I've spent the entire day at the hospital with my daughter.

The baby's movements are very low and his heart rate isn't doing the proper accelerations.

They're keeping her all night and more decisions will be made tomorrow. I was with her today. Her hubby's staying with her tonight so I could come home to my boy, and I'll go back out in the morning.

The OB said that he would take the baby now if she were one or two weeks further along, but he's not convinced that the level of concern at this point (though high) equals the potential concern if he's born right now, so he's watching another 24 hours. He said if he delivered now he could have difficulties with lungs and might not even be able to eat yet.

If he picks up tonight, he may send her home and monitor her from his office. If he doesn't, he may decide to deliver him.

I'll keep you updated as I can. If you PM me in the next few days and don't receive a response in a few hours and it's about a site issue, please PM a moderator, January or DocJohn.

Love to all,

KD