October 13, 2009

Yesterday I went to the Dr. and had a stress test done. Something that was supposed to take 30 minutes turned into a multi-hour ordeal as my child was being uncooperative. I have commented throughout this pregnancy at how active the baby is. That was clearly evident yesterday when they couldn't even get baby to settle down for a 4 minute stretch of time to measure a baseline heart rate. The Dr's and Nurses in the office seemed to get a good laugh out of it. Anyway because it failed the stress test, I had another ultrasound. During this ultrasound they were looking for evidence of the baby performing a series of movements within a time period, checked for any abnormalities and watched a cycle of baby "practicing breathing". We passed that with flying colors! Baby still looks very healthy and is just itching to get out here. I had another shot yesterday to slow down the contractions too. The Dr. said that 34 weeks is where we are trying to get to and then they will more or less let nature take over. Without going into details, all the "things" that precede labor have already happened so it's really up in the air. I have read that even after all this happens you can still go a couple weeks or labor can begin quickly. So we'll see - I'm just walking around on pins and needles. It's ironic though how this baby has us tiptoeing around it before it's even born.
Since last Monday we have learned a great deal about being flexible! We bought diapers - a lot of them, packed the suitcase for the hospital and started watching a childbirth video so we have some kind of idea what in the world we are doing! We never did make it to any classes and it's too late now!

I was taken back again this morning when another staff member from the school where I was working last Monday called to see how I was doing. The principal has kept in contact with me and has been letting everyone know of my progress.
What is amazing to me though all this is the amount of support that we have felt. The meals, the chauffeuring (thanks Mom), the calls of concern, e-mails and prayer have all been just so greatly appreciated. It has just been awesome to feel that support. Thank you everyone, for blessing us in this special way!