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Status Update

C-Section scheduled for 17:30.

He is just over 25 weeks. Outcome is uncertain, but they say waiting will be worse.

As Taryl put it, Benny was like being hit by semi-truck. This one is like being strapped to train tracks. Seeing the train coming this time is worse.

D-day

Delivery day is today, heart strip was okay but not great and we won’t gain anything by waiting another few hours. Please pray for our peace and safety in this and that our little boy would be strong enough to make it. It’s dicey, but God has this in his hands. C section should be done by 7:00 tonight, maybe sooner.

Not good news from the cord flow scan

More monitoring tonight but he has reverse end diastolic cord flow and is still growth restricted. They estimate he’s just over a pound but the restriction means his outcomes are more poor for gestational age than they’d otherwise be, but if he takes too much of a metabolic hit internally then that’s also a problem.

If the monitoring today looks reassuring we can probably make it through tomorrow, one day at a time.  If it’s not reassuring I’m going back for a c section tonight.  

Monday morning updates

Hanging out and doing okay at the moment, thankfully.

Biggest prayer request right now is for baby’s growth and placenta health. He fell off his last growth curve and they can’t keep me pregnant if the placenta isn’t doing its job, so we really need that to be working properly. I have an appointment in about an hour to check his growth and blood flow and decide from there. My blood pressure has stabilized with a different med routine and that’s a huge blessing, we just need him hanging in there for a few more weeks too!

Update from Taryl 2020-01-03

Just got out of consult with the doctor and she is reassured that I am responding well to the hydrolozyne, still, so she is hoping we can gain a few more weeks of management out of that, barring any other symptoms. She said she doesn’t expect we can get all the way to delivery at 34 weeks but isn’t planning a birthday party for him in six days, either, so that’s good. Big big goal would be making it to 28 weeks, which I believe is January 24th, and that seems doable in the current set of circumstances.

But they’re keeping my inpatient until birth with management here now, with twice weekly specialist ultrasounds to check on him and the placenta and oral plus IV blood pressure management for me, plus twice weekly labs to make sure my kidneys and liver still look good and nothing is turning the corner like it did last time with Benny and my blood chemistry.