Patience

Well...I think the name of the game from here on out is patience (which it honestly should be with kids anyway!).

• I am waiting until after Monday to create a care plan with my new OB. (I got in in record time thanks to my previous history and the nuances associated with this little one!)  
• I am waiting until week 28 when they can better visualize the baby's bowel to rule out Duodenal atresia. 
• I am waiting to share with more people until we know a little bit more about baby's health status.
• I am waiting to join the local group Up With Down and Gigi's Playhouse and start connecting with families that have been through all this
• I am waiting to just snuggle this little squirt!

Then, once the little one is here, we will again be waiting to see how he/she really is.  When milestones will be reached, what support might be needed, what daily life will really look like.  Patience.

So, without any alternatives, I will wait.  I hit the 26 week mark today, which is incredible.  With Kate I was, unknowingly, beginning preterm labor.  With the boys, I was already on partial bedrest.  I am starting to get a bit more uncomfortable, mostly back pain because I keep toting Mr. Colton around, but we will get through.

We toured the new hospital last weekend and now I just need to get forms filled out "just in case."  

14 weeks or less--AAAGGGHHHH!!!