Stubborn Boy!

This little boy is as stubborn as can be!!  For the past four weeks, we've had to do these non-stress tests, which pretty much make sure that when Lane moves, his heart rate accelerates like it should.  Needless to say, my little gymnast decides that whatever time they want to do this test is the perfect time for his nap.  We eat, drink and move around, trying to get him to move, and it never works.  Even shocking him with this vibrating/shocking mechanism does little to get him to respond.  We usually end up in ultrasound for a biophysical when they do they AFI (which measures his fluid).  Yesterday, though, was by far the worst.  He wouldn't even produce results for the biophysical!!  He is such a stubborn boy!!  But, finally the doctor was content with him and the minimal results he was producing, so she let us pass.

Beyond that, his fluid levels are down (which is normal at this point), and he's running out of room in there.  Everything is still set to go for September 22nd.  We'll get to the hospital at 5:30am, around 7:30, the urologist will come place his stint and the official surgery should start by 8:00am, taking about 45 minutes.  My team is hopeful things are going to go smoothly, as are we.

We've been asked a lot of if we'd like visitors, I'd say anytime after 2:00pm that first day (Wednesday), should be fine, but please call us (as there are a lot of unknowns until that day).  We'd like an opportunity to spend time with our baby and let Cole meet his brother.  We should be there until Saturday, so Thursday and Friday should be fine for people to come visit as well.

At any rate, we're excited to wake up for our last Friday morning without Lane.  We have our intake appointment at the hospital Monday, followed by our final OB appointment at 11:00am on Monday, then Tuesday we get to sit and wait...

This portion of a poem is from "8 Seconds" and it reminds us of the last 8.5 months:

"We've been waiting on Lane ever since we can recall,
It started in the winter, and now it's early fall..."

We can't wait to meet you, sweet baby boy.