08/03/2026
š«BABY UPDATE: We are so thankful for all the prayers surrounding our baby girl. Itās now August ā the month we expect to meet her. That comes with a lot of excitement and anxiety for us.
So far, the Lord is faithfully sustaining our babyās condition. She has not gotten ābetterā ā weāre not even sure thatās in the physical realm of possibility without medical help (though we also know unexplained miracles can happen if He wills). But she hasnāt gotten worse eitherā¦ praise the Lord!
NIPT tests all came back ālow riskā for Trisomy 13, 18, and 21! Which means thereās a good chance issues are isolated to her heart not hiding elsewhere in her body.
All of this means a couple things:
1) We were able to discontinue our weekly trips to the Arthur Blank location in Atlanta, because cardiologists seem confident enough in letting us continue monitoring with my high risk pregnancy doctor 2x weekly as an adequate cadence.
2) Doctors seem more optimistic her condition will hold where we can safely keep her in the womb until week 38 or 39. Again, this is constantly being assessed by my ultrasounds with the MFMā¦ but weāre hopeful. The longer she can stay, the better chance her body has to develop and withstand what comes next.
I will still need to be induced. Doctors are nervous to wait for her to come on her own because too many specialists need to be on site for her arrival and we will want her hooked up to heart monitors during labor to ensure she is enduring it safely.
We also still expect she will be transferred to CHOA for admission into cardiac ICU within the first hours or days of her life ā timing fully dependent on the severity of her condition once they see how her lungs do. She will also get a catheter procedure immediately at birth to keep her heart stable enough to run additional tests and scans to monitor and decide next steps.
Keep praying. As my pastor often says: God does things when we pray that he doesnāt do when we donāt pray. Prayer is our most powerful weapon against her ailment, and we serve a God who is able. Pray also for us, as we face the unknown with cautious optimism and fight off exhaustion from the constant worry.
