Each Day Is A Gift

It's funny how when you first find out you are pregnant you are always looking to the finish line; the big "due date". When I first started having problems I started looking from week to week then it was day to day. Now I go hour to hour. We made it through another day in week 26 and we are so thankful.

After a tough couple of days, we are staying the course with the help of the drug terbutaline. This is a drug used for asthma patients to relax lungs but doctors have found that it also relaxes the uterus and keeps it from contracting. Terbutaline is my friend!

Nick and I have tried to make this hospital room our home away from home; he even brought in our DVD player. As far as hospital rooms go, it's not too shabby. We have our own balcony with a chaise lounge (though I am stuck to my bed and can't even enjoy it!) My day seems to be split up into categories: shower time, bathroom time and meal time. It is these 3 reasons alone that get me out of bed. The rest of the time I spend laying down incubating Anna while she is constantly monitored.

This is the famous fetal heart monitor that we seem to watch more and more everyday.

God has brought us this far and we sailing on your prayers and support. Thank you so much.

Love and prayers,
Nick, Melanie and Anna