Houston, We Have a Plan...

Day 26.  Babies still 'cooking.'  There have been no changes with me, which is a good thing.  The babies have continued to grow and I'm told are looking better with each and every day.  We feel so blessed to have been able to reach this point...28 weeks:  our first major goal!  We had been discussing the possibility of me heading home once I reached this point, but yesterday I got the news that my doctor is leaving for Italy for 2 weeks (ahhh!) on Friday.  Together she and I reached the conclusion that we might be more comfortable with me staying here until she gets back.  Although I am stable, I have continued to experience minor contractions the entire time I've been here.  They are not painful (I think they are just Braxton-Hicks contractions and not true labor contractions) and obviously are not causing labor to progress any further as evidenced by my daily morning sonograms.  However we both determined that although 28 is great, 30 is even better, and I must say I take great comfort each morning when they come in to check the babies and tell me everything is looking good.  In the grand scheme of things, I would rather play this game safe, and what's another 2 weeks when I've been here almost a month already?!  It really is nothing more than a mere hiccup in a lifetime.  It has gotten easier as we've gone along, as in the beginning I was thinking I just wasn't going to be able to do this!  The absolute hardest part is not being able to see my baby girl every day.  I miss her terribly.  But again, I'm somewhat thankful she is so young, and won't remember any of this time.  And she has been in such good hands.  I keep telling myself it is so worth it to give her 2 healthy little brothers.
AND...Joe is moving us into our new house tomorrow!  Crazy...I know.  Thankfully, I had been able to get a good portion of the packing done before all this happened.  I know I say this with each post, but can't stress enough how wonderful of a support system we have had.  This would just not have been do-able without it.  I have had to learn to completely depend on others...something I was not good at.  The movers will get us in tomorrow and then hopefully they will be able to get us somewhat settled in.  God bless our families!  This has been hard on us, but also everyone close to us as well.
As I said above, we are so thankful to have reached this point.  When we first came in at 23 weeks, we were terrified.  We have prayed all along the way and have felt God with us each and every step.  In this I have realized that so often I pray more when I need something and in times of trouble.  I have learned through all this to really just stop and be thankful and praise Him for his faithfulness, goodness, and grace in my life...all the time.
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!  His faithful love endures forever."
1 Chronicles 16:34
Amen!