Day by Day

As of Monday things were fairly same ol same ol...then Tuesday came along.  I was a bit more active on Tuesday, as active as you can be in a hospital room (which is not very active, haha) and ended up with 2-3 elevated BP readings.  The readings were not high but simply higher than I have been running on my meds.  By the evening I was back to my normal status quo readings and went on without thinking much of it.  On Wednesday my high risk doctors came by and voiced their concern about the few readings from the day prior.  Due to this, I continue to be monitored closely and if a trend were to continue, the doctors would prefer to go ahead and deliver early next week versus waiting until 35 weeks.  And if for some reason things were to go down hill, they could potentially deliver as early as this weekend at exactly 34 weeks.  My OB is on call this weekend so she would be the one to deliver me, however she prefers to wait until next week due to staffing in the NICU over the weekend.  The high risk doctors seem very serious about wanting to deliver and have expressed concern about the risk associated with staying pregnant longer.  They know I am willing to take on that risk for the time being as I am still doing well and am strongly wanting to make it to 35 weeks for the sake of our little man.  If I can keep my BP in check then it is looking like they will deliver early during the week of 10/17. 


With these developments, we ask for prayers that my BP would remain stable and low and that it would not elevate for at least 1 more week (until 10/15).  We pray that baby would continue to thrive, that his lungs grow strong and prayers that after delivery he is able to keep his blood sugars normal therefore bypassing any need to be fed through the feeding tubes.  We pray that he will be healthy enough to go home with us after delivery and forgo any extended NICU stay.  I also ask that you pray for our sweet Beau as he has picked up a bit of a cold in recent days.  With little brother coming soon, we pray Beau will be healed quickly so he is able to meet the newest family member when it comes time.


We are very much in a day by day situation now and the plans could change at any point.  I had another ultrasound this morning and our little guy was just the sweetest.  We look forward to holding him in our arms in God's perfect timing.  And I know and believe that baby brother has an army of angels on his side ready to battle.  Thank you to all our prayer warriors, we feel your prayers and have made it far and are almost to our 34 week goal.  Now let's beat that date!