She's Here Aubrey Colette arrived at 7pm on September 13th by emergency C-section. After telling the doctor that I wasn't feeling much fetal movement at my 1:30pm appointment, I was sent to the hospital for testing, which revealed congestive heart failure. A team of neonatal specialists was sent up from a NICU 140 miles south of us to be present at the delivery.
Our little girl has a very unusual congenital heart defect. And yet she is perfect and beautiful otherwise. We are praying for a miracle.
It has been a long 8 days in the NICU here, miles away from our other children. It's hard to leave my baby each night and equally hard to know that within her little body beats a heart that isn't right. Yet somehow we know God will prevail. He has been so faithful to us thus far, and we take comfort in this.
2007-09-08 (37 weeks)
Just Come Out! In all my pregnancies, I have never had the sense of needing to get the baby out that I've had this week. I blame it on the contractions, cramping, diarrhea, and nausea I've been experiencing. Bottom line: I feel like I've had a week's worth of early labor without actually going into labor.
Ugh.
I'm just now 37 weeks so I can't hold my breath. I keep telling myself to be patient. 3-4 weeks feels like an eternity right now, but it's really such a short amount of time! It's hard to keep perspective when I'm so uncomfortable.
I can't wait to meet her. She represents so many months of prayers and tears and releasing everything to God. I feel so close to the prize-- and yet so far away.
