Update for the 20th and 21st

OK, I didn't get a chance to do my blog yesterday but it wasn't because anything bad happened. I was just a little too tired. However, things are still progressing well. We visited Rachelle yesterday and she is still doing really well. The goal is still at 34 weeks and I still think she might actually make it. She had an ultrasound where they looked at the fluids in the placentas yesterday and everything looked good.

There was an article yesterday about the sextuplet mom that had her babies a month or so ago. The first baby went home yesterday and it weighed 4 pounds 3 ounces. From that, I think it is possible that Rachelle could actually go home with the babies a lot sooner than we originally thought. It actually is making Rachelle a little nervous because at the rate they are going, they could come home at the same time she will. Also despite the fact that she probably won't break the record of 34 weeks and 3 days, she might actually get close to breaking the record for birth weight. Already, she is way above average gestation time for quintuplets (which I think is 27 or 28 weeks). Today, she is also above average for Dr. Elliott's quintuplets. The strange thing is that she is in really good spirits. Another thing that Dr. Elliott confirmed is that if the bad contractions start again, they will not put her on the magnesium but let her go. This means that they could come pretty much at any time...so stay tuned.