Riley Eve Casey

Jess at 32 weeks This journey hasn't been simple. One of the things we had to let go of immediately when we began all of this was our expectations. Before all of this we expected that around this time we would probably be setting up the baby’s room.  Decorating the walls, assembling the crib and filling drawers with tiny socks. As of right now we have a new housemate living in that room. Thankfully he has stepped in to look after our house in our absence. We even have some friends who are planning a baby shower for us. At a baby shower; normally the expectation is that you receive little gifts from people to prepare you for looking after a baby 24/7. However we have asked our friend to let everyone know that even though we appreciate the gesture, we wouldn’t have much use for most things because Riley will be in hospital for the first few months of her life and we aren't exactly sure what she's going to need. Like I said, expectations change and you just have to go

Riley has reached the thirty week mark which means we only have nine-ish weeks left to go until we get to see her in the flesh. We were told by the doctors at the Mater Hospital that they normally let a baby with Riley's condition go up to 39-40 weeks to make sure she has grown as much as she can. But if she hasn't been born yet in the 39th week they will induce her. I remember when we first heard that we were pregnant I read about 3 books on pregnancy within a couple of weeks; however since we heard about her condition I haven't read anything about what to do when you actually have the baby. Feel like that may be something I should get onto before she makes her arrival but on the flip side we will have a bunch of nurses and specialists taking care of her in the first few months of life. So maybe I shouldn't be too concerned. We had yet another growth scan yesterday as well as a doctors appointment today; we felt it might have been unnecessary since we had one only t