Thursday, April 12, 2012

God is so good!

No baby today! I can't tell you how excited Brad and I are to not have a 30 week baby, but today's scans were great. We had another growth scan (they only do those every 3 weeks) and our baby grew 3 weeks and 1 day in 3 weeks! She reached the 2 pound mark (910 grams to be exact), which is what I was secretly hoping for at today's scan. Some of her little body parts grew more than others, which is fine. She is still hovering around the 5th% or less in everything, but that is fine for now as long as she doesn't drop off and continues to grow. She is still considered "symmetrically growth restricted," but for now she still looks just "constitutionally small" (i.e. just a really small baby). Nothing to be concerned about really, except for her petite size. Of course, we won't know for sure until the day she is born, but right now we are quite positive about the outcome.

For now, we will continue with what we are doing - going in twice a week for biophysical profiles, every other week to the OB, and every three weeks to do a growth scan. Once we hit 33 weeks, I will get steroid shots to help her lungs develop, and at 37 weeks we will deliver (of course assuming that we haven't already delivered).  

I know I am hoping and praying for a lot, but for the next growth scan we would like to see her continue to grow symmetrically within the time allotted (3 weeks in 3 weeks) and I would love to see her at 3 lbs. So pray for that!! I feel like we can get there, that we can get all the way to 37 weeks.

Thank you everyone!!

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