Well, I’m home from the hospital, and very happy to be back!!  Rob stayed w/ me every day and every night.  The reason they sent me in was because my cervix got a lot shorter than it had been at the visit last week.  During my stay at the hospital, they were able to finally determine what has been wrong w/ me during my previous miscarriages, and what is causing the problems with this pregnancy.  Apparently I have a very rare auto immune illness, known as Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS).  It basically means that my blood produces certain antibodies which cause me to clot, which in turn causes the placenta to become blocked which cuts off supply to the baby.  The good news is that we finally know what the problem is, and that we caught it very early.  The doctors have put me back on Heparin injections, twice a day.  This will thin out my blood, which should take care of the clotting in my placenta.  I am still on bed-rest, and will remain that way for the next couple of weeks, to make sure there are no other problems.  I will be seeing the doctor probably twice a week for the rest of this pregnancy, and there is a very good chance we could be delivering this little boy a lot earlier than we thought.  The doctor is pushing to keep Damian in for another 13 weeks, which would make us 30 weeks, but he has told us Damian may have to come as early as 24 weeks if I run into further complications.  For those that didn’t already know, full-term is 40 weeks.  So, we’re not out of the woods yet, but everything is looking a lot better than it was.  We’ll update the site again after the next appointment.