It is day 25 inpatient and I’m 28 weeks today! 28 weeks is a big preemie milestone. 🎉🎉

The past week has been relatively uneventful.

Some things that happened:

1) I made Sam a woven cow. When I was making the pig, he said he wanted it. I told him the pig was for the babies but that I’d make him whatever he wants, so he asked for a cow. He still clearly prefers the pig, but it’s a good lesson in learning to share.

2) I studied the stark differences between #boatlife and #hospitallife Here are some photos. Luckily I am allowed to go outside and sit by the water, so I have spent a lot of time observing boat life.

3) My doctor and I discussed the pros and cons of eating more protein. I have heard that protein can help babies grow, especially with placenta issues. My doctor said there is some evidence for that, but she doesn’t push it on people because it’s weak evidence and most pregnant people can’t stomach much protein. We discussed ways this can be achieved such as eating more protein or drinking protein shakes. Then she said that I could just eat ice cream. So I have been trying to eat more protein and ice cream. But no shakes.

4. I lost my bowl! Ugh. First world hospital problems. I have a bowl here that I mainly use for breakfast. With hospital room service dinner, I often order ice cream and a brownie. Last night, I didn’t have a clean plate with dinner to put my dessert on, so I used my own bowl. I forgot to take it off my tray, and I sent it away with my finished dinner. 😭😭 We tried to call this morning, but they don’t keep anything that comes back on food trays. Nooooo!!!

5. I started making some crochet ninjas and ice cream cones so I can put them on a mobile. I am stuffing them with postpartum hospital underwear. Gettin’ my moneys worth!

6. I continue to try to stay in a routine. I feel like I have converted into this ultra-running like mode where I focus on one day at a time. One monitoring to the next. This week, I got a bit ahead of myself mentally and started worrying about things that are off in the horizon, or just worrying that the babies will encounter a sudden catastrophic issue between monitoring sessions. I am trying to reground myself by just focusing on one day at a time.

Not many other updates to report. The monitoring has been going well lately and the babies are behaving like more mature babies — fewer erratic heart rate spikes and drops. Next week, I will have another growth ultrasound. That will be pretty telling regarding how far we think we can push the delivery date. The target is between 32-34 weeks, and their growth trajectory will help us figure out where in that window we want to be.