38 Week Pregnancy Update
Stressed! The shortest description of what I felt today at my Dr's appointment. I could tell right away when the nurse did the baby's heartrate that something wasn't right. She was able to find it right away, but then stood there listening for the longest time, and then had a funny look on her face when she commented to me that the heartrate was fast. I asked her how fast and she said in the 170's which is high and out of the normal range of 120's-160's. Of course I started thinking that a trip to the hospital might be in my near future!
When my Dr. came in, he assured me that it might be as simple as the baby moving in which case the heart rate should go up. So I had to take a Non-stress test, which is where they hook you up to a monitor which checks for contractions, monitors the baby's heartrate, and I had to push a button everytime I felt the baby move. It all gets recorded for about 20 minutes and then they evaluate it. Thank goodness the heartrate only went up when the baby moved, and then went right back down to around the 140's-150's in between. I felt so relieved that the baby was fine and not in any distress!
Everything else checked out good! No weight gain this week or change in uterus size which is very normal at this point. No major advancements regarding the baby coming; I am 1 cm dilated, 60% effaced, and the baby is still at a -2 station. Looks like it may want to stay in for the long haul!
When my Dr. came in, he assured me that it might be as simple as the baby moving in which case the heart rate should go up. So I had to take a Non-stress test, which is where they hook you up to a monitor which checks for contractions, monitors the baby's heartrate, and I had to push a button everytime I felt the baby move. It all gets recorded for about 20 minutes and then they evaluate it. Thank goodness the heartrate only went up when the baby moved, and then went right back down to around the 140's-150's in between. I felt so relieved that the baby was fine and not in any distress!
Everything else checked out good! No weight gain this week or change in uterus size which is very normal at this point. No major advancements regarding the baby coming; I am 1 cm dilated, 60% effaced, and the baby is still at a -2 station. Looks like it may want to stay in for the long haul!
posted by Heidi at 11:57 PM
1 Comments:
OH yes, the NST... I had to do those twice (or was it three?) times a week for almost 10 weeks when I was pg with Jenna. Glad to hear all is well. Just a couple more weeks!
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