And the winner of the birth pool is......

THE BABY!! He fooled us all :)~

Today we went in for all of our normal Monday morning rituals with the doctors as well as the amnio for lung maturity. The hope was to deliver the baby via C-section tomorrow if the test was positive. Unfortunately, it came back negative. They did however tell us that May 1, 2008 will be the day we go in for a planned c-section. While this was disappointing news it is for the baby's best health interest, so we will hold our chins up and count down the days.

This has certainly become an ever changing scenario. Each visit brings on something different to consider or be concerned about. We have done a fairly good job of remaining positive, but it is very exhausting to maintain that level of enthusiasm. We are honestly ready to move past this chapter and begin the next. We want to welcome this precious life into this world and conquer these anomalies. It has been a very frustrating path leading us to this point and we thank you all for the support. Right now, more than ever we need you to help push us through our most challenging days. We appreciate all the love, thoughts, & prayers because we certainly would not have made it this far without all of you.

Bless you all, and Bless this Baby!!