Monday, January 26, 2009

What a stressful day

Well today was my 37 week appt. I am a loose 1 cm dialated, 50% effaced and the NP had her finger on his head. So things are moving right along. The stressful part came when she listened to his heartbeat. It was in the 160's. His heartrate has never been that high. She worried b/c it was high and I wasn't feeling him move and she didn't see him moving. So she sent me for a NST. A stress test for the baby. Too bad it was way more stressful for me. I got hooked up to a belt and had to push a button every time I felt him move. I only felt him twice in 40 minutes. His heartrate was all over the place. 168, 143, 174, 117, 152. I hated looking at the monitor and seeing it jump around like crazy. But the doctor read the results and said everything was fine. I was also having contractions. Not timeable ones but they were definlty starting. She said if I wasn't feeling him by midafternoon to come back in for another stress test. So I came home and took a nap and just relaxed. I got nothing accomplished that I was supposed to today. Around 3 I still wasn't feeling him so I called the dr. I went in for an ultrasound and got to see the baby. It's not as much fun when there could be a problem. As of now he weighs around 5 lbs 11oz. Everything is fine and I go back next Monday. I'm just trying to relax and get by the next week.

1 comment:

~*~ Just plain me~*~ said...

Wow, sounds like a scary afternoon. But at least the Dr said everything looks good....and he's meassuring 5 11 already? sounds like he'll be a big baby!