Went to our doctor today. Although she couldn't tell us that there's nothing to worry about... she did find a way to make me feel a little better about some things anyway. She said they still had no idea if my condition was due to an incompetent cervix or pre-term labor-- I am actually still a little vague on what the exact difference is! Then she went through some sobering facts on survival rates of babies born at certain points. If our little girl were to arrive any time within the next three weeks, her odds of living and/or surviving serious or long-term health issues would be next to none. At 26 weeks, things begin to look slightly better, but still not good. At 28 weeks things look even better, but the magic line is 30 weeks. This would put us right at the new year-- so we are continuing to pray that she doesn't come before 2006.
The encouraging bit-- she did say if things were still going well for me around week 28ish (mid-December), then maybe I could get off of the couch and resume some limited activity!!!! That would be so wonderful! So I am definitely hoping and praying for that!
She also said that she didn't want us to be discouraged about having future children-- that this was a manageable condition and that having a cerclage (the surgery I had on Thursday) much earlier- around 13 weeks-- would probably help. I just want to make it through this pregnancy first with a healthy little one before I can even think about the possibility of being pregnant again! I would feel completely blessed to have Luke and a sweet little girl.
We go to see the doctor who did my surgery on Monday, so I hope he will be able to give us more information on how things look at this point. In some rare cases the cervix will actually lengthen after the surgery, so we would be thrilled to learn that this had happened in my case!
We still feel so blessed to have so many friends and family checking in on us each day to make sure we are ok and to see if we need anything. It is truly overwhelming and we appreciate it SO SO much! THANK YOU! I also thank those of you out in blogland for all your kind words and prayers.
No matter what happens, God is good. He has always been so faithful to us.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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We continue to pray for "the little bun to keep cooking". Be careful, be safe, and find peace in knowing your name is being mentioned many many times throughout the day.
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