Quick update for Tuesday, Feb. 16

*********TODAY IS BABY DAY! AROUND 11:00 am I WILL UNDERGO THE C-SECTION TO DELIVER THIS BABY!**********
Please pray for us! Specifics....that the baby will not bleed and be delivered quickly and without complications. Also that the baby's lungs will be mature! For me: that I will not have to have a hysterectomy or blood transfusion. Trusting God for His perfect peace today! I know I'm not going in there alone...my best friend and Savior is with me all the way. Andy is on his way down and will be here for the surgery as well. Here we go!***********************************************

Last night was a loooooooong one. It started around 6 pm and I was simply sitting on my bed eating dinner. I had some pain in my belly that didn't go away. I called the nurse and she put me on the monitor right away. I was having contractions and a lot of irritiability in my uterus. Usually we have waited awhile for them to go away or settle down, but she immediately came back with a "T" shot. This started to help, but soon contractions were back and somewhat regular. I could feel them...they weren't hard ones, but the pain in my belly had me pretty shook up. All in all this whole thing went on for over 3 hours...I received a total of 3 "T" shots. This is in addition to the pill I've been taking to calm the uterus as well. The side effects of the "T" shots made me really shaky, and made my heart pound really hard. Another side effect is anxiety caused by the medicine in the shot. I then took 2 pills of something that is supposed to help with that and also help me sleep. Finally sometime after 10 pm I was able to come off the monitor and go to bed.

This morning I've been told not to eat or drink anything and I'm hooked up to an IV for fluids. This is all in preparation for delivering the baby today if they decide we need to do that. I'm still hoping for another day to prepare and to give Andy time to change arrangements and get here. But even if its not today...it looks like they won't push it much longer! Fine by me...I'm sorta tired of being a pincushion :)

And I have to just say that God is so good. He is completely sustaining the baby and I through all of this. The nurses and doctors are completely amazed that I haven't had bleeding with all that is going on. I can only point upward! I'll try to update after the decision is made if I have time!
Last night I prayed that God would truly guard my heart and my mind with His peace...especially since the effects of the medicine cause anxiety. He was so faithful and would you believe I slept well last night!