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| H2 at 32 weeks |
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| H2 at 36 weeks |
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| Evie girl at 36 weeks |
I had a mixture of good and bad news this week at my appointments:
Good- I tested negative for Group B Strep! I tested positive last time and had a HORRIBLE time with the penicillin they administered throughout delivery. Jason was probably even more elated than me that he doesn't have to relive my screaming as my veins BURNED and I screamed in agony. I really think that was one of the worst parts of Evie's delivery. Phew!
Bad- At my sonogram on Monday, my amniotic fluid was a little high. This is the second time it measured on the high side of normal. I think it was about 20 cm. Dr. Means requested I have another sonogram on Friday to check the level again. Unfortunately, it is up to 25 cm. That officially puts me in the high fluid range, which starts at 25 cm. The medical term is polyhydramnios. I looked it up on Baby Center to get the right spelling and read about it. Bad move. The doctors are not concerned and are chalking it up to being diabetic. Diabetics can have higher fluid levels. The rest of the stuff I read was scary, so don't read it. I'm going to ignore everything else it said about it. There is nothing I can do about it and no need to induce or anything crazy like that. They will keep an eye on it.
Good- H2 scored perfectly on the NST and sonogram. H2 is practicing breathing, showing proper movement, and has a strong heartbeat with accelerations and decelerations. H2 passed the NST on Friday after 5 minutes- they give babies at least 20 minutes to show their stuff.
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| The sonographer commented about the amount of hair H2 has already. H2 is looking at you with his spikey hair (far left) |
Bad- H2 decided from Monday to Friday that he wanted to do flips in all the extra fluid. As of Friday at 12:15 PM, H2 is breech. Yes, isn't that a breech! I am so disappointed. At 36 weeks babies usually are in final position. However, with my fluid on the higher side, there is always a chance he will return to head down.
Good- I've been seeing a licensed acupuncturist for 2 years to help me when crisis arises. I already had an appointment with Jen today, so we started Operation Flip Baby. I will post pictures in the daylight tomorrow of Jason's new task :) In the meantime... PLEASE do not send me your suggestions on how so and so got their baby to flip. I am sticking with my acupuncturist's plan and leaving the rest up to God. Maybe H2 wants to be delivered via C-Section and God is giving me some time to come to terms with that reality.
We're getting close! Jason made 10 trips up and down from the attic today getting the infant car seat out and other things for H2 at the same time as putting away some of Evie's babier toys. She is a year and half after all and ready for the big girl stuff!! More about Evie turning 18 months in another post.
2 comments:
I had to have the penicillin as well when I was in the hospital cuz I never got my Strep test done. They did it when I was admitted but gave me the penicillin anyway in case I delivered right away. It is amazing how much that burns when they pump that into your IV!!!! Good luck and hope all goes well!!!
Congrats on making it this far. It sounds like H2 will be ready whenever she decides to come. And I think you look exactly the same as with Evie so I am going with a girl at this point. Good luck!
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