Thursday, March 17, 2011

1st Dentist Cleaning

Davis had his 1st dentist cleaning yesterday.  We met the dentist and got familiar with the office 6 months ago, but this was the BIG day!  We checked out a couple library books, watched a youtube video of little boy getting his teeth cleaned, and talked about the whole cleaning experience leading up to the event.  Davis did SUPER and picked out 2 dinosaurs for his postcleaning surprise!!!  So proud of him!  They peeked in Haley's mouth but that was about it.  She picked out a cute pink toothbrush, a purple bouncy ball and a dinosaur for her participaiton.

Davis holding his Mater toothbrush and Dr S
Haley and I visited my OB for another checkup this morning. 24 weeks and 3 days!  Cervix check=closed=good!  Feeling great and love feeling little Allie move around inside :)  We have a few 24 weekers in the unit, and I just can't imagine delivering right now.  Crazy!  What do they look like???  Eyes unfused, very thin pink skin, lungs very immature and require ventilation, a little over 1lb, blood pressure and volume issues, survival rate is around 50% with months in the NICU and high possibility of developmental problems down the road.  Not a good picture. 

Very glad Allie is cozy inside :)
24 weeks 3 days

3 comments:

Jennifer said...

Great news all around! yay! You are carrying low again just like last time, you should see me, I look 28 weeks pregnant I'm carrying so high.

Julie Tiemann said...

Go Davis, go!

I love your updates about what the NICU babies look like at each point along the way. Well, not really, because it makes me sad to hear in many ways, but it's so intriguing to know what our babies look like as they're growing inside. How amazing is our God! And how amazing is modern medicine that we can keep those sweet babies alive even 50% of the time - wow!!!

You look great, by the way!

Anonymous said...

Big boy (and girl) with the dentist appointment!