UPDATE

Well I think Grayson is finally getting used to the new way of doing things around here. I am sure he wonders why mommy's legs don't walk around any more and why her arms don't pick him up. Don't you wonder what goes on in their little heads? Despite what he might be wondering, he seems to have adjusted to things. He plays near me and will come up to where I am and try to play with me. He sits with me for his milk in the morning and at night and if it isn't too late he gets story time with mommy before bed. He has had lots of visitors. His aunt Red is staying and he had Lisa with him all day yesterday.

I still can't get over how blessed we are!!! There are thousands of people praying for us, I continue to receive encouraging e-mails from all over the country, and we have people offering meals and other forms of help often. It is amazing! God is so good!

Our girls continue to hang in there. As I explained before, most women with PPROM go into labor within one week or less. Monday marked one week since I first noticed I was losing fluid and today marks one week since I was diagnosed. These girls are fighters!

There is another risk besides labor. There is a chance that Baby A (we still don't have names) will die in utero and we will not know it until we go for an ultrasound. We have one week until our next ultrasound. That being said, I feel like both babies are moving well. It is hard to tell with twins, but I am pretty sure I know where they are positioned and I can feel movement in both areas. Also, they occasionally move at the same time. That is a really neat feeling. Also I continue to lose fluid every day. Not ideal, but I have decided to think of it in a more positive way. This is not medical fact and I refuse to spend any time researching on the Internet because it just discourages me. My thoughts are that since there was no fluid when the doctors looked last week, then continued loss of fluid means she is still making fluid. To make fluid her kidneys have to be working. If her kidneys are working then she is still alive. That is my positive way of looking at the continued loss of fluid.

Our next milestone is tomorrow. That is when I will be at 20 weeks. Although the specialist from Duke Perinatal does not consider babies viable until 24 weeks, the NICU staff at Duke considers a baby viable at 20 weeks. Now, obviously we are praying and believing that God's miracle for our babies is to keep them in there growing and thriving until more like 33-36 weeks. However, the short-term goals help the time pass faster and gives us motivation each time we reach one.

Please continue to pray that Grayson and Justin will feel loved and cared for during this time, that I will continue to stay busy with the days passing quickly, that our little miracles will continue to grow, thrive, and make more fluid, that labor will not begin for a very long time, AND that all of these amazing people will be blessed in a tremendous way for all the ways that they are blessing us.