Just got home from another appointment.  I meant to update the site last week after my Wednesday visit w/ the doctor, but did not have time — so I’ll give you the latest from last week and this week all at once.  Last week my cervix had shortened again, to about 12-15mm, it was about 23mm the week before.  It’s getting smaller, and the doctors don’t have any idea why, so there really isn’t anything they can do to fix it.  I’m also having light contractions, so they put my on a medicine to help relax the uterus.  The meds make my heart beat super fast, and my whole body starts to tremor… it’s not a fun medicine, but it seems to be helping.  The doctor has told me to stay on strict bed-rest.  There isn’t anything else they can do at this point, so he told us to rest, eat well and pray.  The baby looks good, it’s just my plumbing that appears to be broken.  I went back to my regular doctor today, because I was having some bad cramps, but everything looked okay, we’ll go back to the high-risk doctor tomorrow and he’ll be able to tell us whether or not my cervix is still shortening.  We’re 18 weeks and 2 days today, 22 more weeks to go if we go to full term.  I’m starting to look like a blimp!!  Well, that’s it for now, we’ll update again after tomorrow’s appointment.