it's a life decision, and its not my life.

Here's the deal.  Jamie has been having a rough time during this pregnancy, almost definitely NOT pregnancy related either.  No one knows what's going on with her, therefore no one knows how it's affecting the baby.  It was recommended to take the baby (via C-section) early, so further testing can be done on Jamie, and the baby can be (potentially) out of harms way.

Okay, great. 

No.

First, an amnio needed to be done to make sure the baby's lungs are ready.  Now we get tricky.  2 typical tests are run to determine the maturity of the lungs. . . the L/S ratio and the presence of PG.  

Best case -  (baby is positively ready) - L/S ratio is above 1.9 AND they find this PG stuff.  

Worst case (which means wait longer) - low L/S ratio and negative PG.  

Rare case - (sometimes fine, sometimes lung issues) - low L/S ratio but positive PG

Jamie's case - 2.2 L/S ratio (more than fine) but NEGATIVE PG!!!!!!

of course.  this is super rare, and super typical of Jamie.

Anyway, this puts us in a position to have to make a decision.  Which gray area is worse?

Take the baby early as planned and risk immature lungs?

Wait another week and potentially harm the baby more with Jamie's mystery disease?

i'm not asking for your opinion, actually, keep it to yourself.

We prayed, we talked, we decided.

We're going to have this baby tomorrow.  And by tomorrow, i mean 9 am.

your prayers are welcomed and encouraged.

I'll try to update here as soon and as often as i can, probably via cell phone.

if you were wondering what L/S ratio and PG stand for, here you go.