Waiting for the end

After meeting with the neurosurgeon there wasn't much left to do except keep baking babies and visiting my high risk doctor and my OB. 

We scheduled the c-section for December 30th and the shunt placement surgery was scheduled for December 31st. 

It was a quiet calm and my doctors continued to do what they could to keep us relaxed. 

Because I was considered high risk due to gestating multiples, I had NST (non-stress test) monitoring beginning at week 34. Basically, you go to the doctor, sit in a comfy chair and they put monitors on your belly. They want to see a resting heart rate and an active heart rate within a 20 minute period to make sure that the babies aren't in distress in utero. It's important for multiples because they start to run out of room and can become stressed. My first NST showed that twin A (the girl) was showing signs of stress. They asked me to come back in two days for further monitoring. I decided I should probably pack my hospital bag, just in case. (For the record, I procrastinated still). On Friday, the results of the NST were much better and I was sent on my way and instructed to come back in a week. The following week, I was back for the NST and found out that I was having minor contractions. Nothing big, but they were happening and they were measurable. My OB warned me that even when you schedule them, twins like to make their own birthdays and now that I was beyond 34 weeks, they would not attempt to stop labor should it begin. The twins and I had a quick talk to stay put. I signed my consent forms for surgery and was scheduled for my intake appointment at the hospital. We just needed to make it to December 24th as that's when our help flew in. We were fine.