I haven’t been around much bc things have been drama filled for Marlowe lately. I went in for my NST on New Years day to L&D bc the office was closed that day and she did not perform well, as usual. But the big shocker was that my amniotic fluid had dropped from 9.7cm (which is high for me) at perinatal on Tuesday to 4cm at my NST on Friday. The dr was shocked to say the least and I was immediately admitted, once again. The worst part was that I drove myself bc we have no help right now and DH needed to stay home with Olivia. They started prepping my charts for c-section the next morning and started my IV to hydrate me, with hopes that it would replenish my fluid…and my biggest fear was not having my husband there with me if they decided to take her. If it worked, I could go home the next morning and see what happens at my next appt, if it didn’t, 1/2/10 would have been her birthday.
Well, as you see…I am still here pregnant! So after 4 bags of IV fluids and drinking GALLONS of liquid while I was there, my fluid went up to 9cm again and I dodged the c-section that morning. She still wasn’t monitoring well but I hadn’t been able to eat when I woke up in preparation for my c-section, so she was lazy. She had done OK on the bio-physical profile…so they monitored me another couple hours after eating some breakfast and she managed to pull out some acceptable accelerations.
Soooooo…here we are until my next appt on Tuesday, at least. I asked the dr in the hospital yesterday if we would make to 1/11 and he said it was not likely. But they also pretty much guaranteed me that I would have had my c-section yesterday…we like to prove them wrong all the time.
On a CRAZY note…I had been struggling with a planned c-section or induction, knowing the induction held a lot of risks to both Marlowe and myself. I had decided on the c-section but felt very unsure of myself in many way…but knew I couldn’t do the induction for her safety. Well, we found out that she had suddenly turned TRANSVERSE and I no longer have the induction option at all…so she gave me a sign that I had made the right decision and I feel soooooooo much better about the c-section.
Thanks again to everyone following my pregnancy journey…you have all been so awesome and supportive! And a HUGE shout out to my friend Kelly who spent the entire day and night in the hospital with me bc my husband couldn’t be there. When times get tough, true friends really come through…so thank you Kelly! And sorry about the Ambien loopiness that night, LOL!
And another shoutout to my iPhone camera for capturing more of my drama-filled pregnancy while admitted in the hospital. If it wasn’t for my phone, I might not remember this crazy time in my life!
