The day John and I were waiting for has finally come … I have been admitted! I say that with a lot of mixed emotions – I would much rather be home for my own comfort, however I know being at the hospital is the best place for Chandler and the care I need to ensure she has the best chance at survival. Our morning started like our typical Wednesday mornings have for the past five weeks – we came in for our weekly ultrasound at 7:30am and to meet with our doctor. During the ultrasound we found out that our baby is now at 492g (1lb1oz) which is really exciting because two weeks ago when she was measured last she was only 11oz. The fetal radiologist also came in to perform a check on my placenta which found that the placenta isn’t performing as well as they would like to see, however our main doctor didn’t seem overtly concerned with that.

Around 10:45, John and I walked over to L&D triage where I had a non-stress test to see how baby was moving (she looked great as usual) and to have an IV put in for my hospital stay. I can’t say I enjoyed the IV placement and hope the one they gave me today will last throughout my entire visit. Eventually, we were sent to the mother baby unit here at OHSU where I will be staying for an undetermined amount of time. I received the first steroid shot to kick start lung development which was very painful, and I’m lucky enough to get a second one tomorrow! Tonight or tomorrow they will start the round of antibiotics as well. At this time the diagnosis is almost certain to be PPROM, so we are looking to reduce labor and infection so Chandler can stay in the womb for as long as possible.

The room here at OHSU is really nice – I have a great view of the campus and the mountains here on the 13th floor. John brought me my laptop and I have all the creature comforts to hopefully keep myself as engaged and entertained as possible. Starting on Friday, Chandler will be monitored daily via non-stress tests to make sure she’s still thriving and doing well. One concern (outside of our ongoing concern of lung development) is her low fluid and small size; stillbirth was a concern and partly why our doctor encouraged admission today.

I don’t really have any other updates to share right now. I miss John and our dogs already and it’s hard to think about not sleeping in my own bed or seeing my dogs for up to 10+ weeks from now, but I know this is the best place for me to be for the health of our daughter. Now that I’m admitted and will have a lot more going on, I’ll probably be updating the blog more frequently as we have updates. Thanks to everyone for following, sending your messages of love and support, and thank you to the Weaver family for the flowers. Signing off for now…