Update on the Baby Girl...

So the latest news is that the baby isn't yet born so I should refer to her as the future baby girl...

Regardless, today we went for another check-up and found that the state of her heart is going really well. So well that we we told by the fetal cardiologist specialist that we only need to see him every two weeks instead of weekly. Exciting for us. For me as well because monitoring is very routine and I can go to work or tend Zach rather than going to those appointments as well.

At least we thought. Today the babies heart rate was all over the place in bad ways (ranging from 60 to 130 beats per minute). This may have been stress or just her rolling around all the time at the wrong times. Alison as well was having small but consistent contractions. So we got sent to the hospital after 20 minutes of monitoring for 4 hours additional to be sure that nothing was really wrong.

This was stressful because we had to drive across town and then check in Alison at the hospital and I had to leave her and get Zach from the sitter who was planning on only about 2 hours. Long story short, I stressed, Alison stressed but was then relaxed and then she was done and I wasn't stressed anymore and we came home and all was well.

She does have to go on a medication that stops contractions, for obvious reasons, but all else was basically a non worry eventful day in the end. Wow.

So another day of appointments come and gone and we are still doing well. Parents of one toddler and a baby brimming with excitement to get out. Ironically she is already getting us all knackered out. This is what parenthood is all about...