Ready or not...

Holy smokes! We have a baby coming!

That was the feeling as we walked out of MoBap (Missouri Baptist Hospital for you non-locals) earlier this week. We are right in the middle of the 'red flag' stage but the doctor has already moved passed that and onto the next step in this journey. There have been no changes to Tiff's cervix to this point so he doesn't expect there to be any significant worries in the coming weeks. He has progressed to the next areas of concerns for someone in her condition such as elevated risks for preterm labor and other symptoms that are common in her condition. All something we need to be aware of and ready to react to, but most are typical pregnancy risks even though her risks are elevated slightly versus the traditional pregnancy.

I really find commonality in a lot of what the doctor says. He will say things like, "10% of pregnancies experience concerns with elevated preterm labor but your risk is 22%". Delivering that to an analytical mind, I can fully relate to his message. Calculated, predictable, and simple in delivery. I only wish I could communicate with my customers like he communicates with us. Things would be much easier.

We both are on a teetering point now. We are ready to fully embrace what is about to happen but guarded so not to not allow ourselves to be set up for emotional letdown. We really want to commit emotionally but still find ourselves prepared should the conditions change. I expect that to change in the next month or so but for now, we are still counting each week as if each were a milestone and that month of July will become a steam engine barreling down the track to our dream destination.