WOW! Yesterday was one of the scariest/exciting/emotional roller coaster days of my life! On Wednesday I had an ultrasound to confirm that my baby is breech ( which he is, his little legs are both up by his ears). They also checked my amniotic fluid and discovered I was a little low. So they called my midwife and she was a little concerned, but told me to drink plenty of water. She scheduled an appointment for me on Monday to try to turn this little sucker around.
So Thursday (yesterday), I get an unexpected call from my midwife, who has just received the report from the radiologist. Apparently the only thought I had a reading of 3.1 for my amniotic fluid. (That's bad, Your fluid is supposed to be 5-25, and 5 is considered very low). So she told me to get my things together and meet her at the hospital. They were going to do another ultrasound to check the fluid level, and moniter the baby for distress. Since my baby is breech, low fluid means they can't try to turn him around, which was the original plan. So if he was in distress, we were going to do a C-Section today.
So after frantically packing a suitcase I did not have ready, I called my husband and left a message because of course he didn't answer, and hit the road to go to the hospital. At the hospital, they hooked me up to a contraction moniter and a baby heartbeat moniter. And then I sat. For forty five minutes. Then I had an ultrasound. I had a fluid level of 7 today, which was not great, but much better than 3! So around 2:00, three hours after I got to the hospital, they discharged me.
Here are the thoughts running through my head on the way to and in the hospital:
1. We aren't ready! We haven't even put his car seat together yet!
2. We don't have a name picked out!
3. I am going to have an ugly scar!
4. I didn't buy a father's day present!
5. I am supposed to teach the lesson at church on Sunday!
6. Is my baby going to be okay?
7. I still have two weeks of child care prep class left!
8. Great! This means my mom and sister will be here by tonight and I can have fun with them!
9. I wonder how much a C-section will cost us?
10. I need a few more days to get things ready!
Patrick had gotten my message around 11:30, ( he was in a meeting until then), and was heading for home until I caught him on the hospital phone. I told him to stay at work until 2, becasue the hospital was super busy and they wouldn't be able to ultrasound me until then. Well, he left work around 1:30, drove home, packed a bag for himself, and was driving to the hospital when I called from home to say I was discharged. So he came home and took a nice nap with me, and we realxed until we headed off to child care class that night.
Last night, I woke up at 3:15 AM with an ouch! feeling in my belly. I had a few contractions on and off until 4:30, when I finally fell asleep again. I sat there thinkin, great! That's all I need, a C-section in the middle of the night! So I ignored them and went back to sleep. They are still there this morning, but not very painful, so I plan on ignoring them.
So yesterday was a crazy day for me, but at least I know that I need to get my rear in gear because I could be having this kid next week!
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