It feels so weird to have waited so long for something to happen and then finally get to it being only a few days away. I mean things got "real" as soon as I walked out of my very last appointment yesterday. The lady that made copies of my records walked in and said I heard somebody's having a baby! Shaun and I got really quite and I just looked at him then followed with a smile and I'm sure a confused look. Shaun then proceeded to joke about we're having a baby?! (Like he had no idea ha!) I got home and emailed my high risk OB down at Grady and let her know the super awesome news about how much he had grown and she was so ecstatic about his size now. Sibley and the surgeons wanted him as big as possible (39-40 weeks) but he just wasn't having it since he's tried escaping since 37 weeks. He's measuring at 39 weeks size though so overall God is working out all the little things to make things work for him best. I seriously couldn't believe he jumped almost 2 whole pounds in two weeks! Normally people complain about bigger babies, but I can endure a bigger baby if it means he's going to be healthier through surgery. He's going to be our little fighter!
As for now plans are to go in by 6 pm THIS (yeah that made things real haha) Sunday and meet with the anesthesiologist and the NICU and then get me all tucked in and based off the cervical exam my induction will be started between midnight and 4 AM in hopes for a late morning early evening delivery Monday morning. There were two doctors mentioned that will be taking care of me. Sibley will be notified I'm there so that they can get over and get Andrews lines in through his belly and medicine started to keep his holes open in his heart that they need to stay open and then all the other teams that will be there for delivery. So just waiting (sleepless at 3-4 AM now lol) but waiting for Sunday.
We are definitely ready for this chapter of our lives to start and get the initial delivery over with. It feels like our wait for Andrew has been FOREVER!! We were blessed with so many supporters and family and friends to help make this easier on us. I know we haven't even began really and have a long tough road with lots of emotion filled nights ahead of us, but walking into something as major as this with a small army behind you makes standing on your own two feet a little less overwhelming. Sometimes you just need to hear someone say it's going to be "okay"...
Well I'm going to attempt to get some sleep this weekend. The past two days have been a lay awake all night/morning kind of thing for me. Hopefully sleep will come for me soon. Thank you all so much for the love and support for Team Andrew! We couldn't do it without you guys!
As for now plans are to go in by 6 pm THIS (yeah that made things real haha) Sunday and meet with the anesthesiologist and the NICU and then get me all tucked in and based off the cervical exam my induction will be started between midnight and 4 AM in hopes for a late morning early evening delivery Monday morning. There were two doctors mentioned that will be taking care of me. Sibley will be notified I'm there so that they can get over and get Andrews lines in through his belly and medicine started to keep his holes open in his heart that they need to stay open and then all the other teams that will be there for delivery. So just waiting (sleepless at 3-4 AM now lol) but waiting for Sunday.
We are definitely ready for this chapter of our lives to start and get the initial delivery over with. It feels like our wait for Andrew has been FOREVER!! We were blessed with so many supporters and family and friends to help make this easier on us. I know we haven't even began really and have a long tough road with lots of emotion filled nights ahead of us, but walking into something as major as this with a small army behind you makes standing on your own two feet a little less overwhelming. Sometimes you just need to hear someone say it's going to be "okay"...
Well I'm going to attempt to get some sleep this weekend. The past two days have been a lay awake all night/morning kind of thing for me. Hopefully sleep will come for me soon. Thank you all so much for the love and support for Team Andrew! We couldn't do it without you guys!