Day One

On October 28, I went in for an office visit and ultrasound, where I was found to have NO amniotic fluid. I was also told that even though I was 30 weeks, he was measuring 24 weeks, which would make him only a little over a pound! We were so scared and the Dr. decided that we would have a better chance at MUSC. So we were tranferred that night. It was the longest night, watching that monitor of his heart rate go up and down, knowing that at any minute it could drop too much and he would have to be delivered!

He mangaed to hang on through the night so did get some steroid injections for his lungs. We had a special ultrasound the next day that told us that everything looked normal, but he couldn't survive much longer with no fluid, and would not survive a vaginal delivery. So at 4:00 pm on October 29, he was delivered by C-Section. The surgery went well, and Jeffery even heard a little cry out of him shortly after he was born! When he was finally brought to us to look at the nurse said, "We were prepared for a 24 weeker, but this little one is determined to let us know that he is 30 weeks!" So we knew right then he was going to be a fighter! Even though he only weighed 1lb 3oz and was 13.5 in long, he scored a 6 and 9 on his Apgar tests so that really gave us hope that this little one was not giving up!