Today we went in for our normal non-stress test appointment. Being as it was the last appointment before we thought I would be induced, we took the opportunity to ask a bunch of questions. We wanted to know things like how the induction would work, when would then induce us and how long we could expect to be in the hospital. In the process of asking these questions, I happen to mention that my blood sugars are running low again and I still have not gotten an answer as to what this means for the placenta.
My mid-wife decided that she needed to get to the bottom of this and went to talk to the doctor. They both agreed that they needed to talk to the specialist and verify some of the information. Once she returned, she told us that we needed to go to the specialist’s office immediately for some additional testing. We learned they would perform an ultra sound to make sure the baby is ok, then most likely an amnio to test her lung development and then decide if they were going to induce.
This was a total surprise. Being as I have had this same blood sugar issue for the last few weeks, I was shocked by this chain of events. However, we did as we were told and went in. Once we got there, they proceeded exactly as planned. A very quick ultra sound followed by the amnio. We were then told that because I am 38 weeks, and as long as her lungs were fully developed, there was not reason to wait another week to induce and they would just induce me tonight. They said that while my low blood sugars were not concrete evidence that something was wrong, it was definitely suggestive. Being as she is fully developed, it makes more sense to have her out then to wait to see if something goes wrong.
It takes a few hours for them to process the amnio results. Its now 8:04pm on Friday night and we are anxiously waiting for the call to learn if we are heading to the hospital. If we get the call that her lungs are mature then I will have Cervidil inserted tonight to prepare my cervix for labor and then tomorrow then will start the Pitocin. We are very nervous and anxious to get the news. We are all packed, just ate and ordered some Chinese food and are trying hard to not watch the time tick by.
I think we are going in tonight. I was fairly certain most of the day that we would be going to the hospital tonight but once Andy opened his fortune cookie I knew for sure. His fortune read “You will have fun trying something different this weekend. ” Now the next surprise it to tell everyone her name.
Here are hopefully the final two pictures of me pregnant. They were taken 12/3/2010 at 8:22pm
