Well... looks like we'll be having our baby very soon.
Went in for an ultrasound today, Hannah (the baby) is very healthy, everything looks great. She scores 8/8 which is very good news.
Because I am 6 days overdue, and I have a not so hot medical history (prior case severe pree BP 217/110) and a heart thing that seems to be really bothering me lately (severe chest pain attacks due to a valve regurge) we have decided to opt for an induction. I had a heart thing 2 days ago that hurt really bad and lasted about 4-5 minutes, with pain shooting down my arm and back. Sometimes when I get them, I can barely breathe. Also, I have these little attacks waking me in the middle of the night, which can be even scarier. The longer the pregnancy has been going on, the more severe and frequent these episodes are, and it has been making me quite nervous. I tried to stay calm about it, pretend it's not a big deal, but I've been secretly scared.
So with all of this taken into consideration, I don't want to take any chances.
This afternoon I was given a dose of the prostaglandin gel, which has triggered some very nasty cramping, and contrax that are about 10 minutes apart that last for about 30 seconds. Hopefully, this is stage one labor and it won't fizzle out. If this doesn't work, he may try another dose of gel, but if my cervix is ripe, he will try breaking my water tomorrow afternoon. My doula said she was surprised, that most Dr's would just go in with oxytocin instead, she was quite excited that he was going to try other means to get the ball rolling instead of resorting to drugs. If that doesn't work, then I would face a pitocin drip (which I don't really want, but if it comes to that, I realize that this was my choice.)
Oof, I'm having a contrax, so I'm gonna go now. Just crossing my fingers that these don't fizzle out!
Went in for an ultrasound today, Hannah (the baby) is very healthy, everything looks great. She scores 8/8 which is very good news.
Because I am 6 days overdue, and I have a not so hot medical history (prior case severe pree BP 217/110) and a heart thing that seems to be really bothering me lately (severe chest pain attacks due to a valve regurge) we have decided to opt for an induction. I had a heart thing 2 days ago that hurt really bad and lasted about 4-5 minutes, with pain shooting down my arm and back. Sometimes when I get them, I can barely breathe. Also, I have these little attacks waking me in the middle of the night, which can be even scarier. The longer the pregnancy has been going on, the more severe and frequent these episodes are, and it has been making me quite nervous. I tried to stay calm about it, pretend it's not a big deal, but I've been secretly scared.
So with all of this taken into consideration, I don't want to take any chances.
This afternoon I was given a dose of the prostaglandin gel, which has triggered some very nasty cramping, and contrax that are about 10 minutes apart that last for about 30 seconds. Hopefully, this is stage one labor and it won't fizzle out. If this doesn't work, he may try another dose of gel, but if my cervix is ripe, he will try breaking my water tomorrow afternoon. My doula said she was surprised, that most Dr's would just go in with oxytocin instead, she was quite excited that he was going to try other means to get the ball rolling instead of resorting to drugs. If that doesn't work, then I would face a pitocin drip (which I don't really want, but if it comes to that, I realize that this was my choice.)
Oof, I'm having a contrax, so I'm gonna go now. Just crossing my fingers that these don't fizzle out!
. I don't blame you at all for going for it.
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Good Luck! Good Luck! Good Luck! 
Good luck!!!
