No news is good news, I guess
Not much to report on the baby sister/baby situation. The magnesium sulfate seems to have helped. Since early afternoon she's ben down to an acceptable number of contractions per hour and has had no further dilation. They've cut the dose down a bit and are trying to wean her off of it. They'll keep her in the hospital until at least Saturday to monitor her, and continue weaning her. As long as there is not an increase in contractions or any further dilation, they may release her.
It's my understanding that once you start early labor like this, you can only prolong it for a little while, so I still think that she won't be leaving the hospital until she has a baby in her arms, or if she does, she'll be going back soon.
There was some mention of an ultrasound, but they haven't done one yet. The doctor is fairly confident that the baby is probably around 5 lbs, and that's a fairly decent weight for being so early. They've given her either two or three injections of lung surfactant, and so the baby shouldn't have any difficulty in that department. Of course, the longer they keep her in there, the better, but if she were born right now, she'd probably be just fine.
And so, that's the report- not much of anything. I can't believe my baby sister is having a baby.
posted by Mommyleek @ 11:39 PM
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Glad to hear she's still cookin'. My cousin's wife went into preterm labor like 3 times and kept being put on bedrest. When she was within a few weeks of her due date they decided that if she went into labor again they'd just let her go--and the baby decided to wait all they way to her due date! Guess you never know. . . I hope Jessica is at least getting some rest. I'd be a nervous wreck.
ah, good...prayers and well wishes still being sent her way and yours ;-)
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