I hadn’t really put the date of my scheduled c-section on my blog for fear of it not happening….and well, good thing I didn’t. Since that day has come and gone now, I feel comfortable saying that it was supposed to have been yesterday, 1/11/10. Here is the update on that situation:
I went in for my amnio at 7:45am yesterday and was very apprehensive about going through with it. The perinatologist told me that there was a 95% chance her lungs would be completely mature and ready for birth, so if I wasn’t 100% comfortable with the procedure, I could back out. I was so nervous I thought I was gonna puke. I knew that late term amnios were more painful and I was scared to death. However, something in me told me to just tough it up and do it.
After agreeing to do the amnio, things moved quickly from there. They found a decent pocket of fluid and went for it…as soon as the needle passed through my belly and hit my uterus, Marlowe threw her hand up and blocked the entry…punk! That made the procedure about 3x as long as it should have been and WAY more painful. They had to hold the needle there and nudge her firmly to get her to move. Initially she refused to move, but finally put her hand down and they entered the uterus. They got all the fluid they needed and then told me congrats on my new baby, as we had a 95% chance of having her.
So, here is where the disappointment comes in. We waited 3 hours for the results. My dr came in midway through the wait and said they expected the results any minute but there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that I would be having my c-section today due to the prior steroids I had gotten and the IUGR causes baby’s to mature faster due to stress.
Well, unfortunately….my dr came back a while later and said the results were that her lungs were VERY premature. They showed to be 33-34 weeks maturity wise and one particular number they require to be at 2 for delivery, was at a 0. It was seriously the most devastating news bc I was so prepared to go through with this c-section today after so much stress about it. And everyone had said this was the best time for her in regards to the cord insertion/placenta deterioration. So it seemed safe and I had accepted it would happen today. What are the odds that my kid would fall in the bottom 5% lung wise…go figure.
So, to make a long story less long….based on the amnio results, she would have struggled a lot breathing wise if I had her yesterday and we chose to wait. I want to hold my baby girl in my arms and not watch her suffer if I can possibly keep her in a bit longer. They determined the final day I can go is 1/19/10 and the c-section will happen regardless for her safety (risking still birth going past that point). I am having 2 more rounds of steroids, 1st one yesterday, 2nd one was today. That makes for 4 shots of betamethazone…she oughta come out looking like the Hulk at this rate, LOL! And Marlowe will make her official entrance on 1/19, as long as nothing happens between now and then.
Yesterday was a VERY hard day for my entire family…as we had all prepared ourselves to have my baby girl. But again, everything happens for a reason. I truly believe God has a plan for her. Thanks for all the T&P…we will carry them with us to the 19th.
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