thank you so much for your support ladies,
sorry for being away everyone, i went for my scan but then didnt really comne online, i was at my mums, i did read all the posts but couldnt sit down and type one myself..
at the scan, she is weighing only around 1.1kgs.. and her abdomen is 3 weeks behind but her head and limbs are measuring fine so she will be asymmetric when she is born. fluid is still really low but she is not in distress. they have given me time until 29th of august which puts me at 32 weeks, they are aiming to keep her in atleast until 32 weeks.. if she stays in longer, much better.. they dont mind 34 weeks as well as long as she is not in distress, but what they say now is that she is pumping blood to her brain to survive etc and they think that the pumping is going to be difficult for her in the coming weeks due to cramped space and less fluid.. so when they find her in distress, they will plan my section then. they wish to have a planned section and so do i, so that they can give me a shot of steroids the night before and i have to be fasting etc.. i hope its not an emergency section where sometimes they will have to have it done ion half n hour so no time for dh to get scrubbed and come inside with me.. i will hate to have that,. plus i want the steroid shots for the baby.. i dont want to deliver her without the shots.
they want little intervention as possible when she comes out. they dont want to have to use ventilators and CPAP etc.. and what they say is that even though she will be really thin skin and bones like, and really small, atleast the longer she stays in, the better maturity her internal organs have. so thats what they are aiming for. im still VERY obviously upset and sad and want the best for her.. my GD one hour testing in saturday and hopefully i get to meet the neonatologist team on saturday and take a tour round the NICU. and then my next growth scan is on monday at 6pm.
to me , every passing week at the scans is a next stepping stone. monday i will be 30 weeks and will feel much better than i do now, even though i know that 30 weeks still means she looks and measures that of a 28 weeker or something..
anyway, im just trying to take my mind off it, but it wont work., im getting my c-section plan ready and my bags packed to leave in dh's car.
so thats that for an update. nothing better, nothing new, atleast shes not in distress which is what i care about most because then we can leave her in there.
sorry some of you are worrying about LO'S movements, if it makes any of you feel better to contact your midwives about the same to put your minds at ease, then thats what you should do ! xxx
waitress, glad youve been pampering yourself, sounds lush.. xxx
angelique, leeze, pinksparkle,
i feel you on the tired front, although i seem to always wake up every morning with a constant headache that dosent settle, ouch!
Pielette, brilliant list !! seems like you've got everything ready
to all of you, it makes me feel so nice to read the posts, and have your support ladies.. pray for me and bubs xxx
Well this is the list I put together. Dave thinks it's ridiculous and that we don't 'need' all this stuff. I beg to differ... I'm carrying his child, he can put up with dragging a little wheelie case!
