Week 22 Update

I've been meaning to update the blog for a few days - but thought I'd wait until we had been to the hosp. for our appt this week so I could share the progress report. Sherri had the last of her 4 Iron transfusions yesterday, hopefully that will help her feel a little better and not be so tired all the time. I guess its pretty common for a mama of trips to have iron deficiency- the three critters are takin' all they can get right now. So that appt lead into the ultrasound where we could spy on the babies a little.
The ultrasounds are kind of neat right now - all arms and legs and in our case...little man parts! I'm telling you, I have to laugh every time I see all these little guys and how they are all curled up hanging out in their little swimming pools! They don't have a care in the world. They box one another, hiccup all the time and we even got to check out baby Bs little eyes that were wide open. These little guys are perfection.
So the bad news was that Sherri's cervix is getting thinner - which is both expected and shocking at the same time. So for those not well versed in baby-carrying: the babies are wrapped up inside the uterus, and the cervix is a muscle-like area that holds it shut. Eventually, the cervix thins out to nothing and opens, at which time the babies start to come. I think of it like the cork on the bottle, and as the babies grow the cork will eventually pop. So Sherri has had a great cervix up to now, and we've been fairly confident that she's doing great. However, they measure it everytime we go in and this week it had shrunk about 30%. So...the only remedy at this point is bed-rest and hope that it doesn't continue to get smaller. Now, we know that eventually we'll have have to deal with this - that is a forgone conclusion...but we definitely don't want these problems right now at 22 weeks. Basically, we need another 4 weeks absolute minimum for the babies to be viable, 8 to 10 weeks more is what we really want. So the pressure is on!
Marky is doing great- he's getting more and more excited about the arrivals - he keeps saying that "the babies take a long long time" so I think he's looking forward to it. I think he'll be a great big bro and we'll have a lot of fun with these little guys. Of course, he'll need to learn to share all his prized possesions which will be interesting, but hey thats ok too.
All in all we're doing great...just the usual drama at the Miles house!! Ciao.