Baby Update

For those of you who don't know...here is a quick update. :-)

3 weeks ago I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was put on a low carb diet and must check and record my blood sugars 4x a day. The main concern was how big would our baby get before delivery. The dr decided he would plan on me having her a week early just to be safe but we would monitor with ultrasounds to make sure she wasn't getting too big. So Friday was my first ultrasound since being diagnosed. I went in and everything was perfect with her. She looked fantastic. They did notice my blood sugars had been a little elevated over the past couple of days so they decided to give me a non stress test. They strapped me up to the monitors and came back 20 minutes later to find that our baby looked fantastic but that I was contracting 2-3 minutes apart. They quickly checked me and I was not dialated. They put me on a medcation to take daily to stop the contractions and bed rest for the weeked and then told me to come back Monday.

So...today I go back in, they strap me up again...just to find out that I am still contracting 2-3 minutes apart. They checked me once again and I am dialated to a 1 and the baby is very very low. They wisked me off to Labor and Delivery and admitted me. After hooking me up to the montiors they noticed the contractions were strong and good so they gave me a shot of a stronger drug to stop the contractions. That drug makes me feel all jittery but the good news is the contractions have stopped for now. They discharged me just a bit ago. Just in time to go to my first child birth class. :-) How ironic is that?

I am on "mid-level" bed rest now. I am allowed to go to work as long as I am not contracting. But that is it. I am not allowed to do stairs, shopping, walking etc. When I am not at my desk I am to be at home with my feet up. They told me gravity is not my friend right now. :-) So the ultimate goal is for me to make it 3-4 more weeks so I a 37 weeks along. They are hoping for at least 2. They told me to go home and pack my hospital bag, so I guess I better get that done.

Thanks for the prayers that are already being offered on our behalf and we welcome any new ones. :-) Our baby is currently 4.5lbs so we are hoping if we can hold out a couple more weeks she will gain a half pound a week and be at a much better weight. Every day counts at this point. We are anxious for her arrival and to hold her...but we are willing to wait. :-)

Here are some pictures from our ultrasound. She has some big cheeks!