Friday, January 30, 2009

25 has come and gone

Sorry I haven't written in a few days. We haven't been up to much so it sometimes seems difficult to find things to write about. Our greatest news is that we made it to 25 weeks on Wednesday! A small milestone but a milestone none the less! Now we have 26 weeks in our sights and we are hoping for the best. We had an ultrasound on Wednesday also but there were no changes there. She still has no fluid. She is still positioned breech so any fluid she makes we pretty much just lose. Anatomically she still looks fine. Squished but fine.
She has picked up a new little talent that, I believe, is designed to give her parents a heartattack. About once or twice a day when she is on the monitor she gets uncomfortable (I assume) and tries to wiggle around. She usually pinches her cord for a minute and drops her little heart rate. Then she realizes it and wiggles again till she gets off it. This usually buys her more time on the monitor to make sure she is fine and she always is. It almost feels like a really early form of discipline. "you can get off the monitor if you hold still the entire time, don't and we will leave you there for longer!" I have to say I feel really bad for her but it is good to see how well she recovers. The doctors and nurses are following her close and don't like to see her do that but are not to concerned they say it is typical of babies without fluid. They just like the fact that she recovers so well.
Our mission for the day today is to see if the doctor will let Kevin take me for a wheelchair ride outside for a few minutes. After 10 days a breath of fresh air would be great! Plus it is bright and sunny and warm (for January).
Take care everyone,
The Meyer's

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the blog - it's great! I just want you to know that you all are in out thoughts and prayers. May the days roll quickly and smoothly.
    Take care (like you have a choice :-))
    Carol

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  2. This is SUCH great news! Next stop, 26 weeks!!! Good job hanging in there, I'm thinking about you a lot and so glad to get the positive updates!
    -Claire

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