Day 20 - Week 20

Quick Update: Temp continues to be low and we are praying that infection stays at bay. Baby is 20 weeks old today marking another milestone date.

Baby Wittenberg is hit another milestone today – s/he is 20 weeks old today. In a normal pregnancy, we’d be half way there! According to the doctor, baby weighs 11 oz and is 10 inches long already. Studies indicate that baby can already hear us - amazing.

Twenty weeks is a medical milestone of sorts as well. For reasons nobody can quite explain prior to 20 weeks, medical science would classify losing baby Wittenberg as a miscarriage. After 20 weeks, it is no longer classified as a miscarriage. Instead a baby born this early would be classified as stillborn.

In an early miscarriage prior to 16.5 weeks, the baby is so small, most women do not need to go through the birthing process. In most cases after that point, a child who passes away before birth must be born.

I cannot imagine having to labor and birth our baby while grieving - knowing that baby will never draw even a single breath. At one point that was our most likely scenario. Now, we have hope that our child may survive this ordeal.

Thanks for reading and for your continued prayers.