We have come a long way and Lord willing we will have another 7 weeks. Click here to see the progress chart. We are praying Dayna can last until 36 weeks - August 15th!!! Thank you for your prayers.
I made it back HOME again from the dr. instead of the hospital, which is the first praise! The dr. said everything looks about the same as a week ago, praise number two! They did a measurement of the baby and they estimated that she weighs 2lbs 15oz, praise three! Praise number four is...I'm 29weeks tomorrow!!!!
Everyday and every week that goes by with the baby inside is a testimony of God's hand of protection and mercy. We praise Him for this!
My contractions have slowed some since the Sat. scare which we praise the Lord for as well. Please continue to pray with us for many more weeks. Also, the baby is breech right now. Which means if the baby came now I'd have to have a c-section. Pray that she will flip before she's born (at 36 weeks!).
We said bye to Sarah lst night and we're missing her LOTS already!!! Isabellle went looking for her Aunt Sarah this morning but failed to find her and was sad!! :( Thanks Sarah for coming here we love you and miss you! :)
Well, I woke up at 5am this morning (after waking countless times in the night w/contractions & potty calls) w/more contractions but these were a bit painful combined w/ some lower back pain. We thought we were going straight to the hosp. but I called my monitor nurse first. She had me give a dose of the brethyne thru my pump and then said to go on the monitor for 1hour and give myself another dose. Well, we gave the first dose and still was having pain and contractions so we were going to just go to the hosp. It's so hard to know when we should go or not. Long story shorter, I didn'y end up going. After the 2nd dose things seemed to settle a bit. So please keep praying b/c I have still been having more contractions and we don't want my cervix to dialate.
Some people wonder what i'm doing while on bedrest or what it's like to "lay around" all day. Well...there's only the prone position happening for me these days. I lay on my side with usually only one or two pillow under my head. How do I eat...laying down. Yes, it can be quir interesting. How do I brush my teeth...I don't (haha, j/k), Ben brings me my toothbrush and a cup to spit in. I ONLY get up to use the bathroom. Which is becoming more and more frequent these days. B/c standing for periods of time is not good for me I don't get to shower as oft as one would like. And yesterday I got my hair washed for me as I layed on the folding sun chair that Ben put in the bathroom so I could still lay down. Sarah was so sweet to wash my hair for me as my head hung in the tub. How did I dry my hair...yep, laying down. :) Yet still w/ all this laying I have contractions. If i need anything i have to ask someone to bring it to me. Which Isabelle LOVES bringing things to mommy and esp. loves being right next to mommy if I;m eating anything in hopes that she'll get a some too. Even if she just ate she thinks mommy's food looks good and "I'm still hungry" :) And I just can't help but giving her some.;)
There's a little info. on what's going on here. We're so thankful that Sarah's been here. She's been such a big help w/ everything. thanks to all who have brought us food - the thank you notes are a little behind but be sure we are very grateful for your kindness to us. And of course my dear husband has been nothing but GREAT! He does anything and will do anything for me. He's amazing!!!
God continues to show us His hand of mercy and we continue to trust in Him.
I'm still at home!!! That's a praise in itself. When they did the internal ultrasound today, the Doctor said my cervix looks about the same as last week. I'm completely thinned, so all that's left is for my cervix to dilate. The Doctor doesn't think it's dilated yet. He let me go home and said that if I have more than four contractions in an hour then I have to go to the hospital so they can give me medication to calm down the contractions. This way they can monitor me and give the baby growth meds. The next time I have to go into the hospital, I'll be going to Greenville Memorial because they have the best NICU if the baby were to be born.
We continue to trust that the Lord is in control and that "His understanding is infinite." We continue to ask for His mercy upon this baby and praise Him for tomorrow which marks 28 weeks!!
Here's a picture of me that Sarah took after I came home from the Doctor...I was scolded for standing for 30 more seconds, but now I'm safely laying back down...be assured of that.
We continue to trust that the Lord is in control and that "His understanding is infinite." We continue to ask for His mercy upon this baby and praise Him for tomorrow which marks 28 weeks!!
Here's a picture of me that Sarah took after I came home from the Doctor...I was scolded for standing for 30 more seconds, but now I'm safely laying back down...be assured of that.
Here is a video of Isabelle with her new duck lips and of her singing and "dancing"
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I got back home from the hospital this afternoon. My cervix is completely thinned, but as of Tuesday was not dilated. Because my contractions seemed to be calming down, he said he felt ok with me going home. Of course, I'm still on VERY strict bedrest! Only up to the bathroom and then back to bed! He just said if I have any changes then I need to go back to the hospital. Please continue to pray for the baby to stay in as long as possible. We continue to trust in our Good Shepard who is directing our steps. Thanks for your prayers!
On a lighter note, Aunt Sarah and I had some fun with the video camera and Isabelle on Sunday! Aunt Sarah may be a bad influence on Isabelle, the outcome is yet to be seen completely...you decide (ha ha). Sorry for the distorted video, I think Sarah had it on widescreen.
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Thank you for praying so diligently for Dayna and her baby! Please continue! Today about 3:30pm Dayna was admitted to the hospital. Dayna's cervix has shortened drastically and is now very thin. She also is having heavy contractions. While at the hospital she had seven in one hour. This is obviously is not good. They have put Dayna on some steroids to help the baby and some other medications to help calm her contractions. The doctor anticipates Dayna staying for 48 hour, please pray to this end. I'm no expert on the lingo, and even though I can't inform you as knowledgably as Ben or Dayna, I can ask that you pray for Dayna and the life within her.
The reason for this title is that this is the gestational time when Isabelle was born (26 weeks and one day). Praise the Lord that I have made it up until this time. We continue to pray for God's mercy to keep this baby inside of me. A doctor told us that everyday our girl is in the womb is three less days we will have to spend in the NICU (then after 28-29 weeks it is two days for every day in the womb). We are praying for no days in the NICU and a full term baby. I am still having contractions all throughout the day. Today, when I monitored for an hour I had three contractions in an hour. Sometimes I have more; sometimes I have less. Please pray that the contractions will stop, and that they will not cause any change to my cervix.
Isabelle is enjoying swimming in the warm weather with her Aunt Sarah. Daddy taped some of the fun when he came home from work. Isabelle is starting to say more words and loves to repeat words we tell her to say. She says "juice" "Bible" "Sarah" "mommy" "daddy" "cracker" "H-H-Hot" "Tankyou" "Hi" "Bye Bye" "I" "ice" "yes" (she has not learn no yet) "dog" "book" and several other words in her own language.
Well, I missed my appt. on thur. I thought it was a 2pm...oops....10:30am was the appt. they couldn't fit me in that day and were closed fri. so I have a new appt. on mon. and this time I plan to make it!:) Still having contractions more than i'd like but i'm still at home and the baby is still inside so that's a huge praise!! Thanks for your continued prayers in this area. Here are some recent pics os isabelle before going in her pool.
