Thirty weeks last Friday - yeah! It’s almost hard to believe that three months ago, we were told unequivocally that Baby Girl would not live.
We are now into our third trimester and Baby Girl continues to defy all the odds. She is BIG for her age – thanks in part to the steroids early on and now extra sugar from gestational diabetes. Physically, she seems to be developing perfectly. Because of the early complications, we will still need to closely monitor her developmental progress for the first two years for neurological challenges, but given her development in the womb things look promising.
While Baby Girl’s due date is actually July 9, our doctor has informed us that she will most likely arrive between May 28 and July 2 – doctor’s choice. Right now, she is being monitored weekly and soon twice weekly.
And, I am finally steady on my feet after a few weeks of considerable pain and uneasiness as I began to get up and around for the first time in 10 weeks. Today, I started back to work at the office on a part-time schedule.
After more than two months Brian’s mother is finally out of the hospital and doing well in rehab. She might even be able to come home by the end of the month.
And another answer to prayer, Brian has taken on a new career opportunity. One we hope will provide him greater peace and flexibility as we enter this new stage of our lives.
As Baby Girl has stabilized and life has begun to settle into a new normal, there has been less to share about our journey in this blog. Unless there is a major status change, you can expect to hear from us again when our little miracle arrives.
Before I go, I want to once again, express our deep gratitude for all the support and prayers, we’ve received since January 31. Friends and strangers reached out to provide us support and guidance as we walked through some of the darkest days of our lives. Without you all, we do not know how we would have made it through these past few months.
Our prayer throughout this journey is that the power, love and faithfulness of our Lord, Jesus Christ would be revealed. So today, I close this letter with a familiar prayer found in Ephesians 3 that for us has never rung so true….
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
Carie Anne
