Hi All.
As you most of you already knew Tyler and I are expecting a sweet little boy. My due date was March 4th, but due to some complications I have been admitted to labor and delivery today. My amniotic fluids are getting very very low, which can be dangerous. They are keeping me overnight tonight, pumping me full of fluids, and doing an ultrasound in the morning. If my fluids are still this low or lower, I will be delivering tomorrow. If they have increased to a normal level, they will send me home and just keep a close eye on it until I reach 37 weeks(3 weeks from yesterday), and they will induce me then.
Hayden will be here before we know it!
1/23/10- 2:30pm
The ultrasound this morning showed that the amniotic is still very low. My doctor wasn't available this weekend, and the doctor on call didn't want to make any decisions... Now I'm waiting to have another ultrasound done on monday when my OB will be back in the office. So now just impatiently waiting until Monday. He might tell me it's time to deliver or he might keep me in hospital on bedrest for 3 weeks. As of right now, no baby.
1/25/10- 10:15
After another ultrasound and visit with my doctor this morning, looks like I have a new home for a while. He says that since the baby is healthy and doing well there is no reason to deliver today, however I'm still in the gray area so I need to be monitored daily. He said delivering at 36 weeks would be nice, but he could decide that he wants to deliver tomorrow... We will just take it day by day. But for now I'll be trying not to go stircrazy! I do have shower priveleges now and I get to take two wheelchair rides a day- Yipee! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
I'm currently residing at St. John's Hospital Tulsa, on the labor and delivery floor in room 620.
01/29/10 - 9:00 am
35 weeks along today. After another ultrasound and visit with the doctor, the amniotic fluid is back up to a more normal level. It's right on the borderline, but it seems to be increasing at a pretty rapid rate. All of the baby's monitoring looks great, so at this point we are just going to hurry up and wait. Looks like I could be laying in this bed for quite a while.
02/01/10 - 10:45 am
Free at last, free at last! Fluid was back up, and cord looked good. Going home! Woohoo! Looks like we will be keeping little man in a little longer after all.