When Micah was born at 32 weeks, I continued receiving the weekly “your pregnancy” e-mails. But I quit reading then, because first of all, I was far too busy. And second, we no longer wondered how the baby was developing. We were watching him–in the NICU–every day.
Well, Little Boo has officially made it to 34 weeks! And her “pregnancy update” for this week says:
“If you’ve been nervous about preterm labor, you’ll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.”
We’re thrilled to have made it this far. This is the 34-37 week stage! Woo-HOO!!
Bedrest is not fun. But for Little Boo, it is so much better than weeks in the NICU.
So I will lie here for another three weeks . . . that is, unless she decides to make a slightly early appearance. In which case, we are “happy to know” that at this point, she will probably do just fine!
🙂