What an eventful two more days we have had here in Labor and Delivery....some very good, some very scary.
Yesterday morning, Friday, Mike woke up from the sleeper, got ready for work and left for the day. My mom was at work, and I knew I would be alone in the hospital until about 5pm. Easy breezy, right? Ha! I paid some bills, called and set up everything with the pediatrician, called Human Resources to request my packet for LOA, blogged on here a little bit, had plans to take a nice long nap....really, no big deal.
At 11am, Dr. Goresch came in and said she was a little worried because the ultrasound we did the night before was showing low amniotic fluid, which although Avery's size was measuring correctly, may mean Avery is in distress and not getting enough oxygen. She said she just wanted to send me down to ultrasound for a second look for some better scans, and we would go from there. She explained, if Avery was in distress, we would induce. I was a little worried, but thought it would be okay, until two seconds after she walked out of the room, transportation came in, RUSHING me down to ultrasound. At this point, I PANIC, call Mike, call my mom and Jimmie, and am freaking out. I am 110% sure Avery is coming TODAY!
However, after the panicked rush, they brought me back up to the room and we waited and waited. Our doctor finally came in mid afternoon and explained she had been consulting with the fetal monitoring doctors in Charlotte. They agreed, as long as Avery and I were not in distress, they would not induce at this time. She did let us know I do have only half the amniotic fluid I should. They want it at a 10, I am at a 4.87.
I did my second and final round of my steroid shot to boost Avery's lungs. We are going to do another 24 hour urine from Sunday morning to Monday morning. If my protein levels have not increased dramatically, I will probably go home on Monday for strict bed rest at home, with 2-3 appointments a week.
The doctor's are aiming for 36 weeks, so 4 more weeks to hold out before we have to delivery, although that may not be an option. At this point we are waking up each day not knowing if today is the day Avery will come, or if we are able to manage the preeclampsia for the day. It makes for a very stressful time.
Grandma, Grandpa, Gigi, Poppy, Uncle Chris and Jeff stopped by to check on us Friday night. They all definitely cheered us up and were just what we needed.
This morning, Saturday, the doctor came by early to let us know that my blood work from yesterday came back perfectly normal, showing that the preeclampsia on that side of the fence has not changed. Praise the Lord! However, every shift change (12 hours) we have to hook Avery up to the montiors to make sure her heart beat is fine, she is active enough, etc. We have to pass 30 minutes. Every time so far, we have been 30-45 minutes and for the remaining 12 hours, Avery does not have to be monitored. This morning, however, Avery had to be monitored for about 3 hours. Mama was freaking!!! Her heart beat was strong and steady, but it was TOO steady, meaning she was not moving around. Usually they sleep/wake in roughly 30 minute cycles, and we were not getting enough movement for 3 hours. They took me off the monitors, let me eat lunch and said we would try again after lunch. If she still wasn't active enough, we would go down for another ultrasound to make sure she was breathing okay and not in distress. After lunch she DID perk up. And by tonight's monitoring at 9am, she was bouncing all over the place, and still is. We believe she was just having a sleepy morning. I was given an Ambien last night to help me sleep, and they believe she may have just been a little too groggy from it. Now, I cannot get her to calm down, so all is well for now.
Today was suppose to be my baby shower in Stony Point with Mike's family. Obviously, I was not going to be able to make it, so they brought the shower to us. After our stressful, mess of a morning, I did not think I would make it through. So glad they came. It is definitely what I needed. We had such a good time and Avery got so many cute little things.
Today, Aunt Shannon, Nana, Granny, Gigi, Poppy, Uncle Chris, Wendy, Jeff, Sarah and Joli came to visit. We had a very eventful day. Mama and daddy are definitely tired today.
The deeper we get into this, the more we feel Avery is going to be a 2011 baby, not a 2012 baby. Either way, we will all be fine, it's just the unknown, play it by day to day that is so stressful. We cannot thank everyone enough for all the prayers, calls, texts, visits, and emails....we definitely are blown away by all the love. We love you all so much!
There are 12 rooms on the Labor and Delivery floor...11 are occupied. I am the ONLY one not delivering (or recovering) right now. I am the only one here for preeclampsia and bed rest. Pray, we do not get kicked out too soon, because they run out of room. Tomorrow is Hospital Bed Rest Day #4.....Hopefully we will have a smooth sailing day.
We love each and every one of you,
Mike, Stephanie and Avery!
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