Hi all,<p>I thought I would add my prayer request to the list. My sister is 3+ weeks away from delivering her second child, a second daughter. The baby's name will be Rachel. Please pray for all of them. <p>Rachel will be delivered and immediately taken to surgery and then to the Neo-nate ICU. She has a blocked intenstine that will interfere with her ability to breathe. She may be put on a ventilator at birth. Her lungs and heart may not function independently right away because the abdominal mass may have prevented their growth and maturation. <p>They are trying to continue the pregnancy as long as possible because (although a newborn's lungs are normally developed by this point) my niece's are not because of the lack of space in her body.
My sister is so huge from this pregnancy because she is retaining so much extra amniotic fluid because the baby is ill. My sister is having difficulty breathing because of the fluid but they are trying their best to balance her health and the health of the baby.<p>MJ

MaryJanes, I will add your sister and niece to my prayers. My daughter spent 10 days in neo-natal ICU after she was born. It is very scary and your sister will need everyones support at that time

MJ<<p>I am praying also...Dinobon spent two weeks in NICU after being born at 35 weeks...the NICU staff is pretty good, I know that God has your precious neice in His hands and I trust that all will go well.<p>Please keep us posted on Rachel's (I LOVE that name!) progress and condition.<p>Hugs and Prayers,
Twiisty

Thank you for the prayers.<p>Twisty, I love the name also. Her older sister is Lillian Rose and she will be Rachel Marietta. Rachel was one great-great grandmother's name and Marietta was another's. I knew both of my great-grandmothers and they were wonderful women. My sister is going back five generations to pick names and I think she has picked lovely, old-fashioned names that have a wonderful family history. Lillian is a great-grandmother on my brother-in-law's side and Rose is a family name for generations and my sister's middle name (but what we have always called her).<p>I can't believe my beloved sister is about to give bith to a baby who may die in her first few days of life. I felt like she was safe once she got through that first trimester, or in her case, 4 months as she has miscarried before at 4 months.<p>MJ

she is my prayers. I hope all goes well and Rachel has a safe and speedy recovery. I have 13 weeks left on my pregnancy and can't imagine if this was I was looking towards at delivery. Hope all goes well.<p>babstr.

Please know that I'm out here holding your hand in prayer as well. The technology is amazing today as far as new procedures and techniques for the little ones. Hang in there, I know you are dealing with so much yourself, let God carry you guys through this. It's simply too much for you and your sister to bear! {{{{HUGS}}}}

Hello,
I will add her to my pray list.<p>Dawn