30 weeks update

Since starting the indocin, things have been much better. My fluid levels have to be checked weekly, and at my 29 week appointment the fluid had gone down a bit. I was instructed to back off the indocin from four times a day to three times a day. It is still pretty effective, and I've only had to actually start counting contractions on two different occasions since starting the med.  My 30 week appointment showed stable fluid levels, so I can continue the medication three times a day for now, hopefully all the way until 32 weeks.

Blissfully horizontally pregnant is the best way I can sum up the past few weeks. A few other details:

• the baby is now 3.5 pounds and about 16 inches long
• that may sound small, or it may sound big, but it feels enormous, especially when she stretches her pokey little legs
• the bladder is officially under pressure. Ack!
• still no stretch marks, but the belly button has officially "popped"
• she moves CONSTANTLY!!  last night we were trying to practice relaxation techniques and neither Jason or I could focus on anything apart from the wavelike motion of my expanding belly!
• Ugh, Bosley has to have a shock collar. In spite of my speaking to him in a very mature voice and trying to explain multiple times why his barking has to stop, alas he does not understand. Am I a bad puppy parent? Hope not...

And a few tidbits about the future...

• I will continue on the indocin until next week Saturday, when I officially turn 32 weeks. After that, I will switch back to the Nifedipine. Who knows how long or how well it will work, but of course we are hoping and praying for good things!
• if the nifedipine doesn't work at any point, I will be put in the hospital to do whatever it takes to prolong the pregnancy
• If I have to be in the hospital, they would wait until the lungs are mature, around 36 weeks, and then deliver me even though it's a little early. This would be May 21st at the earliest we hope.
• If the Nifedipine works well and I don't have to be at the hospital, then the plan stays unchanged and I will have the cerclage taken out at 37 weeks, around May 30th or so. 

That's it for now! New belly pics in a couple of days