The Saga Continues...

At the recommendation of hospital doctos this weekend, we went to the doctor today, mostly to have an ultrasound and see how things continued.  My liquid levels were good, but the ultrasound showed that Sofía was a bit underweight, around 5lb 8oz give or take - apparently she was breathing a lot, which made the measurement a bit hard to calculate.  She still fell at the 15th percentile, which is in the normal range (anything below 10 or above 90 is no bueno).  I spoke to the doctor who said to come back on Thursday and get another ultrasound, but she said all was okay and I could go home.  I told her I'd be going back to work and she said that was fine. I just needed to keep my fluid intake high and check for baby movement daily (doing what are called as kick counts).

We went home.  I got ready to take my finals and Isaac went to school.  Five minutes after he left, the doctor called and said that she spoke with a high risk doctor in their practice.  High risk doctor said the weight was a concern, I needed to come back for another ultrasound where they would check more specifically how the placenta was doing and the blood flow in the umbilical cord. After seeing that, we'd decide if I needed to get induced today. Really? Yeah, really. Oh yeah, and even if I wasn't induced today, I needed to stop working so the baby could gain some weight.

I got the latest possible ultrasound appointment because I didn't get to pack myself last time I went to the hospital, and though Isaac was AMAZING at getting me everything I needed, it's just nice to get time to do that myself.  Isaac turned around, right as he was walking up to school, and came home to... be awesome for me.

The ultrasound showed the placental/cord pressure stuff to be a bit high, slightly high. They made me sit for 20 minutes and do what they call a stress test - I wear a belt that monitors the baby's heart rate and my contractions.  The heart rate was great! No contractions. So here's the latest decision:

We're going back on Thursday, doing another ultrasound to check, well, everything.  Depending how that goes they'll induce me by breaking my water, and going on with probably pitocin and who knows what other shenanigans. If all is well, the latest the high risk doctor wants to wait is when I'm 39 weeks, which is a week from today, Monday, Dec. 20.  They actually gave us a choice and said we could come to induce on Thursday if we wanted to, but we said we'd like to wait, as long as she's healthy, to give my body more time to be ready for a natural birth.  The fear is that they will break my water, give me pitocin and my body will still say NO.  The only thing left to do then is have an emergency C-section.  Of course, even if that happens, the most important thing, however the birth is that Sofía stays healthy, so we keep praying.  Please do the same. We'll keep you posted!

P.S. Isaac has decided this is the best time to clean the basement. Really? Yeah, really.