Hang in there!


"modern medicine has ensured that preemie babies grow up healthy and happy as if they had gone full term."

 

Best wishes for a happy and healthy family, Lariat!

 

Sounds like they're a blue oval under the hood over there...they just keep on running.

Glad to hear things are lining up....

Tony

 

My prayers are with you and your wife. I can only hope everything turns out alright.

-Craig

 

F150,

My family's prayer's are with you. The things that hospital's can do these days is amzaing and I'm sure that everything will turn out just fine. This may sound hokey, but I'm only an hour away from you. If you need anything don't hesitate to ask.

I remember how scared I was 2.5 year's ago when my son was born, no family here to help, full of questions ect. If you have questions or just need to chat, we are all here for you!

 

Update:

She's been in the hospital since last Wed. Other than a few periods of contractions that the doctors quickly stopped, she's doing fine...and the baby too (he's still in the womb). Baby is estimated to be 3lb 13oz, but that was a week ago - so he's probably bigger now. They said that's a little big for his age. Only issues if he's born in the next day or two would be his lungs and being able to eat on his own. And that's not even definite. At this point, he 'might' be able to breathe on his own. We don't know for sure. This Friday will be the 32 week mark. They're hoping to hold it off until 34 weeks, but I don't know if he'll cooperate that long. We'll see. So far, so good.

Here's a few photos from a month or two ago.

 

Glad to hear things are looking better! Is this your first?

We're all still rootin' for you two...

 

Yes, first and last. We always planned on just having 1, so it's not because she's having trouble that we don't want another. Plus, they say if you have a premature birth, you're more likely to have another...and there's no way she'd go for that.

 

Nice retriever... how old is he/she?

 

Thanks. He's a little over 2 1/2 years old now.

More of his photos:
http://www.pbase.com/kygarden/lincoln&page=all

 

Glad things are going better. I'll be thinking about your family in the next couple of weeks, hope they make it to the 34 mark.

 

lariatf150,

My family's prayers are with you. My first daughter was born at 35 weeks and she was fine. I have two little girls and they have changed my life for the better. They are truly a blessing.

 

We are all with you! be strong and by all means stay busy. everything will work out and you are about to have the best time of your life!

All births are wild and scary and have some sort of issue. If it helps to hear others stories let me know because I have two kids that have scary birth stories and they are both 100% perfect now!