October 15, 2006
Dear Ethan & Ella –
Today I have been in the hospital for 75 days on bed
rest. I would stay for 75 more if it meant
my babies would be born healthy. People
keep asking me how I am doing this and I don’t understand. A mom would stand on her head for a hundred
days if it meant she would help her babies.
And that is what you are making me….a mom. I am finally going to be a mommy after years
of waiting and I can’t wait!
You have been trying to speed up your arrival for the last
few months. Thank God for the doctors
who caught my contractions at my regular appointment. I never even felt them. What would have happened if my appointment
were even a day later? They have never
stopped but the doctors have slowed them down so you have time to grow and
develop. I can’t even really think about
what would have happened if they hadn’t caught it and gotten them under
control. I thank God for watching over
us. Do you know that you literally have
hundreds of people who are praying for you?
Their prayers are what are giving me the strength to make it another
day.
The last couple of weeks have been hard for me. I have gotten more and more
uncomfortable. I can only lie on my left
and right side and that gets old 24 hours a day. But I will do it as long as I can! I made it to the 32-week mark and now we are
aiming for 34-weeks. It is funny I have had
the same nurses the whole time I am here.
They are now getting to the point of being surprised that I am still here
after they come back from their days off.
“You haven’t had those babies yet??!!”
We are hanging tough and they are all cheering for me.
Your Nana and Papa came and visited with us on their way
home from Knoxville today. My back
started to hurt more and more throughout the day. It was a really tough night. I feel like it was one giant contraction that
never lets up. It is a constant
contraction. I am in so much pain that I
have actually thrown up a few times.
Your Daddy is starting to look a little freaked out and that is not easy
to do!
I keep chanting in my head “every day in my belly is four
less for you in the NICU.” I am hanging
on the best I can, babies.
Love,
Mommy
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