Pregnancy Week 29 Update

Today we went back to the hospital for more monitoring of Lily's heartbeat. She still wasn't having good rises in her heartrate, which is normal with activity. Hers is pretty "flat" for lack of a better word. Her baseline was up today, though, from 130 to about 140-145 BPM, which is much closer to what it had been. She had some more decellerations, but not as drastic as yesterday. My OB consulted with another doctor, and they decided to let me come home for now. I go back in for another NST on Friday, which I'm praying will tell us more. So for right now I wouldn't call her "stable" but she isn't critical. We covet your continued prayers as the doctors try to figure this out. It's an odd feeling, to see all these dots between Jaime and Tirzah and now Lily, and know that although there are no answers now, someday researchers will probably find way to connect them all. And if not in our lifetime, in eternity we'll have an answer as to WHAT is happening with my body. As for now, all they can do is treat the symptoms and watch her like crazy. Just an FYI (of course the Lord knows her birthday but a little info): I'm 29 weeks 1 day right now. That's where I was when Jaime was born, and she was in NICU for seven weeks, which is a little less than average. At 32 weeks, babies develop a sucking reflex, so that would be a great milestone to get to, with all the issues I had nursing Jaime. 35 weeks is when I can deliver at my doctor's hospital (Holy Family) and he wouldn't stop my labor.

Thanks again for your prayers and encouragement. We'll try to update again Friday night after another round of monitoring.