Hook 'em

No this is not a post about UT- Austin... I wish it were...

Instead it's about my appts today... I'm copying and pasting.. sorry but I'm too tired to type it again and there's laundry to fold...

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Appts Update and Advice needed

and I am so wrung out (but I think that's more from watching election results)Had my u/s and all seemed well till the Peri came in.. she took a look at Baby B and kept looking at something over and over. finally she said something.. I don't remember the term that she used but there is a bend in Lillian's cord and there is a very slim chance (she admitted that she was hesitating to say something but opted to be cautious) that Lillian could become stillborn so I'm to start going to NSTs every week starting at 28 wks (I'm 26 today). I think I went numb even though she said the prognosis is good and it's a very very slim chance of this happening. She asked if I had any questions (which I didn't right away since I was still processing the news). I then went to my OB appt (and GTT) and told the OB what she had told me and he decided to have his receptionist call the hospital to get me in ASAP for NSTs. I start them TOMORROW afternoon 1x a week. After the appt I went into Boston to meet up with Lee for lunch. It broke my heart to even tell him this news especially after I shared the most adorable little baby face pictures with him (they no longer look like aliens, they look like real babies now). I am not exactly scared but I am worried since I have no clue what happens at a NST. Please fill me in (since my mom had no clue)... oh some hugs or prayers might help too. I'm not an overly religious person but I need all the good thoughts I can gather. TIA.

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I've since found out that the NST is that I'll be hooked up (hence the UT reference) to 3 monitors tomorrow.. 1 for me for contractions, 1 for Anna and her heart rate and 1 for Lily and her heart rate. Then I sit back and relax and wait for them to move on their own and it all gets recorded and once they get what they need I'll be released till the next week's appt. Maybe I should bring my knitting to work on or a really thick book to read.

I passed the GTT btw... but am borderline anemic... I get to add Iron pills to my daily pills of PNV and Colace. Ain't my life fun..... not.

I so wanted a NORMAL pregnancy.