23 Weeks and 5 Days

The last 24 hours have been the biggest blur of my life. Let's start with last week... I was at the gym walking on the treadmill and started having cramps (which now I know were contractions) after about thirty minutes. I decided to go get Boston from the kids club and call my work out good. I didn't have a good feeling about it so I decided I would be done working out unless everything was ok at the doctors next week. Randomly through out the week I would have weird stomach pains that would last a couple seconds and then go away. Fast forward to December 1st When i went in around nine for my regular 24 week check up. Boston and I went back for my regular ultrasound and after the tech looked for about a minute she said O crap let me go get the doctor. He came in checked me for about a minute and said that vertically my cervix had almost completely depliciated and that I needed to do directly to the high risk specialist.

I called Trav and he immediately left work. Boston and I headed down the hall to the specialist. I knew that it was serious when the nurse took Boston and said that she would take care of him and go play with the toys. I went back with Doctor Allbert and he confirmed what my Doctor said. He said that my cervix had funneled out and that my water bag was bulging. He said at this point my only option was to be admitted to the hospital for the duration of my pregnancy.

My mom left work and came and played with Boston while Trav and I went to get registered, which was actually a joke. We were in complete shock and could barely remember our personal information. We got all checked in and for some reason when they put my hospital band on it became all to real for me.



I got settled in my room and later that night Boston and I were given priesthood blessing by Trav and my Brother in-law Ed. Before bed they gave a pretty painful shot of steroids to help the babies lungs mature at a faster rate. I was also started on antibiotics so that if my membranes strip we can hopefully avoid infection. After a long day I was given an ambien and it was off to never land.

The Plan...
The obvious plan is to stay pregnant for as long as possible. Doctor Allbert has set some milestones for us. The first being Friday were I will be 24 weeks. The babies chance of survival is 10 percent and the risk of long term effects are very high. The next milestone is 26 weeks were survival rate jumps to 50 percent and long term effect drastically drop. After that we try to reach 28 weeks were survival rate jumps again to 90 percent and long term effects are almost none. Then after that everyday just like everyday down is considered a miracle. I am on strict bed rest meaning flat on my back 24 hours a day. Use gravity to reduce any pressure down on my cervix.

Things I am grateful for today...
Priesthood Blessings
Prayer
My Mom being close
Travs work is very understanding and supportive
That I happened to have my appointment today and we could catch it before it was too late
The scar tissue on my cervix that I got from Boston that is now helping keep the little man in
Family and friends willing to do ANYTHING for us
Boston was an absolute angel during all this, which is something we hadn't seen much of lately

How am I?
To be honest today was horrible. My head is spinning a million miles a second thinking of everything under the sun. I actually feel peaceful about the baby. I am more just worried about Boston and how all this will effect him and of course Trav having to take on so much on top of work and all that he already does. I do know that we are not going through this alone and can feel my Heavenly Father close.

I am not going to be shy I would LOVE and appreciate all the prayers you are willing to give on behalf of our family. Thank you.

By the way I apologize about all the errors I am writing this on an iPad while laying flat on your back it's not that easy. I plan on writing about what is going each day so check back and feel free to comment. It can get lonely sitting alone all day and I would to hear from you.