Jen's Pregnancy Blog

We have had several doctor’s appointments since my last posting. The first one after my hospital stay was a little trying. Because of the high blood pressure, Dr. B suggested that Grace may have to be born at 30 or 32 weeks, which is MUCH earlier than we had anticipated. There are more risks for her being born that early and I was very concerned. Since then, however, my blood pressure has stayed under control and that is no longer a fear.

In fact, we are doing so well, the doctors are now back to the goal of 34 weeks. This is great as far as Grace’s development, so we are happy. At our appointment last week, Dr. B even suggested that, in a couple more weeks, we will actually go ahead and schedule my C-section for sometime during that first week of October! I can’t believe it. There is an end in sight and I will finally get to see my little girl. Dr. B is so optimistic that he even suggested that she might weigh as much as 2 kilos (or just over 5 pounds)! (As of Aug. 28^th, they estimate her weight at 3 pounds 2 ounces.) And, he pointed out that lung development is pretty much done at that stage. Both factors suggest that Gracie may not be in the Neo-Natal Unit at all and may come home with me! That idea really blows my mind! I was sort of counting on a couple of weeks of sleep at night while she was in the hospital. I better get rid of that idea quick!