30 weeks and 1 day!

We have made it to a week that starts with a three! things have been much better since we came home from the hospital. let's hope i can stay outta there :) i don't think i even want to go back to deliver her!

delilah has really been moving and squirming alot. i can feel her hiccuping pretty regularly. she usually hiccups after i eat. i can feel a foot or elbow or something really poking out the last couple of days :)

i only have 3 weeks and 5 days left in bedrest. i remember very specifically when i had 7 weeks and 6 days left on bedrest and i thought i would NEVER make it! it has been a month since then... so we are moving along. i am working on week 7 of 10 total bedrest weeks. i never thought the stitch would carry her this far! please pray for greg... he really has alot on him right now. he is such a wonderful husband and is so supportive. he has been excited about decorating delilah's room... he bought her a pretty girly ceiling fan. it has butterfly pull chains and pastel color blades...

very cute!!!!!

Home from hospital...AGAIN

We are almost 30 weeks! so i haven't been able to update recently... this could be long :0

i wen't to the docs on tues., july 21st. by the time i got in the car and got there i was having pretty strong contractions every four minutes. i was also having more pelvic pressure than usual. well, they checked my cervix and said i did not have 2.8 cm of cervix anymore for sure and the way her head was positioned they were concerned about her trying to deliver.

so they sent me straight over to the hospital where they immediately put me on magnesium sulfate. you should google that stuff if you get a chance. i thought i was on fire from the inside out, luckily i never vomited though. i was only allowed to have ice chips for the first 24 hours on that and couldn't have solids for 48 hours. in a nutshell they wanted to keep the contractions slowed for at least two days so i could get another round of shots for baby dee's lungs in case she delivered. i had more contractions on that stuff than i normally do. i also think the major stress of this hospitalization caused more contractions!

So after they stopped that med it took a few days to really get things quiet again. they came in yesterday to do a high risk ultrasound and found me with 2 cm of cervix left and not looking like i was going to deliver. needless to say i am a little perturbed because i now feel like this whole week of mess and grief was unnecessary and stress for no reason. i always contract a ton and feel like if they had given it some time to calm down i may have avoided the magnesium. but, we can't go back now. my regular doc was on vacation during all of this unfortunately.

so. baby dee measured 3 pounds and 4 ounces yesterday. which is so exciting! she is huge! everything is stable enough for now, but i am getting more uncomfortable and the contractions are getting stronger. the only real hang up now is my growing fear of the side effects that all of this medication use could have on the baby. i am so afraid of hurting her physically or her little brain development with the meds that have been used. i am trying not to be afraid, but using that stupid magnesium just added one more med to the list. please pray that she is protected from ill effects and will be healthy and normal (well, as normal as she can be with me as her mom i guess).

her room is making great progress! greg's dad and friend richard have been over here spackling her room while we were in the hospital. her bedding came in and i get to pick out paint chips this week! how exciting! i will try to stay updated :)

Almost 28 weeks!!!!!

I went to the doctor yesterday and things are still holding in spite of the contractions! how exciting! so we definitely have 28 weeks in the bag! i am still hoping for 37 total, but 30 weeks is a mark that is definitely in sight :)

during the ultrasound i had a pretty big contraction and could see the top of my cervix trying to open. i knew that was probably happening during contractions, but it is scary to see my body still trying to push her out too soon. Oh well, only 9 more weeks til the stitch comes out and only 6 more weeks of strict bedrest (hopefully)! she has stayed in for a month since the stitch, so whats another month or two?

I started a registry at babies r us. i can really only do one since doing it online is hard. if anyone wants to get something and finds it cheaper elsewhere, please don't buy it there :) things like diapers, wipes, lotion, etc. are much cheaper elsewhere. i haven't added too much yet, but here is the link.

https://www.toysrus.com/ControllerServlet?target=viewDetails&operation=authenticate_user&registryNumber=98805595&from=registrySearch

if it doesn't work you can search us by name on their website or at the store. i am going to try to add more over the next week or two. i still can't really fathom that she is going to live and i am ever gonna use any of this stuff. it's so hard to picture a different outcome after what happened to Oscar. i did order her bedding though :) here is what we decided on...

we really like it! i hope she will too :) thank you all so much for all of your help and support!

Baby Registry

started a baby registry today!

27 weeks!!!!!!

27 WEEKS!!!!!!! i had an appointment yesterday and they say baby dee weighs about 2 pounds and 5 ounces!

so now we are shooting for 28 weeks. please pray that she will have many more weeks in my belly. i am not even gonna complain about the contractions again, but they are getting harder to control. my stitch looks so good, but i don't know how long we can keep the contractions ffrom affecting the stitch. the docs don't know either. i really want to get her past 30 weeks! i really want her to be full term and NOT go to the NICU. i don't want to give up on that dream yet! i have a nice mental picture of being 37 weeks and having the stitch removed and not fighting labor anymore and waiting for her to come :) i hope it can happen!

home from hospital

we are home :) I will be on total bedrest except for the restroom for the next 7 weeks and 4 days. oh my. i have been in bed for 2 weeks and 3 days now. unfortunately i am having pretty severe hip pain in my bed at home that i had escaped at the hospital for the last few weeks. but basically everyday i continue to hurt in the bed is one day stronger baby dee is.

i had bad internet connection at the hospital. i am hoping to update more now that i am home. me being home is affording greg moretime to work on the nursery again, which will hopefully get some drywall up this weekend. my neighbors set off some great fireworks that I was able to watch from my bed yesterday. i am thankful that the Lord is allowing this pregnancy to continue. our next BIG goal is 28 weeks. her chances of doing well really go up after 28 weeks. of course 27 weeks is my next goal. i will take every day we can get! as much as i loathe this bed confinement i do not want to see her in the NICU. pray that she won't have to go there!