Hospital update day 16

I have been in the hospital for 16 days I can't believe it! I have at least another 3 1/2 weeks here. I celebrated my birthday here:

Then I celebrated my husbands here a week later. I am getting to know all my nurses, they have all been amazing and so has the rest of the hospital staff. I have become thankful for the little things like bathroom privileges and the ability to walk there on my own. I've learned to shower while still attached to an IV and unhook all the different devices they use to monitor me when I need to get up. (It's not much really just a contraction monitor and cuffs on my legs to prevent blood clots.) The worst is probably how tangled I get in all the wires. I have become less squeamish about talking about bodily functions with strangers all the nurses ask you. And have debated responding with witty remarks; I read one mom blogger stuck on bed rest who was trying to muster up the courage to say when asked about when her last bowel movement "this morning when was yours?" Not sure I will ever be that bold. 😀

I have learned to that joy is never found in a place or circumstance, true joy is always found in Jesus. Places and circumstances change so quickly, he never changes but rather is the solid rock of refuge. This whole experience is showing me that ; one minute I'm home the next I'm in the ER with frequent but not painful contractions. From there I'm hooked up to IV's and crazy meds (magnesium sulfate is no joke.) and sent by ambulance to a hospital an hour from home. My room on the labor and delivery floor was spacious and had big windows that let in lots of sun and where I could see the mango trees. It was there my amazing doctor informed me that due to the nature of my complications the risks were to high and that he was keeping me here till I hit 32weeks I was 26 weeks at the time, I cried over that. Than I settled in to a new routine of blood work, ultrasounds, and vital signs. A week and a half later I was deemed stable enough to move up to the antepartum floor to a room that at first I called a cave. Small window with a nice view of a building and very tiny. Again I cried. After about a day of sadness I realized afresh joy will only be found in Jesus. And so I have settled in here. It's quieter on this floor no laboring moms screaming or nurses rushing all about. It's harder to fit all my visitors in but we make due. It's a season, and while I find it hardest being away from my husband and son, I want to make the best out of the time here. I have time to pray, to read, to think, to do little crafts ( when my back allows me to sit up most times now the weight of the fluid and girls cause painful backaches so I lay on my sides a lot), it's not what I would choose for this pregnancy but none of this situation was in my control anyway.

In all of this I am learning more and more to give thanks. First the situation could always be worse I'm thankful mine is what it is. I'm thankful for all of the friends and family who have visited me, who are praying for me and the girls, who have sent me notes of encouragement, who have brought me food (hospital food is not the best when ordering a lemon with my tea I got a packet of lemony crystals called True Lemon but the food is a funny topic for another day). I have seen the body of Christ work while being in here being his hands and feet. There are people praying for us all over the country, I can't begin to say thank you enough. I don't know all that God is working out through this situation, but whatever the outcomes both seen and unseen I know they will be glorious. And I know that he is always good. 

My nurse Marilyn listening to the twins heart beats which can prove tricky to pick up. And that belly is unreal I can't believe it's mine. Last measurement was 45cm it's a centimeter per week so I'm measuring 45 weeks.

My love. He stayed with me my whole first week here which was by far the hardest with the meds I was on. He is by far the most wonderful husband.

Visitors!!!

My little love. 

P.s. My previous post has specific details and prayer points in it as far as what is medically going on and how you can be praying for healing for Hannah.