For those of you in the medical world and those of you who
have had pregnancy problems you know the IMPORTANCE and EXCITEMENT of this
milestone! Tau’aho (and Lady Hiva) has made it to 24 weeks! Tomorrow she will
be 24 weeks and 1 day! WOOHOO!
In the medical world they estimate 24 weeks, or 6 months,
the thresh hold of where modern machines can help a baby survive. Any time
before that they baby has no chance of survival outside of the womb. So, it is
an exciting milestone to hit. The next milestone will be 26 weeks—the quality
of life is better at that point and Vaitafe was born at 28—those dates will be
1 May and 1 June respectfully. (For more on our story and our journey with Vaitafe and our past pregnancies you can read WHITE LILIES IN AUTUMN)
We want this little guy to cook as long as he can, but are
happy with the progress and celebrate as we can!
We recognize that this is the farthest Lady has made it
without problems or being admitted into the hospital and are thankful for it. We
end each day with gratitude. From here on out, Tau’aho only gets stronger and
increases his odds for survival as each day passes.
We had an ultrasound (our every two week visit) and Tau’aho
is healthy…Lady thinking he is doing gymnastics in the morning and at night.
Lady Hiva is also doing really well. There are no signs of labor! YAY!!! It is
a nice feeling to have the doctors look at us and say, “Well, you are doing
great, see you in two weeks” with a look of I-don’t-know-why-your-worried-it-all-looks-fine…
In fairness they have done everything they can to prevent pre-term labor. AND
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING! (With the help of all your prayers, thoughts, positive
energy, cheers and encouragement etc…this is a team effort of course and we
thank you for being part of our journey!)
In the hospital they always do the 3D scans. Lady Hiva and I
have looked at literally thousands of ultrasounds over the years so we are OK
just reading the regular ones with the doctor. I think they are not used to ‘regular’
people being able to do that so they jump over to 3D and are so happy to show
us “our baby.” Both Lady and I agree, it is just creepy! Depending on how far
away or close they are it looks like a face with no eyes, or they scan in too
far and get half face and half brain so Tau’aho looks like Nacho Libre…but we
smile appropriately and act excited with them.
Here are some photos of the visit on Friday. The one thing
that seems to be obvious is that Tau’aho has a wide Polynesian nose not a “pointy
Bradshaw nose” as Lady Hiva calls it.
So here is celebration that Lady Hiva is staying pregnant
and Tau’aho is still doing gymnastics hopefully for another three months!
Hooray! Here's to many more weeks of pregnancy!
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ReplyDeleteHooray!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I'm so happy for you guys!
ReplyDeleteYay!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you guys, Eni
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!!!! So happy for you guys!
ReplyDeleteHiva you are so beautiful! Congrats on the milestone! Love 3 of Us
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