything. We cleaned out the spare bedroom and cleaned out the babies dresser and night stand that I've had forever...they were filled with all kinds of crap and tons of clothes. Luckily my aunt Jill is having a garage sale next week-end...so all the stuff that I need to get rid of...she is coming to get from me this week. Then I sorted out all of the stuff that doesn't belong to me and now I have a clean room. SO EXCITED! I can't beleive I got it all done. Well almost. I have about 2 or 3 more loads of baby stuff to wash and then I'll be ready for my babies. The last thing I needed to put together for everything to be complete was the changing table. So I asked Billy to get the changing table out of our storage unit. I thought it would be nice to set it up and get it organized as well. But as soon as he pulled the box out...I saw on the side of the box..."Kiddie Table and Two Chairs". I was like, "No! That's not a changing table"...Babies R' Us gave me something else. So I had Billy open the box to make sure it wasn't what I paid for and sure enough it was a table and chairs. Mom said she would exchange it for us on Monday since she is going into Houston. Yea...after I get that set up...I will be ready.

(I started this yesterday and now I'm finishing it today. Just have to say that I tried to wash all the baby stuff yesterday, BUT...my washer broke. Not really my washer...I have this plumbing problem that I won't go into detail about. But it happens about once every other year. Now I am going to call Tupa's Plumbing and I hope they can come out soon.)

Billy's Man Shower

Very Fortunately and sorta unfortunately Billy's Man Shower was success. The fortunate part is that we collected over 6200 diapers. That is wonderful and I can't wait to see how long that will last us. The unfortunate part is that Lance, Billy's brother, and Billy had a bet that if we collected over 5000 Billy would have to wear a Depends Men's Diaper for the remaining part of the shower and for a picture for the Leader News. Of course Billy had no problem doing this. If it were up to Billy he would walk around naked all the time. So sure enough he put on that Man Diaper around 2 o'clock and wore it all day. He shot skeet, rode a dirt bike, played craps, watched a football game and ate dinner in it and loved every minute. I heard he even used a few of them. If I can find a picture I'll post it. It was really funny to me just thinking about him doing all those activities in a diaper but seeing a picture made it a little bit more funny.

(I did find a picture but Billy has asked me not to post it on here. Huh? That was strange to me to hear...but I guess he did have good reason. He said that if I put it on a world wide website...it might be harder for him to run for President of the United States of America later on. :) Hehehhee! Although I couldn't help myself...I did forward a text of the picture to a few lucky people (or UNLUCKY people), so to those of you who got it, enjoy!)

Here are a few pictures of our diapers in our storage unit.



This is what Eugene and Dennis got us. It is so we can hand wash all the cloth diapers they got us. They even put a wash board in there for us to use along with the rope and clothes pens to hang out the diapers to dry. Apparently they don't know me very well...that is WAY TOO much work. But it's the thought that counts I guess.

I am going CRAZY!

I am now at the point where I am officially going crazy. I have so many things I want done around my house that I can't do and I can't stand it. Sooo...today I did some of them. I really wanted to clean my floors. So I swept and mopped them. I am washing my sheets and I can't wait to get into my fresh, clean bed tonight. I also am doing some laundry. I was almost out of towels. I'm not going to do the things that I really shouldn't do...but I sit in this house pretty much everyday...it really needed to be cleaned.

My doctors nurse called me today and told me that I failed my 1 hour glucose test I took on the 18th. So I get to go in on October 8th for the 3 hour test, AGAIN! This time I might see if someone can take me...last time I got pretty sick and didn't feel like driving all the way home...especially without eating in Houston first.

Our barndominium was on hold for a little bit due to weather conditions...but things are back on track now. Our barn should have walls by the end of this coming week-end. Then the fun part starts. Hope Kelly is ready! I'm sure he is.

That is about it for now. Other then going crazy...I am doing great and so are the babies. They are kicking none stop and making sure I know they are doing good. Makes me feel pretty good every time I feel one of them kick me. Reassures me that everything is okay with them and reminds me that I'm on bedrest for a very important reason. To make sure Molly and Joey stay in me long enough so that when they do come...they are far enough along and big enough to come home right away.

27 Weeks And 4 Days

I went to the doctor on Friday. I did a glucose test, met with my OB, got a shot of RhoGAM and another ultrasound on my cervix and then measured the babies. My meeting with my doctor went good. We have decided that I am on light bed rest. Meaning...no standing for more then 30 min. at a time, no shopping, no nothing...just taking it easy. No problem! I've been pretty tired these days anyways. My ultrasound on my cervix showed that my cervix has thinned more. A good, normal cervix at this time will measure at 3+". Last week mine measured in at 2.2" and this time it measured in at 1.7". I will be going back next Friday to see if it has gone down even more. If it measures at 1.5" or less...then they are going to give me two steroid shots. Those are to mature the babies lungs for breathing...if they were too come early. They are also going to do some kind of swab that will tell them all kinds of information but the main result they want out of the test is to know if I will deliver within the next two weeks. They don't think I will...but this is just a precaution. The babies weights are great. Joey weighs 2.9 lbs. and Molly weighs 2.8 lbs. The only picture I have recently is of Molly. But it's a 3D one and unless you have someone point out to you where she is...it's really hard to read. Joey has not been cooperating...he had his head buried really far down "there", so we can't see his face. We can barely get a good measurement on his head because of where he is. I don't know what it is about my boys...they are just so impatient and ready to meet all of us I guess. Hopefully he'll wait a few more weeks. My doctors would like to see me go at least 5 or 6 more weeks. So cross your fingers and say a little prayer for us. ;)

As far as our barndominium goes...well, we are a little behind schedule due to all the rain and no road. All of our concrete is finally poured and the barn has started to go up. In fact Billy has them working this week-end and any other time it is dry enough to get out there. Hopefully our electricity will be going up this coming week and the barn part should be completed. IF the weather cooperates. :)I know we won't be in our barn house before the babies come...but I would like to get into it before they start sleeping in a crib. I am not setting up a nursery in our house in town. Just not going to do it twice! I have a Pack N Play that they will be sleeping in for the first few weeks in our room. Then...they will need our barn house to be ready...so they can sleep in their own room.

This is Billy and a guy from GCLS building our pier. Yes...those sure are some big poles! Billy doesn't play around when it comes to doing things. Go BIG or Go HOME!


Still building the pier! And that is pretty much how it has been left. :)


Here is the slab with the poles for the lean-to's.


Our barn...almost all framed out


Billy and Halle...just getting off the maintainer. They were working on building us a road before the rain starts up again.

MFM Visit

Today I met with the other MFM (Maternal Fetal Medicine) doctor. They did another ultrasound and said everything looks good. The amniotic fluid is the same as it was 2weeks ago...and that is great. My cervix looks the same as last time also but he would like to see me on bedrest...not strickly bedrest...but some. He said that my cervix is holding the same amount of weight right now that someone carrying a singleton would be at 36 weeks pregnant. He said it is a lot of weight and getting to be too much for my cervix. The cerclage is doing great and holding strong. He wants to see me carry the babies for at least 8 more weeks if not 10. I am going to do my best to take it easy...but it's not that easy to do when Billy is out of state working during the week. But I do have plenty of people to do things for me around town if I really need them to. Just hate asking for help all the time. I go back next Friday for an OB appointment and then I need to figure how to get all my OB and MFM Ultrasound appointments in sync. That way I am only going in about every 3 to 4 weeks. The MFM doctors don't want me traveling more then neccessary and would only like to see me a few more times. After the appointment, Mom and I, went to eat at Gringo's in Richmond...mmmmm that was some GOOD mexican food. Think I have a new favorite place to eat. For a little while anyways! :))