So Ben was off school yesterday because he was a little under the weather. Based on what we found on the kitchen table after he went to bed, I’m thinking that he might have spent too much time watching the inauguration on TV.
It appears we have a police motorcade in front of a castle with officers on the roof.
Man, he cracks me up!
Monique wanted to share the latest on the Giada girl…
Hi all,
Cheers!
mo
Good morning!
We just got some good news… we’re going home today. After being taken off the magnesium last night, Monique has only had a handful of mild contractions. So no medication is necessary, just bed rest/couch rest for the time being and follow up with her doctor this week to see how things progress.
Hopefully, with a little luck, you won’t be hearing anything else from us on this until the baby arrives on schedule. 
Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes.
Sorry for using the blog to communicate this news, but we figured it the easiest way to keep everyone updated. Let me start by saying that both Monique and the baby are fine. Yesterday afternoon, Monique had some discharge that had her and her doctor concerned since she still has 2 months to go before the due date. Her doctor asked her to go to labor & delivery at the hospital to get checked out. She was hooked up to the monitors and was examined. She was 1.5 cm dilated when we got here and was having some random, but regular contractions.
After being monitored for a while, she was put onto magnesium sulfate to slow the contractions. This has been working very well and she is no more dilated now than when she arrived. In fact, about an hour ago, they took her off of it and are monitoring her to see if the contractions come back.
Depending on how the night goes, we’ll find out what’s next… go home and it’s business as usual, go home with a prescription for Procardia to keep the contractions away, bed rest, no bed rest… that part is all up in the air as we see how things progress. We’ll know more in the morning.
The past 24+ hours have been excruciatingly long and packed with emotion. That said, Monique is feeling much better now that she is off the magnesium and wants everyone to know that Foly catheters are evil. I’ll keep the blog updated as best I can.
Speaking of blog updates, I have been slacking in the blog and photo up to date lately. I’ll try to do better. Case in point, I should have posted already that the baby’s name is Giada Vianne. Who knows, maybe I’ll have time to get some things posted tonight since we’re doing so much better now!
