Wednesday, October 21, 2009

28 weeks!

We finally made it to 28 weeks yesterday but of course not without complications. These babies are defiantly taking after me and stumping the doctors. I went downstairs to get an ultrasound yesterday on Baby B's blood flow and her biophysical (bpp)and she was showing reversed flow into the baby but past her biophysical (bpp). So the doctor came in to take a look and you could see the sheer panic written all over her face but then she calmly said we may have to deliver these babies today. I almost feel off the table...not yet its just way too soon. She proceeded to ask the ultrasound tech to check the blood flow from the liver to the heart while she went and consulted with a colleague about the situation. When she returned and heard the news that the blood flow from the liver to the heart was normal they decided not to proceed. They have been completely honest in telling us that they have no idea what is happening and have never seen anything quite like this before and do not know what to expect. But their thought is to intervene if that is what the patient wants before it gets worse and becomes too late. I spoke with the neonatologist (who takes care of premature babies) and told me all the risks of having them this early and a better chance would be around 32 weeks.

After many tears, we are giving this decision to God because we know that she is in His hands and will always be safest there. We don't want to take the risk of losing all of the babies and as hard as it is to do this we believe that God has a plan for her and don't want to disrupt that plan and intervene and make things worse.

We went down for the doppler today and she is only showing absent flow now and still a normal flow from her liver to heart...so this is great news. She also again passed her bbp so we are praying that God continues to hold her and keeps her safe for at least 2 weeks if not 4.
Thank you again for all of the prayers and continue to pray for all of the babies...especially baby b.

And I have finally included some pics!





1 comment:

  1. Sorry I've been under the weather & a bit out of touch. Still praying for you all! You are thought of often! Love ya Jenny!

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