Or maybe it will be Friday depending on how things go. I haven't been able to update the past few days because my computer's graphics card was broken and we had to send it away to be fixed. Apple was very accommodating and fixed it for free even though we were eight days out of our three year warranty. I would have been pissed if they didn't fix it.
Anyway, back to the important things. A baby. Tomorrow. That is such a weird concept to grasp. I was really hoping to wait for things to start up on their own, but my blood pressure is not cooperating. It's not that bad at this point, but these things can turn really bad and I don't want to go through being so sick again. Last Wednesday it was 92 on the bottom. Then on my birthday night we went to labor and delivery because I suddenly swelled up like crazy (likely the salty food I ate) and my BP was 156/87 on the grocery store machine. While I was in L&D, my bottom numbers were in the mid to high 80's and top numbers in the 130's. A diagnosis of pregnancy-induced hypertension is made with two BP's of over 140 or 90 taken at least six hours apart. So, I'm not officially there, but my doctor advised us not to take any chances and we definitely agree. Preeclampsia is not the word at the moment because all of my urine dips are clear as were my labs on Saturday. As of Monday, I am 4 1/2 cm and 80% effaced, so hopefully all that will have to be done is breaking my water. Think non-pitocin related thoughts for us!
Oh, and my group strep B was positive, so I will have to deal with the antibiotics. Woo.
I am so happy to be at this point. And very nervous about tomorrow. We will be updating Facebook with the news. She's estimated at 8 lbs!
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