We are back at home now. No baby/babies decided to show up. We tried to leave yesterday afternoon but we only made it as far as the elevator before things felt funny again so he had me stay overnight. No changes! We now have to go to the dr twice a week. Monday will mark 18 weeks for our pregnancy. While we know that the baby who's water broke (Jacob) won't make it no matter how long we last, we really want the other baby (Xander) to make it to 24 weeks at a minimum. At 24 weeks, the pregnancy is considered viable. However, the odds are still not good. At 26 weeks, his survival rate goes up and the doctor said that if we can stretch it to 28 weeks, the odds of survival REALLY go up. But, this is all still a long shot. Right now, we are still expecting to go into labor sometime over the next week - statistically, it happens in 10 days to 2 weeks after the water breaks. We are a week out from the water breaking. We have to pray that Xander's water doesn't break during that labor, that he doesn't decide to follow his brother out and that both of their placentas (which are fused together) decide to stay in. The doctor said that it is not unusual for the placenta to want to stay in because it isn't ready to come out yet - that happened to us with the other baby. We pray for all of those stars to line up for us!
Right now, I am on disability from work until something happens. Best case scenario is that I am only off a short time for now and then would work for several months until Xander comes. Worst case scenario is that I would be off for delivery then recovery.
Thanks to any of you who are reading for your continued prayers!
