Preggers Update

Hello Everyone!

  Unfortunately, I am updating from a hospital room. Overall, baby girl & myself are fine, but I will explain what has happened over the last week & give all of you an insight to all of the complications I have had through this entire pregnancy, it's been a roller coaster! Btw, Ellis has not made her way into this world yet!

   So basically, in June of 2012 we found out we were expecting again.. of course, we are so stinkin excited! We had been praying about another child for over a year & had just started trying in March, so it happened pretty quick, which is great because I'm not a patient momma! Ha! Anyway, so we go to our first dr appt with Dr McClanahan, he was our dr when I had Legend & we absolutely love him. He is really just so great, Zach & I both really really trust him. First appt, everything was fine. Second appt, everything was fine. Third appt we had  a second ultrasound & the tech told us the amniotic fluid level was low, but nothing too overly cautious, she would just put it in my notes. (When I was pregnant with Legend, I also had low amnio fluid but it was never a big issue) So.. we just went on & didn't think anything of it, it was not made a big deal to us. Well next appt comes up, they did another ultrasound just to check the levels & it was extremely low, they immediately sent us to Little Rock to UAMS for what was called an "Angel Ultrasound," from my understanding, UAMS has a really great team of pre-natel specialists & caregivers; therefore, we were really happy about being put into their hands.

Okay so long story short.. the fluid levels never came up & the plan was for me to just be induced early because of the lung development is very critical without enough amniotic fluid. I was seeing my dr weekly to check to make sure levels didn't get too low, we went two weeks & there was no change in the fluid, which was really actually great. Then I came in last Monday for my appt, & the fluid was as 0.67! Crazy low-- the nurse said she has never had someone with fluid that low. So here I am, FREAKING OUT. So many things are going through my mind.. of course, I'm thinking the worst. The dr's hadn't given me a plan except they were going to keep me overnight in the hospital to fully monitor baby. I was thinking okay, we will stay overnight & get up tomorrow, they will do another ultrasound & everything will be fine. WRONG.  I'm a major planner so this has all been really hard on me. When being told I would stay overnight, my first thought was what about my Legend?? He had NEVER stayed the night away from us & I was not comfortable with not being with him overnight. So there goes my nerves over that. I'm a really protective momma & spending the night away from my baby was the last thing on my mind. So fast forward about 5 hours, its Monday evening, I'm laying in the hospital bed waiting on Zach & Legend to get there with my dinner-- MY WATER BROKE.

Yes, you read that correctly, I'm laying in the hospital bed, not a single contraction or sign of labor & my water freaking breaks. Immediately my dr & the nurses come in, test the fluid & sure enough, my water broke. So I ask, "what now?" dr says we just wait & see if you go into labor. Next question, "what if I don't?" he goes on to tell me that when it comes to pre-mature rupture of membranes, which just is the medical term for my water has broken early. He said that 50% of women go into labor within the first 7 days, then 50% of the other 50% go into labor within the 7 days after that. Others, are just miracles & very uncommon.

So, it's been seven days since my water broke & here I am, no contractions, no labor. :( Just a waiting game from here on out..

There's the story.. now let me tell you what I need from you. I need prayers, we need your prayers. Our baby girl is perfectly healthy, her heart rate is right on where it should be, she is growing just as she should, her lungs & brain are even a little further developed than her gestational age. The hardest thing for us right now is being away from Legend so much. All last week, Zach stayed the nights up here at the hospital with me & Legend was going from baby sitter to grandparent every day, but of course he spent lots of time with mommy here in the hospital room everyday-- I could never go a day without seeing my sweet baby! By Wednesday, L was fed up staying with other people, its not his cup of tea. But who can blame him? He hadn't been away from Zach or myself since the day he was born. So this week, I do stay by myself at night here at the hospital, which is fine, because I would much rather my Legend be a happy boy & be able to be at home at night to sleep in his big boy bed & cuddle with daddy before bedtime. So, prayers for me to cope with being away from him so much, its really hard on me. Prayers also for a safe, good-timed delivery for our new baby girl, Ellis Claire.

I know God is teaching me something through this entire experience, I am trying really hard to seek the spirit & learn whatever it is I need to learn. I know it is something very special & so important. I'm just not patient. ;)

Well, its my nappy time before my boys get here to see me for the afternoon, but I will keep updating my blog with updates as they happen, I know we have lots of family who love to hear all the details. :)