This Really is God's Plan...

Here’s a major prayer request coming from the Bailey’s.  The subtitle of this blog continues to ring truer and truer each day.  This plan is really not our own---God continues to make us look to him daily and say, “Alright, we thought this couldn’t get any harder, but all we have is faith, especially at this point.” 

This post is hard to write for a variety of reasons.  The first reason is that I have an IV in my wrist and a thing on my finger making it hard to type and the second is the unexpected reason that I have those things.  Unfortunately, my water broke this morning at 4 am. I am only 31 weeks pregnant, so this was definitely not in our plan.  The doctors have me on antibiotics, steroids, and sedatives to keep labor at bay.  The steroids help little Josiah’s lungs develop faster since he is now at risk of being a preemie, on top of everything else.  The NICU nurse practitioner came to talk to us about everything that will happen now that we may have a pre-term baby.  When he is born; if sooner than later; they will check his lungs first to see if they are mature enough to keep him stable. If they are not mature enough, they will insert a breathing tube and put additional steroid medication though that tube to help his lungs develop.  He will also get his IV through the umbilical cord started right away to get the PGE started to keep that hole in his heart open!  It all seems to be a big question as to when that first surgery will be.  Originally, it would have been during the first week of life, but if he is a preemie, it will be delayed. They need to get his other systems up to working order before he endures heart surgery.

The sedatives are to keep my contractions at bay.  Contrary to popular belief, just because my water broke does not mean that I am in active labor yet.  I have only had a few slight contractions and when those popped up, I was given a sedative to make them slow down.  Now, while I am grateful for this medication to keep our little man inside of me as long as possible, it is not an ideal medication because it literally knocked me out the second it was given to me.  I fell asleep for about 4 hours when I was given the sedation.  I do like to sleep, but I’m not a huge fan of being knocked out constantly. :/

Here’s the current game plan:

·         STAY PREGNANT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE!

·         Live in the hospital until I am not pregnant anymore

·         Get Josiah as big as possible before he decides to make his grand debut.

·         Keep Michael focused on his work during this crucial time.

Obviously, that game plan brings up huge prayer requests!  We love all of our prayer warriors and thank God for putting you in our lives!