Well, I didn’t get any new information from Jenny about the laboring scene I witnessed on Monday — I didn’t really think I would, considering patient confidentiality. What I *did* get was an unexpected ultrasound.<\/p>\n
After all the routine checks (urine test, weight, blood pressure — which was slightly elevated), Jenny and I talked a bit and then got on to checking out the baby. Baby’s heartrate was great (150 bpm), but my fundal height (the size of my uterus) was down a bit from last week. Jenny did a cervical check — no real dilation, but baby is in a “-1” position, very low, which is good. Just to be safe, she decided to send me in for an ultrasound. A small fundal height reading can either mean a) the baby has dropped quite a bit, b) there is low amniotic fluid, or c) the baby isn’t growing well. Both b and c could occur if the placenta isn’t functioning well, and that is no good.<\/p>\n
While Jenny was out writing the order for the ultrasound, I was feeling pretty nervous, but glad that I realized it and got my questions ready. When she came back in, I said, “I’m feeling a little scared,” and then, “I’m going to cry now,” which I promptly did. Jenny was great and answered all of my questions — baby is totally fine, this ultrasound is just to make sure there is no problem. Worst case scenario: we would induce labor, which isn’t my preferred way of giving birth, but we would be okay.<\/p>\n
(She took my blood pressure again, too, and it was amazing to see it drop after I had a good cry and got all of my fears out in the open.)<\/p>\n
Jon was wonderful — I called him as soon as I left the office and told him what was up. He hopped on public transportation to come and be with me — ultrasounds just worry me so much after three miscarriages, I knew I didn’t want to do it alone, even though everything was probably fine. The ultrasound technicians thought I was a bit crazy, I think, sitting in their lobby for an hour waiting for Jon to show up, but I’m really glad he did. I kept thanking him for coming. He said, “I am the papa!”<\/p>\n
The ultrasound was fine. Baby has plenty of amniotic fluid, there is good blood flow in the umbilical cord, and she is a healthy size — a petite 6.5 lbs, definitely in the normal range. Hooray for baby! Oh, and she is definitely a girl.<\/p>\n
Jon and I are emotionally exhausted now — both from the “something is wrong!” feeling and the “we might have a baby today?” feeling. But we are really thankful to God for our little girl and, more than ever, we can’t wait to meet her! <\/p>\n
I think we are going to finish packing our hospital bags tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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