Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Please keep us in your prayers

Please pray for the babies but send an extra special prayer for baby B. They have discovered that she has restricted blood flow from the cord to the placenta. ON Tuesday it was absent blood flow meaning nothing was getting to her at the time and today reverse meaning going back out which is the worst. However she shows no signs of a baby in distress. They conducted a biophysical profile test on all of them that tests fetal tones, movement, breathing, amniotic fluid and muscle tone and they are given 2 points for every thing they do. 10-8 is great, a 6 will be retested, and a 4 is something to get worried about. Well all 3 got perfect scores and on the non stress tests the doctors are not able to tell who is who so she is holding her own, doing really well and basically baffling the doctors at this point. However they do know that she is not receiving everything she needs do to the ultrasound and to her size. So I will have a doppler done everyday to test the blood flow through the cord to baby b and a non stress test twice a day and we will take it day by day. We will know more at 27.5 weeks (Friday the 16th) when we do the growth scan and see how much they have grown. If they were born today they would only have a 50 to 60 percent chance of survival but at 28 weeks its 80-90 so these next two weeks will be crucial. There is also the option that if she should start to have distress to allow her to be stillborn to give the others a better chance and allowing them to remain in utero longer but I pray to God that we never have to make that decision and we get to a comfortable 30 weeks because she has begun to shown improvement. I am now suppose to lay on either side for 24 hours a day expect to eat and to get up to use the restroom in hopes of increasing the blood flow to her. They are also taking me off the contraction medication which can lower blood pressure so they hope it will cause my bp to go up slightly which may help force the blood through the cord.

Well this is all we know at this point and will be taking it day by day and will try to keep everyone updated the best that I can but sometimes its its difficult to even write these words. Again, please pray for all of us..its all in God's hands!

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