Okay........so more blood draws for more blood tests today. And I am still doing the urine test for Preeclamsia. This should end sometime this evening. I also saw my specialist today. Dr. Chi told us that that the baby looks good but on a the small side. And the reason for that is because my placenta is looking bad and the baby may be getting what she needs. She said it looks like I "smoked 10 packs of cigarettes a day". Not great news! She talked of bed rest for the next couple of weeks but I had a feeling that I won't be leaving this hospital pregnant. And my feeling was correct.
When I got back in my room, I was wanting a shower so bad, so I asked the nurse if I could take one. She gave me what I needed so I sent Kevin and Peyton off to get something to eat while I showered. I wasn't in the shower for two minutes when the nurse knocked on my door saying that Dr. Swing wanted to talk to me. Great! So I quickly finished and got dressed. By this time, Dr. Swing had to see another patient, so she had the nurse deliver the news.
So...... because of my elevated enzymes, elevated blood pressure, swelling, itching and now degrading placenta, she felt it would be best to deliver the baby. Hearing this put me in panic mode. The baby will be a preemie, but my doctor felt that the baby will thrive better outside than inside of the womb. They will start me with steriod shots to mature the lungs and tomorrow evening they want to deliver.
When the nurse left, I called Kevin and told him what was said. Upon returning, we discussed it more and called the nurse that delivered the news back to ask more questions. She answered the best she could but told us that she would get a NICU nurse in to talk to us more about what we will be facing. The NICU nurse came about 30 minutes later and we bombarded her with one question after another.
So to make a long conversation short, the NICU nurse told us that Emma will most probably be fine. Because I am 33 1/2 weeks pregnant, pretty much we only may have to deal with breathing problems. No long-term issues are usually seen with babies are over 32 weeks. This made us feel so much better about the whole thing, but I am still very nervous about my girl. I can only hope and pray that everything turns out okay with her. I pray that the steroid shots work and her little lungs will work fine.
Kevin and Peyton just left for the evening, so I am by myself to ponder over everything. I am trying to stay strong and not let myself become upset. Right now Emma is having hiccups. She has been having them like every two hours. I am hoping that this is a good sign that she is practicing her breathing for tomorrow evening.
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