Ups and Downs and Ups and Downs

Wow talk about one heck of a roller coaster ride of emotions! Ok, so far this has been a pretty much wait and see kinda thing here. I was admitted to the hospital to get fluids with the main objective to get my amniotic level where is should be so the baby can develop. My previous post talked about the ultrasound and how well it went. It showed pockets of fluid! YAY so whatever we're doing is working. WOOHOO.

So little detour in the story, this morning I woke up around 6ish and I quickly realized that I had lost a good amount of fluid just since waking up and turning over. I immediately panicked and called the nurse. She confirmed that I lost fluid and was going to call the doctor. He (Dr. Long, sitting in for Cunningham being out of town) came to talk to me and told me that it was possible that the process of turning over might have exposed the tear and I was leaking again. He wanted me to stay on the fluids and he wanted an ultrasound done. We had the ultrasound around 10is and then the waiting began. For those of you that don't know me, I don't do waiting very well. The nurse (Tonya...if this is Mindy reading this) came in and told me there was some good news.

The optimal level of fluid should be 11. I'm not sure 11 whats, but I know 11 is good. Normal would be considered from 9-11. My first ultrasound I had was 0 which is why they put me in here. The ultrasound on Tuesday was a 1, which is good because what we were doing was working. Today when they did the ultrasound I'm at a 5.6!!! Even with the amount I lost this morning I'm still at a 5.6! So I have to keep with what I'm doing. I'm no longer allowed to roll on my right side (side I was laying on when all this started) and we'll check in a couple of days to see my progress. This is still a day to day thing, but we are definitely heading in the right direction! I'm seeing some wonderful things happen here. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. Yay God!