36 weeks, We made it!

36

36 Weeks!

Wow! We made it to 36 weeks. When we came into the hospital 26 days ago we were just hoping and praying to make 33 weeks, let alone 36. We are so thankful for the prayers and support. We are so blessed that our little girl has gotten to cook as long as she has.

The last 48 hours
The last few days has been OK. Friday night and Saturday morning were pretty quiet. Saturday afternoon things started to get going though. Tara had enough contractions that they had to give her an additional procadia to slow them down. It worked for a little bit. Then Saturday evening they got rolling again. The scary thing was that Emmaline's 'heartbeep' (as Crosby says) slowed when Tara would contract. Sometimes that happens as a fluke, maybe the baby rolled of the cord or something,  but it can be a serious problem it persists for very long at all. Our nurse Carol, got serious real quick as soon as she saw the deceleration. They were able to get it back to normal by changing Tara's position an additional procardia to help stop the contractions. They also gave Tara a percocet to take the edge off of the pain, because she was hurting with the strong, intense contractions. It wasn't a fun afternoon and evening for Tara, but eventually it all calmed down and she got some rest. Sunday has been OK so far. Some uterine irritability and a few strong contractions, but nothing too major.

Shifting gears

Nurse Nancy

Since we hit our goal of 36 weeks we are shifting gears. Dr. Weidower got back in town from her ski trip yesterday and we'll see her tomorrow morning. Tara will get her last dose of procardia at midnight tonight, which is preventing her from contracting (well, it is supposed to at least). It will wear off around 6am on Monday. We are pretty confident that Tara will start contracting very regularly tomorrow morning when it wears off. The question will be how long it takes before she starts to progress further and actually move next door to a labor and delivery room.

So we think we'll have a baby Monday or Tuesday, but we'll just have to wait and see what God has in store for us. Would you join me in praying on Monday morning?