Hospital Life - Day Ten

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. On Saturday 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. Also on Saturday they gave me two steroid shots to help develop little Zachary's lungs. Unfortunately I had some scary side effects from the steroid shots, I started cramping and bleeding. Due to these complications, I was not allowed to leave the bed for any reason and they added another anti-contraction medicine. No worries, we are fine and I'll do anything to help my baby stay inside and help his chances for survival. Thankfully yesterday and today are much better days. The cramping has gone and the bleeding has slowed down a lot. Stephen and I are so relieved.

Speaking of Stephen, he is just amazing. He has been such a rock and so supportive. 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. We spend our time together closeted in this room talking about things, both serious and not. We ease each other’s fears and enjoy talking about our little Zachary. I am so thankful that I have him as my husband. I couldn’t 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. Thankfully, I don’t have to.

Sorry for the delay in updates. While it's true I'm not doing much at all, it's kind of difficult to type while laying on my back. I'll try to post more often. By the way, here's a picture the nurse took of us yesterday during our "family cuddle time."

Thanks for the continued support and prayers and, as always, love to all!!