25 Weeks

Yesterday was the 25 week mark using the most conservative estimate. - it's what they've been using this week. In Cicinnati and when we checked in on Saturday they were using an earlier term date that would put us at 25 1/2 weeks.

Yesterday afternoon and especially night was an especially rough one for Melissa. She lost a lot of amniotic fluid through steady leaking. We asked to have the baby monitor hooked up in the middle of the night to make sure everything looks good for Bea, and as always she looks fine.

Melissa did have contractions last night but they went away by this morning. It was a really long night.

All of the nurses were downplaying fluid loss yesterday and we thought they were just being optimistic, but the doctor came in today and gave us the same answer without flinching. He indicated babies can survive without any fluid which seems counterintuitive to us but it was an answer I liked to hear and I'm not going to argue with the expert. Melissa is a little more skeptical about the fluid loss and was still pretty shaken up this morning. I just got off the phone with her and she's seems to be feeling a litttle better mentally about last night and the fluid loss. It appears the fluid is very beneficial in helping develop the lungs, but the doctor thinks the most critical period for lung develop has gone and we should be okay in regards to that, so it's a matter of letting the lungs grow stronger.

Tough as it was yesterday the daily calendar in the hospital room has a different number on it. The dang nurse ripped off the old date. I was going to give the honors of ripping the day off to Melissa.

She was moved into an apartment style room late yesterday. It's so much more quiet and peaceful on her floor. While we didn't have large quantities of sleep last night, the quality appears better. The room should help remove external distractions and allow Melissa to relax more quickly and more fully. Now Melissa's battle for stress lies more directly in her body and in her mind.

A little good news (for Melissa) is the badgers apparently snuck one out against the gophers in hoops yesterday. The game was tape delayed so we didn't see it. Craig Bursch - Melissa did thoroughly enjoy the column in the Minneapolis Star Tribune yesterday that said the border battle between the gophers and badgers has been long over this year - with the bad guys winning. The gopher game was tape delayed for the Timberwolves game which Melissa thoroughly appreciated, especially because the only speakers for the tv are on her bed facing towards her. I made her put down the Sodoku book she was working on to watch the good replays. She got a sodoku book as a gift and she loves it. It gives her something to work on and helps to exercise the brain a little. She's really tearing through the book - she's never done sodoku before.