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My Life Thus Far
2008-06-07 20:42:45 (UTC)

Back Online

I'm surprised I didn't have a million e-mails and comments
when I got back online. Thursday night I lost my broadband
connection for no explicable reason. Of course it was the
worst possible timing and I had to cry about it. Geek
squad didn't have an opening available to come look at the
computer until noon today, but it's up now (and faster,
even) and it wasn't a big deal. Gen was playing e-mail
middleman between Snookums and I so he wouldn't think I'd
had the baby and didn't tell him.

Yeah, so still no baby. I had an appointment yesterday
that went from routine to scary to uneventful in about an
hour. It was crazy. Dr. Ennis checked my blood pressure
(112/64. Can't beat that. Turns out I was doing too much
and stressing out my body. Thanks Helena for keeping me
sedentary), cervical dilation (2 1/2 cm, not too much
progress on that front), my fundal height (exactly 40cm
for the first time this whole pregnancy I didn't measure
too big). The scary part started when Dr. Ennis went to
listen to Keenan's heart rate. It was 186! That isn't
usually a good sign in late pregnancy. It can mean one of
a few things, which all lead to fetal distress. So, I was
promptly sent up to Labor and Delivery for further
testing.

When I arrived at Labor and Delivery, they hooked me up to
the fetal monitor, gave me a big jug of water and broke
out the ultrasound. 30 minutes later, they determined that
Keenan was just messing around and had clamped his little
fist around his umbilical cord. He figured it out pretty
quick that that wasn't the best thing to do and let go.
The ultrasound was the best one I've had this whole
pregnancy. I could see his features so clear because my
fluid levels aren't high anymore. He was making little
sucking motions with his lips and his eyes were open! He
was blinking and making fists, trying to get one in his
mouth. His cord was near his face, so it was plausible
that he'd just gotten ahold of it and squeezed off his
blood flow for a second. If he's just in there playing he
needs to come out already!

The obstetrician doing my ultrasound said "I was hoping
all of this (motioning to my abdomen) was just extra
fluid, but it appears it's actually all baby"! They think
he's teetering somewhere between 10 and 11 pounds and if I
don't have him naturally this weekend, I'll have to be
induced sometime next week or I won't be able to fit him
through my pelvis. That wouldn't be good and I'd end up
with an emergency c-section. The idea of sqeezing a
possibly 11 pound baby out my vagina is a little daunting
and I'm feeling differently about labor. I'm less eager
for it to start and I'm trying to enjoy the last few days
of this pregnancy. Before the pain and work starts.

Helena is flying back to Michigan on the 12th. I don't
know if she'd be willing (or able) to postpone that, but
I'm starting to get a little worried about what I'm going
to do post-delivery. Especially with the possibility of a
c-section looming on my horizon. I didn't realize how much
I'd been doing and how much of a toll it was taking on me
until I wasn't the one doing it anymore. My blood pressure
and pulse rate were elevated because I was taxing my body.
Now that Helena has me resting, things went back to normal
levels and I feel a little better. What will I do after I
have the baby if I don't get at least a few days to
recuperate? I don't know. I'll just have to deal because
that's my job, but it would be great having Helena here a
little longer. Even if she does get on my nerves with her
daily grocery shopping. No one needs to shop that often.
Nervous energy, I suppose. Aren't I the one that's
supposed to be uneasy and fidgety?

I need to send Snookums and e-mail. I just really felt the
need to update while I still can. Hopefully Geek Squad
fixed my connectivity problem for good and the next lapse
in entries will be because I'm actually having the baby!
Ciao.




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