29 Weeks, First Hospital Stay

Sunday marked 29 weeks for the girls. Up until this weekend things have been relatively uneventful. Friday morning I woke up extremely dizzy. Jeff stayed home to take care of Cam and I had to lay low. When I called in with my symptoms, the consensus was that the dizziness was likely caused by the cold I had. I took it easy on Sunday and by Monday when I was having lower back pain and a general uneasy feeling my doctor recommended coming in. On the ultasound my doctor noticed right away that Isla had a lot of extra fluid in her sack. Likely because she is unable to swallow and process the fluid normally due to the abnormalities from Trisomy 13. Ava's fluid levels are normal so the aren't worried about it being from twin-to-twin-transfusion. My doctor believes that all of the excess fluid is causing my uterus to contract because it is so strained it thinks it's time for labor. Later this morning I am planning on getting an amnioreduction, where they remove the extra fluid in hopes of stopping the contractions and keeping labor from starting. There is a small risk that the procedure could break the amniotic sack/start labor. At this point I am not considered to been in labor, which is exactly how we want it to stay. Last night they gave me the first of two steroid injections to help develope Ava's lungs in case of an early delivery. I will get the second injection tonight, 24 hours afterwards Ava will have the full benefits. I expect to stay here on the monitors through tonight and if everything goes well, there is a possibility I could go home tomorrow.