It's Time to Have a Baby

And that is a quote from the nurse at Women's Hospital on Friday.

I went in to take the 24-hour urine Friday, thinking I was just dropping it off. How wrong I was. They hooked me up to all kinds of machines, took my blood, monitored Jennifer and took my blood pressure every few minutes. My blood pressure was low which was an even better sign.

Not knowing what to expect we were packed and ready to go in case we delivered that day, but with all my test results coming back normal I started spreading the word- No Jennifer today. Then the urine results came back- HIGH PROTEIN which is a sign of Kidney problems and that combined with my swelling and the intermmittent bouts of high blood pressure must have been enough for the PE/Hypertension diagnosis.

The nurse talked to my doctor who also talked to the specialist and the nurse came in and said well your doctor thinks it is "time to have a baby" WOW what a sentence. There are so many emotions going through your mind. OF course my first question was- Now?

I am being induced on Monday and little miss Jennifer should be here by Tuesday. I am on strict bed rest until then and that part sucks!!!

I can't believe it!! But it is time to have a baby. I am going to be a mom. Since we are full term the risk to Jennifer is low of any problems, I think the percentage is around 3% chance she will need oxygen on arrival.

I will keep everyone posted!

Sorry for those of you receiving via email mutltiple times - I had a few errors and it is early this morning.

Not Much Longer!

Well tomorrow we are officially 37 weeks and "full term" which means Jennifer and all her body parts should be fully formed and functional. She can come any time now. According to my doctor today my cervix is thinning, I have begun to dialate (spelling?), and Jennifer is head down and engaged!! So when will she come? WHO KNOWS??? ONLY SHE KNOWS FOR SURE!! My goal is to obviously go into labor and deliver vaginally, but there are a few hurdles we have to clear first.

1. Today my blood pressure was high and they are testing me for pre-eclampsia (PE). I have to do a 24-hour urine test and go to the hospital Friday. Since we are full term if on Friday it is determined I have PE then we will deliver immediately. Yes immediately that means she could come this weekend.......Yikes

2. Her weight. I go tomorrow for one last check on her weight. If they determine she will be over 9 and a half pounds by her due date, then they will schedule an induction or c-section. That will be scheduled much closer to due date. And will most likely be a c-section (boo not what I want at all). They won't attempt to deliver a baby that is over 9.5 pounds because the margin of error is a pound on the Ultrasounds- so if they gage less than actual.....well you get the picture. Plus some other stuff i don't remember very well

So.... if there is no PE and no weight issues then we wait for labor. If there is PE we deliver immediately, and if there is a weight issue then we deliver in about 2 weeks (that is if she doesn't come on her own first)...........

I guess we just wait and see. I will keep you posted. My second dr appointment is tomorrow........ how much bigger has she gotten? hmmmmmmm??????????