"48 - 72 Hours"

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to catch you up on the last 24 hours. Yesterday (Friday) at 8:30 am, Mattea's doctor sent us over to do blood work and monitor the baby. 5 hours later, he came back with some news: He called the doctors at UAB for some advice and they told him that given Mattea's blood pressure situation, the baby needs to be delivered very soon. So with that information, Dr. Blake told us that we are going to admit Mattea, hook up an IV and start forcing contractions to see how the baby responds. He then said, "we'll look to deliver sometime in the next 48 to 72 hours."

So, Monday, September 8th, 2008 is the probable due date for Addison Kay!!!

I just got home from staying the night at the hospital with Mattea. She slept a good majority of the night and the baby slept as well. Even Daddy got some good rest suprisingly. It must be all the prayers working. Mattea has actually started laughing again and I believe she has a piece of mind now that we have a date.

Keep us in your prayers though as the situation is still up in the air. If the baby does not respond well or if they see something wrong before Monday, they will have to transport Mattea to UAB immediately. If the baby comes on Monday and they need to get her into critical care, they will take the baby to UAB. Best case scenario, mattea is fine, the baby is fine and all get to stay in Fort Payne.

Know that Mattea and I are happy either way. I know a lot of you reading have gone through this experience and you're saying "oooh I hope everything is ok." I want you all to know 2 things:

1) I appreciate your prayers more than anything.
2) Since this is my first experience with childbirth, i'll pretty much assume that whatever happens is the normal way to do things. I've really been calm and soothing this weekend(something i haven't been in the last 2 week). that in itself is an answer to prayer.

Thank you all and I will try to update daily from here on out.

Love to all,
Brian