Change of plans....

Well, it looks like things have changed a bit as far as when we will meet our baby girl. I had an ultrasound this morning (weekly bio-physical profile) and while her movement and fluid levels looked good, her intestines have continued to dilate even more. Last week they were measuring at 1.9 cm at the largest point and today the doctor measured 2.3 cm which they felt was a significant jump. Based on this they decided to do an amniocentesis today rather than wait till next Tuesday, as was originally planned. The amnio results showed that the baby's lungs are mature so the plan is to start induction TONIGHT! Basically, the doctors said that there is no benefit to waiting a week since her lungs are already mature and we will hopefully not be dealing with any prematurity issues and better to get her out to prevent further damage to the intestines. 

This definitely came as a shock, but we feel like this is the best plan and we are looking forward to meeting our baby girl probably sometime tomorrow around mid-day if everything goes well with the induction. Tom and I will go to Magee tonight, most likely between 9pm-12am and they will start me on meds to induce labor. We would appreciate any good thoughts and prayers any of you could send our way as we meet our baby girl and start on her road to recovery at Children's. I will continue to update here as I can, or will have someone else update if I can't get to a computer. Thank you all again for all of your support - we are truly fortunate to have such wonderful family and friends.