Quick update

We had a scare tonight with Baby M. I was sitting up in bed talking on the phone around 11 pm when my nurse comes in and tells me to lay on my side. She then put the oxygen mask on me and had another nurse page the resident. Apparently, she saw Baby M's heartbeat take a dive and what she did with me is standard protocol when that happens. My nurse explained that the heart rate can drop for a number of reasons including the baby stepping on the umbilical cord and temporarily cutting off blood supply. The resident came in and said that it looked like the heartbeat was going right back to normal and that they wanted to give me IV fluid just in case there was any dehydration. They hooked me up to the IV for 30 minutes. Things seem ok now and hopefully it is an uneventful night. We are eager to meet our little girl, but we are fine with waiting for her arrival a little while longer. We are clearly being monitored 24/7 and I am so thankful for how closely they are watching us. When they wake me up in the middle of the night for a blood draw, I am not quite as thankful. My dad is coming into town tomorrow on July 4th and will be here through the weekend. We are excited to have him here to see our house and visit with us.