More Waiting and Seeing (Day 59)

I'm still here. I know some of you have questioned that. But I made it to another day. And I'm still somewhat sane. Dr. Lovelace made it back Sunday afternoon. He talked to me for quite a while about my crazy weekend and his thoughts on the ultrasounds. He and the Perinatologist feel that the heart is probably NOT enlarged-- but since Spartacus' chest is so small it give the heart the illusion of being large. Dr. Lovelace spent a lot of time explaining how the lung fields grow and work and what will happen in the seconds and minutes after birth. Bottom line-- there is nothing we can do but wait and see if he has enough lung field capacity. He said keeping the baby in the womb will not make any difference when it comes to the growth of these "lung fields". However, it will help in other areas of growth-- such as weight gain etc. By the way, the Perinatologist, Dr. Lee's ultrasound showed Spartacus at 3 and a half pounds (instead of 3 1/4). So we'll gladly take that measurement.
I'm still feeling pretty calm and hopeful that all will be do-able. I have no doubts when it come to the baby surviving, I just hope I'm strong enough to handle whatever hurdles we will face. My womb is still "irritated" but not acting up nearly as much as this past weekend. In fact, I don't feel "different" like I felt over the weekend. However, I do believe the nurses all think I'm coming down to delivery time sometime soon. For example, my favorite day nurse, Liz suggested I only eat toast for dinner Saturday night. And Dr. Lovelace says things are looking calmer today but all could change in 10 minutes.
My mom gets home tonight and that will be a mighty comfort for me if things happen. Byron brought the girls up for the afternoon yesterday. They all seem to be in a much calmer state. A friend had brought in these adorable animal sticker books (so they'll have something to do here) and that kept them quite busy. Reese did ask me twice if once the baby is born if the baby and I could come live at her house. You'll be proud of me. Instead of crying, I told her I thought that was a terrific idea.
P.S. Listen to this verse from the Bible my friend Jeanette sent me: Exodus 14:14 "The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still." Could anything be more fitting?