Tornadoes!

Birmingham is bracing for round two of tornadoes this afternoon and tonight. Early this morning there was quite a bit of damage. We were lucky to escape it. Hopefully we'll escape this next round too.

Because of the severe weather the doctor's office called to have me come in earlier. Darlene stayed at our house with Thomas for us to go to UAB. and I guess it's good news? My amniotic fluid is now at 64cm. Which he said would be like me carrying triplets at 37 weeks. However, he doesn't want to drain it because I'm "handling it all so well," able to sleep, without breathing problems, etc. He doesn't want to risk inserting a needle in my stomach and having that break my water.

He also said Kathryn's handling everything great: strong heartbeat, moving like crazy, etc. So basically their plan is to try to keep her in there as long as I handle things well, and as long as she handles it well. I do get the feel they'll take her out at 37 weeks (3 weeks from now) if my water hasn't broken by then. We know she'll be sick with lung issues when she is born, but we also know the longer she's in there the better.

An old friend, Drew Moss, posted something on Facebook last night that I desperatelyneeded to hear. It said, "discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." I am trying to remind myself daily when I think I couldn't possibly be more uncomfortable and when I just wish she would get here so we can KNOW the result, what I want most is our daughter grown enough to fight her fight, and if that means a few more weeks of discomfort for me, then so be it.