So today I'm 40 weeks and 3 days and had a routine appointment at my birth centre. I was not feeling well at all, the family's been fighting off a virus and in typical fashion it is taking me a bit longer to kick than average. At my appointment the baby's heart rate decelerated to 90bpm while the midwife was listening to it (an acceptable range is somewhere between about 120-150bpm for my baby's gestation) so she sent me up to the hospital for monitoring, commenting that they'd probably want to induce me because I wasn't looking too good anyway, and she thought the baby might just need to come out.
Okay then. I've had a really rough couple of weeks with two separate rounds of yuckiness going through the family, and I was (am) ready to be done with the whole pregnancy thing anyway and begin the task of recovering from pregnancy and from this stupid virus, so I was, let's say, very accepting of what seemed to be a strong possibility of meeting my baby today or tomorrow. Evelyn, however, seemed fine during monitoring. In fact she seemed better than fine. She was having a grand old time. That decel must have been pretty much just a fluke. I'm thankful for that, and that she is healthy and happy in there.
BUT.
I'm still pregnant. I have an appointment next Friday at which time they will discuss an induction date with me in FEBRUARY. This baby was due on January 19 and now we're talking February? Somebody help me.
Please pray for me and Evelyn, that she will decide on her own (and SOON) to get herself born, and that the timing would be convenient (sounds like a luxurious request but it's important given the need to find care for 5 children in a quick hurry, since my labors are short). Prolonged pregnancy really isn't good for anyone in this family at this juncture and I'm personally reaching the end of my ability to cope.
Thanks guys. xox
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