Bea had a much better day of monitoring today and for that we're all very happy especially Melissa.
Tonight we had a tour of the NICU and the Special Care Nursery. We started with the NICU so we could finish at the Special Care Nursery which we assumed, correctly, that it would be much more pleasant and less stressful. I had walked to the NICU before and and seen the building, hallways and pictures in the hallways. It was all new to Melissa.
I had taken my last tour at 25 weeks, when Bea was small compared to many of the babies, and was smaller then the babies on the NICU video. It was very unnerving. Today we were on the other side of the scale. Bea is a heavy weight compared to most babies in the NICU, in fact she might be large and strong enough to avoid the NICU all together. However it was still very scary, because we were able to go inside and see real babies.
The babies were doing better than we expected, but it was still scary. It was so real. I'll never forget the images of a little baby hooked up to a breathalater with their mouth full of equipment, with their chest rising up and down from the machine, with little sheets of a plastic like substance covering their skin to presumably keep the skin moist.
The Special Care Nursery in comparison was very peaceful and quiet. The babies were bigger and happier. We were able to find a baby in the SCN that was the same weight as Bea was. The baby looked great and much more like a baby I always pictured compared to those in the NICU. Bea of course will lose fluid weight initially like all babies, but it was great to see what she's going to look like in a couple of weeks.
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We are very pleased that everything is going smoothly for you. It would be great if Bea had a few more weeks before delivery. I am sure that Mom will be anxious to get back to be with you and help out so everything runs smoothly. We are anxious to have little Bea come into the world. Love Always, Brian and Denise
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