Home Monitoring Plan Set

My home monitoring plan is officially set.  NOW the fun begins!

I start next week at 24 weeks.  A nurse through the home health company Matria will come in 2 -3 a day and monitor the babies by conducting a Non-Stress Test (NST).  The test involves attaching two monitors to my abdomen to measure each baby's heart rate and another belt to measure contractions.  Their heart rates are measured for 20-30 minutes depending on how cooperative they re.

In addition to the daily monitoring I will have ultrasounds every other day to monitor the babies cord flow and position.  Two of these monitors will be in the doctor's office and one will be in the hospital.

All this monitoring helps to ensure that the babies are thriving and not getting more entangled in the chords.  If everything goes as planned I hope to continue home monitoring until 28-30 weeks.  

Sulindac

The perinatologist would like to start me on a drug called Sulindac.  Sulindac is non stereodial anti-inflammatory drug.  While not its primary role, it has been used to help treat pre term labor and in decreasing the amniotic fluid level in mom pregnancies.  

Not being much of a "drug" user, the decision on whether to go on Sulindac is not an easy one to make.  Because there are so few momo twins we are basing our decision on the limited information we have and the experience of my health care providers.  By decreasing the fluid, the babies would have less room to maneuver in therefore limiting their ability to further tangle their cords.