Dropping in to the blog to give everyone a quick update on how things are going. Things are remaining stable week by week and I have now been at the hospital for 12 days. On Wednesday, I had my weekly ultrasound to measure fluid and have a Doppler performed on the umbilical cord. The fluid is still measuring at ~2cm as it has been for the past six weeks, and the Doppler showed an expected level of blood flow between the placenta and baby Chandler. No news is good news in our world right now.

Every day non-stress tests are performed to see how Chandler is doing in the womb and to make sure she’s still thriving. So far she has been outperforming what is expected at her gestational age, which John and I are both really happy to see. Last week one of the perinatologists told me she is performing at the gestational age of what they would expect to see in a 29 weeker, which he translated for me to mean that it shows a strong correlation in her heart and brain development. In his words, “she gets a gold star.”

Tomorrow I have a gestational diabetes test which is typically performed around this time, so that is a business as usual and routine test. I don’t have anything else to share regarding changes at this time. I’m hanging in there in the hospital and taking things day-by-day. My mom sent a care package with a bunch of crafts which I have been keeping busy, along with watching all of the trash TV I can get my hands on – Love is Blind anyone? Thanks to everyone for reaching out and keeping us in your thoughts. I will post hopefully on Wednesday after our next ultrasound.