The last week has been an interesting one, to say the least. Emily has been laid up for the week per doctor's orders, and things were going as well as they could considering the circumstances. But Wednesday night she started to have some more intense and quicker contractions that really worried us both because they hurt a lot more than the earlier ones. So at midnight on Wednesday night we headed to our hospital downtown to check things out.
They monitored Emily and Noah for a few hours and ended up giving her a small shot to stop the contractions (made her a little bit loopy!) and a test to see whether the baby might come in the next two weeks, which came back negative. Also, she is not dilated at all and in fact is very far from it, so that's nice. We headed home about 4am and I got about an 2 hours of sleep before heading to work (slept through the alarm and was nearly late!). But Emily has to stay at home for the next few days until her doctor's appointment on Tuesday and just lay around. My mom is coming today (Friday) and staying a couple days to help out and spend some time with us.
Everything is fine, the Lord has provided and is working everything out first for His good and then our best even when it seems wrong to us or not the best way it could be done. I trust His judgment better than my own!
Continue to pray that Emily has the strength for as much of a natural birth as possible and that she is able to do the things she wants to do in the next two months. Early January now seems a long way off but it will be here before we turn around. We love you all and look forward to sharing Noah's life with you!
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Hi John and Emily,
Just wanted you to know that all of your family in California (Grandpa, uncles and aunts, and cousins)are all praying for Emily, Noah, and you.
Love,
Aunt Diane
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