H1B, H4 Visa

Me and my husband dropped off our passport on 6th Dec, at Mumbai, for renewal. I797 approved.

12th dec, Visa issued for my husband, my status -AP. We received back both our passports by 16th Dec, my husband's PP was stamped while mine had a green slip (221g), no visa stamp, check box "Please appear for interview with an officer any time between 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM at the consulate" option was checked.

Appeared for interview on 19th Dec, at BKC. Regular process of fingerprinting and then interview.

A bit of background on my status, I went to States for the first time on F1 visa and then later changed to h4 in 2016. I got my first stamping done in Dec 2016, which was extremely smooth with very general questions asked and I received my PP within 3 days of interview.
This time, I dropped of my PP for renewed visa stamp, my i797 is already approved.

Interview :

Greeted the officer and passed my passport and my husband's i797

VO : Did you go to school in US
Me : Yes
VO : <Started making some entries in the system>
VO : When are you travelling?
Me : 24th Dec
VO : Ooh (made Oops ! kind of expression), I need to verify something in the system regarding your tenure as a student which will take around 1-1.5 week. I am adding a note to your PP to expedite but don't guarantee if it will be ready by this weekend. < VO writes something on a yellow sticky note, pastes it to my PP and keeps it in the stack. Return back my husband's 1797 (which he hardly looked at).>
Me : Sure, Thank you very much.

First email to traveldocs support on 22nd Dec, their reply- In response to your question, the applicant's visa application is under processing at the Embassy/Consulate. Also, when additional administrative processing is required, the length of processing time will vary based on the circumstances of each case hence it cannot be expedited. Please be assured that, once the processing is completed or if the Embassy needs further information, you will be contacted for the same.

My husband left for US on 24th as per the plan and I had to change my tickets to a later date.

Second email to travel docs on 26th Dec, their reply - In response to your question, applicant visa application is under processing at the Embassy/Consulate. If you have not received any intimation in more than 10 calendar days, then you may contact our help desk

Today, as of 29th Dec. 10 Calendar days are already complete, my case status is still AP and hence we contacted the help desk again, no response from them till now.

CEAC case created : 6th Dec.
Case last updated : 19th Dec, Status - AP ( day of my interview)
Case last updated : 29th Dec, Status - Still AP

I am very worried, since the officer himself mentioned about expediting but still it has been more than 10 calendar days but we don't have any updates. Secondly, officer never mentioned anything like "Your visa is approved". He only said he cant guarantee if my pp will be ready to be picked up soon. I don't know if i should assume that he meant that my visa is approved, only some verification is taking time.

I am currently working on h4 EAD and need to return back to states asap as I have an active job with no work from home option.

Anyone else on the same boat ?

Please share your experiences/advices.

Many thanks.