Update

Things went as well as we could hope this morning with the doctor. My fluid levels are holding steady, the flow through the cord looked a tiny bit better, and Blake looked content and happy in there for now. All in all I think everyone was pleased and agreed that the bed rest was indeed helping things. Right now Blake is better off inside than out although he is on the small side. That is one of the side effects of this problem with the placenta/cord. But Grant was on the small side too and it didn't seem to slow him down one bit. :) No one seems overly concerned about Blake's size at this point. They just let us know that he would be little like his brother.

My blood pressure is trending upwards and I mentioned to the doc that I'd experienced some off-and-on nausea like I did in the 2 weeks leading up to Grant's sudden entrance into the world. So Dr. C. decided to go ahead and run a blood panel on my liver enzymes and such to check for anything else we might not be seeing yet.

We were warned that any one of these factors could change at any point in time and that the plan would be to deliver immediately. No hospital bed rest or monitoring - just straight to the OR. We were also told that this would most likely happen well before our end of January due date. We are just hoping to make it through Christmas and hit 35 weeks.

Our prayers right now are that:
1. Blake can safely stay put until after the Christmas holidays (preferably closer to new years),
2. we will catch the earliest sign of trouble and head it off with a delivery before I get sick and before Blake is in any danger,
3. we will have a peace of mind about it all and no fear or anxiety.

Thanks so much for following along and caring! We see the perinatologist again on Thursday for another check. Will update with anything new if it crops up but otherwise there won't be much to report because I will be in one of two places: the couch or our bed.....looking radiant. ;) Dakota is absolutely loving this whole bed rest thing by the way. She thinks it's fabulous that she and mommy can curl up in bed together ALL DAY LONG. Glad somebody likes it.