When we arrived at Saint Luke's they explained to Robin their goal would be to keep Robin pregnant as long as possible, even if she was there in the hospital until she reached 34 weeks gestation. They would do this by limiting her movement... i.e. super-strict bed rest as well as continue to monitor the baby and pump Robin with more magnesium to keep the contractions spread out.
We settled in, not knowing what to expect, but we felt good about 1) being in the hospital in our hometown (unlike Springfield), and 2) Saint Luke's has a great NICU in case we did have our baby early.
Robin's parents came in from Saint Charles this night and visited us along with my parents and sisters. Everyone went to bed that night hoping we could keep that baby in Robin a while longer. Robin and I didn't sleep much, just watching the monitors as we could see when she had contractions, and we could also see that the contractions would decrease the baby's heart rate considerably each time they came. The doctors said that this was likely putting pressure on the baby's cord causing the slight dips, but as long as they come back up, we are all good...
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