Hospital Life - Day Nine

Greetings again from my current home in a twin-sized bed at Women's Hospital!!



Here's a quick update on how the Baldwin family is doing this weekend. Yesterday we started week 23 with a visit from the neonatologist. She was wonderful and scary both. She told us everything that could be wrong if Zachary was delivered this week and everything they would do to help him. We signed a bunch of consent forms and continued our prayers that Zachary will continue to wait to be born. Yesterday they gave me two steriod shots to help develop little Zachary's lungs. Unfortunately I had some scary side effects from the steriod shots, I started cramping and bleeding. Due to these complications, I am now not allowed to leave the bed and they added another anti-contraction medicine. We are fine and I'll do anything to help my baby stay inside and help his chances for survival. Thankfully today is a much better day. The cramping has gone and the bleeding has slowed down alot. Stephen and I are so relieved.



Speaking of Stephen, he is just amazing. He has been such a rock. Even before this I knew we had the b eof us and we can talk about everything! Lots of people told us that when we were in intensely stressful situations, such as this, it can wreck havoc on a marriage. Not ours. Stephen is a rock and I am so thankful that I have him as my husband. I couldnt love anyone more. He takes good care of Zachary and I and we do our best to take care of him too. I can't imagine life without him by my side.