Sunday, October 26th

I am pleased to report that baby girl williams is still nestled comfortably where she belongs. No delivery yet and we are trying to keep it that way. Deb has made it 48 hours which has allowed her to get two crucial doses of steriods to help with lung development should the little one be born early. The baby has been happy on the monitor and Deb is not having any contractions so the docs are comfortable taking her off 24 hour monitoring for now and just monitoring her intermittently. Hopefully we are settling into a long period of waiting and her worst enemy will be boredom. Should things change I will let you all know.

25 Weeks -- More Trouble

Just a quick update. We ran into a problem this morning, Deb's water broke. I apologize if I haven't called anyone, we have just had a crazy day running from the doc's to the hospital. Deb has been admitted, and mother and baby-to-be are fine for the moment. Unfortunately she is to be on bedrest for the duration of the pregnancy. Our sincerest hope is that she is on bed rest for a long time! This baby needs a few more weeks in the oven to get a nice set of functioning lungs. So far we are stable and baby and mom are in no immediate danger. I will update tomorrow as we get more news. Thanks again for all your love and support.

24 Weeks

We are now at 24 weeks and just had our second set of ultrasounds and the news is good. We had a repeat cardiac echo which showed no visible cardiac defects. This is excellent news since it decreases the chances that a genetic defect is present. We also has another set of diagnostic ultrasounds that measured overall growth. I am glad to report that all gestational goals are on target. She measured 24 weeks at 24 weeks and weighs in at 1lb, 6oz. Yet another positive sign.
Also, we now have a delivery date. We are scheduled for delivery by c-section at 9:30 a.m. on the 21st of January.
I have attached 3 ultrasound videos below. She is hiding a little so you can't see her face very well. The last one is a nice shot of a foot (squint a little and all will become clear). I will post some pictures later this weekend, so check back. Thanks again for all your love and support.
Tim & Deb