The "Plan"

Well, my Doctor came back in town and was pretty upset that the on-call doctors didn't deliver me on Friday when we had such a scare. As such, she doesn't want to risk a bleed that could indeed be catastrophic so we are going to deliver this baby girl at 35 weeks - this Thursday at 2:30 pm unless there is reason to do so beforehand. We will not do the Amnio to test the baby's lungs and there is definitely a chance that her lungs are not fully mature. She might have to spend some time in the NICU or in the Transition nursery. Transition is for babies that can't quite be left alone with the mommy yet (maybe because they can't regulate their own temperature or haven't quite figured out the eating thing or maybe need a little help with breathing). Dr. Largoza is quite confident that this is the best plan of care and I completely trust her judgement.

I got my second IV last night to be prepared in case of an emergency (you need two IV sites during a c-section). I'm not a happy camper about it - I am a big baby when it comes to needles and IVs and such. Oh well. I pray that they won't have to redo either of them before Thursday - I will really raise heck if that's the case.

Today is Ryan's Birthday - we will have a small cake and I will be sure to post a picture of him as soon as I can.

Grandfather, Sir is doing okay in Houston. Apparently it has been flooding there and many of the highways are closed. Their apartment is just down the street from the hospital so they haven't had any trouble keeping their appointments.

We'll let you know if anything changes for any of us... Lots of love to you all.