Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Night before our c-section:
Final stats by my c-section date:
I am 36.3 weeks pregnant
I measure 52 weeks pregnant—52 cm to top of funds.
I am 52 inchs around.
(I'm still only 61 inches tall!) :)
I've gained 46 pounds.
Wow!!! My body has changed and compensated so much in the last 8 months! What a miracle. …And not unlike birth, it's a gross miracle—but beautiful in it's own way. I'm actually going to miss my huge belly! Sure, it's inconvenient, terribly heavy, Dave has to help me up and down into bed or on the sofa, and creates it's own problems, but it's been with my every day, growing and growing. I'm used to it now. What will it feel like tomorrow when it's suddenly smaller? (And by smaller, I've been joking that I'll now look only 9 months pregnant. :) Who knows?!?) I'm scared for the after effects on my body, but looking forward to meeting the the little boys my body has nourished and grown through this process. Thank you, God, for allowing Keegan, Shaun, and Joshua to grow this long in my body!!! Please bless their birth tomorrow!!! Help them to thrive outside the womb and be born with no complications. Help the birth process for me to be smooth as well, that I'd respond well to the anesthesia and recovery from it, that there'd not be too much bleeding, and help them be able to stop it with no difficulties. (The uterus has been over distended and may have trouble contracting, so complications have been discussed with me and solutions are meds, transfusions, and hysterectomy—in that order.)
Today, we met with a neonatologist who was wonderful in helping us understand babies born at this age…complications they may face, and how well they'll do. Overall, they'll do great, but may have a few lung troubles, or challenges learning to feed, but all will balance out very quickly.
Unfortunately, I started coming down with a cold yesterday… sore throat, sneezing, coughs, low-grade fever, and congestion. I've taken so much vitamin C today and have had so much water in trying to combat this cold. More importantly, people are praying for a miraculously quick healing! As of tomorrow, I'll have had major abdominal surgery and have stables in my stomach—this is NO time to be coughing or sneezing. Much more importantly, I'll have three premie babies who CANNOT get sick!
And now, little ones—Keegan, Shaun, and Joshua, I cannot wait to meet you! I can't wait to see if you, Keegan and Joshua, are as active as you've been in utero! Shaun, will you be quieter and more reserved? You are much quieter than the other two (unless I just can't tell based on your position). You only seem to really get going when I rock. You have always had a lower baseline for your heart rate too. (120s, whereas Keegan and Joshua have been in the 140s to 160s). I can't wait to see if you three get the hiccups as much outside as you did inside. (Keegan, you got them the most!) I can't wait to see how much you weigh, what you look like, and get to know your personalities. And yet…this all seems so surreal! We've been waiting and waiting for this moment—praying we'd get here. Now we're here, and it seems like I need another week. I was ready and excited two nights ago, and yet tonight, it just seems so hard to grasp that tomorrow night, we'll be in recovery together, getting to know each other. On Friday, you'll get to meet your big brother, Zachary! He's so excited to meet you! He's been waiting for this day, counting down to it. He'll be such a good big brother too!!! We can't wait, little ones! I love you already.
Much love, Mommy.
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