today's appt went well. basically they think my upset tummy on sunday caused me to have an "irritated uterus" which is why it started having all those contractions. today however (after my bedrest and water drinking etc the last three days), they hooked me up to all the monitors again, and for the 25ish minutes I was hooked up we had happy (kicking and hiccuping) babies and only two contractions which I didn't feel at all. so instead of spending our time freaking out and talking about intervention, we talked about scheduling a delivery!
dr aryal thinks I'm all on track for a vaginal delivery. they still want the babies to come by 38 weeks (aug 10), so if they haven't come on their own before that, then they'll induce me. it's not scheduled or on the calendar yet, but she said probably a late night 8/8 induction for an 8/9 delivery (which does give them a pretty cool birthday!). we learned about steroid shots to help the babies' lungs develop faster if it seems like they'll come early, but she said that's really only necessary if they come before 35 weeks and at this point everything's looking good. she said I prob shouldn't go back to work "full time" but that I could do 2 days/wk for the next two weeks as long as it felt good to me. so hurrah! good news all around. thanks for all the offers to come and visit while I was on bed rest, but I'm really excited to say that I'm mostly off bed rest for now!
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YIPPEE! So happy that things are going well. I'll keep hoping for 8/9/10, but if you decide to have the babies a little sooner, 7/30 is a pretty cool birthday too.
ReplyDeleteKristin tried to get Mimi to have Riley on 6/27 (Kristin's birthday), but Riley arrived 2.5 hours too early.
Aunt Kate
Yay for all of the above! Very exciting that they're willing to work with you to give you the hope of a good birthdate for a 'planned' delivery that is quite exciting. :)
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