Saturday, January 10, 2009

baby update and prayer request

I hope you guys are all having a good weekend. I just wanted to let you know what was going on with us and our little girl. Thur afternoon I was at mom and dad's while Caleb was in Concord for some training. After Aaron and I had a nap, I slipped on the steps as we were coming down. I was near the bottom so only fell a couple of steps. I landed on my upper back and thought we were both fine. Aaron just has a bruise on his cheek (it mainly just scared him). Anyways, a few hours later when we were on our way home I noticed I was having some contractions. They weren't painful, but were 7-8 min apart. After calling the Dr office they tell me to go to the hospital because I am only 31 weeks along. Well, everyone one else in Winston Salem decided it was a good night to have a baby too. So after waiting over an hour and half to be seen I finally was moved to the labor and delivery triage area. They monitored me (contractions and baby heart beat for a while) then started me on some fluids. Baby's heart beat was great. After seeing the Dr she put me on Terbutaline to stop the contractions. They also did an exam and found that I was 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced. At this time they also did a test that with a negative result shows a 90-95% correlation of not having the baby in the next two weeks. (I don't remember the name of it). The doctor decided to give me steroid shots for the baby to help her develop in case I do have her early. The first shot I got Thur night and I had to stay in the hospital until last night to get the second dose. My contractions have slowed down and I just had 2-3 per hour yesterday. We also found out the test results were negative so the Dr are pretty confident she will not be born in the next 2 weeks. I got to come home last night around 10, after my shot and have been put on bed rest until Monday when I will go back to the doctor. I feel much better than I did and am trying my hardest to take it easy. Mom and Dad and Caleb's parents have been a huge help with Aaron and Mom is going to be here until Monday to help out. If you guys could please pray for our little girl, that she will continue to grow well that she will stay where she is for a while longer. Please also pray for me to ignore my desires to get ready for her and do stuff and just take care of us (by resting)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

How did the doctor's appointment go today?

Love and Prayers,
Tyler