Cholestasis and Gestational Diabetes and Preeclampsia, oh my!

It's no lions, tigers or bears- but nonetheless it's a lot of scary stuff. The last we left off Marisa had Cholestasis and was on her new feeding frenzy with the Gestational Diabetes diet. Well, after a week of being on her new diet she went in to meet with the doctor and she had gained 9 lbs.... In a WEEK! They also learned at her appointment that not only were her feet and ankles swollen, but so were her entire legs. As if all of that wasn't enough, she also had high blood pressure. They sent her to labor and delivery at the hospital immediately where they started to monitor her. What we thought was going to be 3 hours of monitoring turned into her being admitted and an overnight in the hospital. The next 24 hours involved her urine being monitored as well as her vitals, her blood and the babies. They also had her doubled up in a room because labor and delivery was so crowded - there were actually 8 women in here pregnant with twins! Anyway, while in the doubled up room she experienced several things- extremely cramped quarters, a roommate with the flu, a second roommate who was a pain in the ass and last but not least the diagnosis of having preeclampsia and that she would be in the hospital until she delivered. They also wanted to push up her c-section from 37 weeks (Feb 4th) to 36 weeks.

2 days later they moved her into a private room which is where we've been hanging out for the rest of the week and where she will be until she delivers. So when is 36 weeks? Tomorrow is 36 weeks. Are we delivering tomorrow? No freakin' clue! There are conflicting reports- every day we get a visit from a Dr. from the OBs office and they tell us we are delivering at 36 weeks- then maybe an hour later we will get a visit from a Dr. from the high risk place and they will tell us that we will see what happens at 36 weeks and maybe we can stick with the delivery at 37 weeks. You can imagine how confusing this all is for us and we wish that the Drs. would talk to each other and then tell us what they decide.

Marisa is hanging in there, staying strong, and making the best of being in the hospital this past week and possibly another full week before delivery. She's bored- which is to be expected, and she's in pain- but that's more from the twins growing and pushing on her ribs making her more uncomfortable than anything else.

So that's the update. We don't know anything more than we did when she was admitted a week ago. Neither the babies or Marisa are in any danger at this point though, and that's what is important. Hopefully we will have something more to report on soon! Stay tuned!