Okay ladies, I'm here!! Sorry to make you all worry.
I had a very eventful night last night. I noticed around 7-8pm last night that the baby wasn't kicking or moving at all. I thought it was strange, so I decided to eat some dinner and drink something cold, hoping that he was just asleep. Well, I ate dinner, drank a cold bottle of water, and 30 minutes later, still nothing. I thought about it, and I couldn't really remember feeling him much at all yesterday. So, I went online and looked up what I should do. It said to lay on my left side with a pillow under my bump for at least 30 minutes, and if I don't feel at least 5 kicks, then I should call the doctor. Well, I only felt one (and it was very, very small), so I decided to call my midwife. I explained to her what was going on, and she told me to come in to L&D. So, at 10pm, we got to the hospital. She was expecting me, and she hooked me up to the monitors right away. She made me drink a ton of juice and eat like 50 crackers. Ugh... I wasn't even hungry. But, she thought it would wake baby up. And sure enough... It did! The lazy bum was sleeping all that time! I couldn't believe it. In the end, she said he wasn't moving because I should be eating every 4 hours, which I do, but whatever. She checked my cervix and I'm still not dilated at all!
She asked me if I still wanted to wait and try and go into labor and I told her yes. Thank GOD! She said "If you don't, we can take him tonight." I told her NO WAY!!! I'm not having a c-section until I have to!!! So, she went ahead and sent me home. We didn't get home till about 1:30am, so it was rough getting Luke to bed and everything.
So, this morning we all slept in. And my appointment was at 1:20pm. We went to the appointment and I updated my regular midwife about what happened last night. She said, she was hoping I would have already had the baby by now. No luck. Lol... Anyway, I haven't gained any weight since last week, the baby's heartbeat is great, and my blood pressure is good. I had blood in my urine, but I told her how I'd been losing bits and pieces of my plug every morning since Saturday, so she said that's why it showed blood. So, I asked her to check me again and see if I'd made any progress at all since last week when I was 70% effaced (since the MW last night hadn't mentioned it). Well, now I'm closer to 80%-85% effaced, and she said the babies head is palpable (sp). So, she could feel it, and he would bob his head up and down, but he isn't low enough down to be dilating my cervix yet. So, I'll be having my c-section on Tuesday the 31st if the baby doesn't come on his own. She said she wants me to come in on Monday the 30th for one last appointment and another non-stress test to monitor the baby for a bit, before the cesarean. So, I have my very, very last appointment on Monday at 9am... NO MATTER WHAT!!! This time next week I will definitely have a baby one way or another!
So, I'm really sorry I didn't get on last night and update everyone, but I was SO tired. Sorry to make ya'll worry.
