Julia's 4th IUT

Julia had her 4th intrauterine transfusion 2 days ago and she did very well. She may have tried to grab the needle a few times :-o curious little baby! But our doctors stayed calm and transfused the full amount of blood she needed, which was a lot more this time around. She is growing so big. We are already very proud of our little bear. Grow Julia grow. Julia's heart was monitored for several hours after the transfusion and everything looked great. A follow-up ultrasound this morning confirmed she is still doing well. 

We are so thankful to be 30 weeks pregnant! Baby Julia weighs over 3 pounds. Her next milestone may just be her birth in 4 weeks time. We won't have a scheduled date for a while since we are still taking it day by day. It gives us reassurance to know that preemies born at 34 weeks are nearly as likely to survive as if they had been born at term. Of course, we are still very very very nervous how she will respond to life outside the womb, how her heart and lungs will manage given her anemia. We still have no clear prognosis or diagnosis, it's hard to process the unknowns. We try to live in the present.

Please keep thinking of our sweet girl, more updates to come, this next month will surely go by very quickly for us, 

Liz and Tom

Happy girl after her transfusion