My doctor and I just set the babies' birth date!!!
I had an appointment yesterday with the perinatologist to measure the babies and see how they're doing. I braced myself for the worst - hoping for the best. The best happened! Danielle is now weighing in at 3 lbs. 5 oz. and Alexandra is 3 lbs. 10 oz. (+/- a few ounces, of course). When Dr. Townsen was done looking the babies over she said that she'd see me back in four weeks. I was like, "WHAT?" and she was like, "it's way to soon to have these babies. They're growing well and their heart tracings look good." So there you have it - the perinatologist thinks there's nothing wrong with going another four weeks!
When my doctor came in today, he said, "How about setting a date?" I was like, "OK - let's do it." He said that his regular surgery day is Thursday and that he'd like to have the babies during the week so that every one we need to be there will for sure be there (specialists and such). He said, "you'll be 34 weeks on September 4th, a Friday, so how about scheduling the babies to be delivered on September 3rd?" I said, "that sounds PERFECT!" 9/3/9 - I like it. I like it a lot.
Catherine, you are a brave woman! I think September 10th sounds great, don't let them be born on the 11th... sad day!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that you and those girls are doing so well, you are a great baby grower! I was worried because we hadn't heard from you in so long, still holding on to, "no news is good news".