A day of suprises

Yesterday I posted that the doctor had ordered an ultrasound to be done on Wednesday. Well, yesterday afternoon as I was taking my short little nap I was awaken to the ultrasound team. Undoubtedly, the perinatologist had and opening in his schedule so he sent a team from his office down to go ahead and perform the ultrasound. As soon as they were finished they dropped a bombshell on me that if the doctor thought everything looked good on the ultrasound that they would be back down to my room with the doctor to perform an amniocentesis. An amniocentesis is where they stick a needle into your belly to get amniotic fluid from around the placenta. This was all a shock to me as my regular obgyn had told me this procedure would be performed closer to 36 weeks. Well, the ultrasound must have looked good because within an hour the perinatologist was down in my room to perform the procedure. Luckily, my grandmother was here with me so I wasn't in the room by myself when they did this. The procedure itself is actually not that bad. There was a lot of pressure but besides that it doesn't hurt too bad. The thing that worried me the most was that the procedure can cause some women's water to break and thus be rushed into labor. Luckily that did not happen. After the doctor was done with the procedure I did have to be placed on the monitor for about an hour to make sure I was not have contractions and to make sure the baby was alright. Everything was fine and besides from a little cramping for about two hours nothing happened.

Before all the excitement of the ultrasound and amniocentesis yesterday I did have some company. A good friend that basically grew up with me and Allison stopped by with a card and gift from her Sunday school class. I am so thankful for our new church. They have been such a blessing and it is filled with a lot of caring people. I don't think I have posted about it before but the Sunday before I was admitted to the hospital Phillip and I joined Prospect Baptist Church. We really enjoy going to church there and we feel that is where God has put us to serve him. we really look forward to being able to serve more once our little one is here. We have received many phone calls and cards from the people of the church and we really appreciate them.

Once Phillip was off of work last night he did come to the hospital so that we could celebrate our anniversary. I had told the nutrition people at lunch that I would not be needing a dinner tray because Phillip was bringing dinner. Of course they went ahead and sent a tray, but I waited on Phillip. Once he left work I called us in some dinner at Logan's Roadhouse. It was one of the best meals I have had in a long time. The nurses were concerned that eating out would make my blood sugars high but every time I have ate out my blood sugars have been better than when I eat from the cafeteria here. So, Phillip and I celebrated with a steak dinner in my hospital room. We had already bought an anniversary present for the two of us to share before I was admitted to the hospital so we did not exchange gifts yesterday. As most of you know yesterday was also my daddy's birthday. My grandmother had stayed the day with me yesterday and right before Phillip arrived last night she left to meet my parents, sister, and Scott for supper. She took my parents out for their birthdays since mom's birthday is tomorrow. After they finished eating dinner they all came back to the hospital for a while and Phillip left so he could go home to get ready for work today. I think they were waiting for my doctor to come in but it got late so they went ahead and left.

My regular doctor didn't make it around last night until about 11:30. We were still up since we were watching the Panther's beat Tampa Bay! The doctor was just as surprised as we were that the amnio was done yesterday. She also told us at that time that the lungs were not developed enough right now for delivery. She said they would probably perform the amnio again in 10-14 days. This is more like what they had told us previously. Everything else is looking good so now we are just playing the waiting game until the little one's lungs can fully develop. Hopefully by the week of Christmas they will be developed and we can have us a Christmas baby, and possibly either leave the hospital on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day!

As always thank you guys for reading this and for all the thoughts and prayers you are sending our way. You will never know how much they are appreciated.