Dear Baby Ethan,
We had a bit of a lame morning. I woke up at 3 for my nifedipine. I did not sleep well all night. It was a very light, un-restful sleep. Then I could not get back to sleep. So, we did your monitoring a bit early. As soon as I got up to go to the bathroom after the monitoring I saw some blood! Thank the Lord, it was not a lot. There was a bit of bleeding from 4 - 5 am, then it seemed to stop.
It has been an interesting afternoon. Apparently the NICU at Methodist Women;s Hospital is full and they have had to transfer babies to other hospitals in Omaha, Lincoln, and even Kansas City. The NICUs in other hospitals in Omaha are getting full also. If you are born tomorrow (at 35 weeks and 3 days), the hospital standard of care requires you to be monitored in the NICU for at least two days. No one is in favor of having to transfer you away from where I am, where I cannot see you for several days. So, my doctors have decided to push our delivery back to Saturday September 5th. We will be 36 weeks at that point, and not have to deal with a NICU stay unless you have issues. If I have any serious issues they would certainly deliver you sooner.
I got a surprise visit from your Aunt, Anna, Ummichi, and Rose. We have decided that Rose and Ummichi can go to Lincoln for Tuesday, Wednesday, and come back on Thursday afternoon. Your Aunt Daisy has to go back to work next week.
So far we have spent 47 days in the hospital. I'm so excited that we are on the home stretch, just 1 day until we meet you! I am praying you stay in me that long, so you can be healthy and strong. Dear Lord, please help Ethan's lungs, digestive tract, GI tract, bowels, eyes, ears, and all systems to be in great working order. Please help him to not have asthma and help pumping and breast feeding to go well. Saint Blaise, Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Antony please pray for my baby Ethan that he would stay inside until September 1st.
Thank you Lord that we have made it this far, we made it 35 weeks and two days! Please be with my baby Ethan and help him to be strong and healthy. Please help him to be able to go home with us on Monday September 7th. Please help all of us to get able to go to church together on September 13th. Please help me to be safe during the c-section.
Your birthday will likely be September 5th! Just 5 days!
Love you,
Mommy
We had a bit of a lame morning. I woke up at 3 for my nifedipine. I did not sleep well all night. It was a very light, un-restful sleep. Then I could not get back to sleep. So, we did your monitoring a bit early. As soon as I got up to go to the bathroom after the monitoring I saw some blood! Thank the Lord, it was not a lot. There was a bit of bleeding from 4 - 5 am, then it seemed to stop.
It has been an interesting afternoon. Apparently the NICU at Methodist Women;s Hospital is full and they have had to transfer babies to other hospitals in Omaha, Lincoln, and even Kansas City. The NICUs in other hospitals in Omaha are getting full also. If you are born tomorrow (at 35 weeks and 3 days), the hospital standard of care requires you to be monitored in the NICU for at least two days. No one is in favor of having to transfer you away from where I am, where I cannot see you for several days. So, my doctors have decided to push our delivery back to Saturday September 5th. We will be 36 weeks at that point, and not have to deal with a NICU stay unless you have issues. If I have any serious issues they would certainly deliver you sooner.
I got a surprise visit from your Aunt, Anna, Ummichi, and Rose. We have decided that Rose and Ummichi can go to Lincoln for Tuesday, Wednesday, and come back on Thursday afternoon. Your Aunt Daisy has to go back to work next week.
So far we have spent 47 days in the hospital. I'm so excited that we are on the home stretch, just 1 day until we meet you! I am praying you stay in me that long, so you can be healthy and strong. Dear Lord, please help Ethan's lungs, digestive tract, GI tract, bowels, eyes, ears, and all systems to be in great working order. Please help him to not have asthma and help pumping and breast feeding to go well. Saint Blaise, Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Antony please pray for my baby Ethan that he would stay inside until September 1st.
Thank you Lord that we have made it this far, we made it 35 weeks and two days! Please be with my baby Ethan and help him to be strong and healthy. Please help him to be able to go home with us on Monday September 7th. Please help all of us to get able to go to church together on September 13th. Please help me to be safe during the c-section.
Your birthday will likely be September 5th! Just 5 days!
Love you,
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