An Eventful Couple of Days

Hi All-

We had our 20 week ultrasound on Monday afternoon. I was anxious as usual, mostly because I have been so uncomfortable lately with severe back pain, and I suspected something might be going on in there. (other than the normal baby/ belly growing,etc.)

Well, it didn't take long for the tech to see that my cervix is shortening due to the pressure of the babies. Before this whole experience, I always thought that what a cervix does during pregnancy is dilate, open up in other words. Now I have learned that in addition to dilating, it shortens, which means it stretches in the other direction. A healthy cervix during pregnancy should be at 4 mm. Mine was at a 2. something. So that was enough for the dr to order me to immediate bedrest and I will be undergoing a surgical procedure tomorrow where they will place a cervical cerclage, which is just a stitch, in my cervix to help keep it closed.

Many emotions came over me at the thought of all of this. Work details are getting figured out and I was lucky to find a very experienced sub. I can do the bedrest, but I am quite nervous about this procedure.It seems to be quite common and my OB is great and very experienced.

On a positive note, my cervix is not dilated at all and we caught this early enough to where everything should be fine. The boys looked great and were very active during the ultrasound. In fact, we caught them kicking each other while the tech was moving the wand around.

Here is a picture of each one:

Twin A- He was being shy and wasn't posing so well!

Twin B- He was being more cooperative with his poses!

Please keep us in your thoughts...we'll keep you posted!