40w3d ob/gyn appt

Well, another regular ob/gyn appt after having bloody show yesterday...

Urine = fine, some blood from the bloody show/mucus (this is still going on,
and my ob/gyn told me it might continue - the same pinkish discharge
streaked with blood on occasion)
Blood pressure = 100/65 (I was waiting a long time, I almost fell asleep in
the waiting room!)
Weight = 0 gain, total of 35 lbs
Swelling = yes, feet & legs
Fundal height = 3 fingers down the rib cage
CTG (external foetal monitoring) = normal, no contractions
(uggggggggggggghh!!!)

After reporting to my ob/gyn what started going on yesterday, she told me I
was right to go to the hospital. She also said I should have the NST at the
same hospital tomorrow and every second day until I go into labour on my own
or until they decide to keep me at the hospital. It's not exactlu convenient
(45 minutes ride to the hospital, and DH already spending 4 days off from
his personal time off leave, which led to a discussion with his employer
later on today), but it has to be done - my ob/gyn won't be in until
Tuesday. She said the doctor who was on call yesterday will be on call
tomorrow, and I hope that's true because he was really nice and gentle, and
already knows "my case".
She said that it's normal for the bloody show to continue and to be losing
the mucus plug gradually; now we just have to wait for the contractions to
start, or for the water to break.
Dilation = 1 cm (same as yesterday, and same as a week ago)
Effacement = 25% (same as 5 weeks ago)

The annoying thing is that I still feel fine! Not experiencing any back
pain, any discomfort, etc! This is *not* the time for a boring appointment,
we wanted things to start happening!!!

DH had a chat over the phone with his boss (remember, he works abroad) and
his boss was not pleased with the situation. DH already stayed at home
Monday morning, yesterday and today, and he will stay at home tomorrow in
order to go with me to the hospital - we are kind of hoping things might
progress and we get to go into labour soon, so he doesn't want to go back to
work (commuting 3 hours one way) and keep thinking about me and whether I'm
in labour yet or not. So, in the end his boss told him he can stay at home
on personal-time-off leave for another week (he has about 40 hrs of his
personal-time-off leave left).
The annoying thing with his boss is that he made it sound like it was
somehow my fault I haven't gone into labour yet :-(
So apart from worrying about everything else, now I have this time-off
business on my mind too... DH promissed me he will be home until Monday
October 20th if need be. This is really reassuring, because I really feel
like I need him right now. I mean, I'm OK if I'm at home, but I really need
him to go to the hospital with me - and he wants to be there so much! You
should have seen him at the waiting room today, he was so patient - we were
there from 9 am until 12:45 (well, there was a 45 minutes' long break and we
went away for breakfast) - there was an emergency situation or something and
ob/gyn was very busy.

Anyway, enough venting! Tomorrow: NST at the hospital, so I'll keep you
updated.
Thank you all for well wishes and encouragement :-)

Elly
EDD: 3 days ago!!!

WOW Elly,
I really thought that yesterday was the beginning of your labor. You are so
patient. Don't worry about DH's boss. Anyway, soon you both are going to be
holding your baby and that's the most important thing.
Hoping to see your birth announcement soon.

Love

Nicky

"Elly" wrote in message
...
Well, another regular ob/gyn appt after having bloody show yesterday...

Urine = fine, some blood from the bloody show/mucus (this is still going
on,
and my ob/gyn told me it might continue - the same pinkish discharge
streaked with blood on occasion)
Blood pressure = 100/65 (I was waiting a long time, I almost fell asleep
in
the waiting room!)
Weight = 0 gain, total of 35 lbs
Swelling = yes, feet & legs
Fundal height = 3 fingers down the rib cage
CTG (external foetal monitoring) = normal, no contractions
(uggggggggggggghh!!!)

After reporting to my ob/gyn what started going on yesterday, she told me
I
was right to go to the hospital. She also said I should have the NST at
the
same hospital tomorrow and every second day until I go into labour on my
own
or until they decide to keep me at the hospital. It's not exactlu
convenient
(45 minutes ride to the hospital, and DH already spending 4 days off from
his personal time off leave, which led to a discussion with his employer
later on today), but it has to be done - my ob/gyn won't be in until
Tuesday. She said the doctor who was on call yesterday will be on call
tomorrow, and I hope that's true because he was really nice and gentle,
and
already knows "my case".
She said that it's normal for the bloody show to continue and to be losing
the mucus plug gradually; now we just have to wait for the contractions to
start, or for the water to break.
Dilation = 1 cm (same as yesterday, and same as a week ago)
Effacement = 25% (same as 5 weeks ago)

The annoying thing is that I still feel fine! Not experiencing any back
pain, any discomfort, etc! This is *not* the time for a boring
appointment,
we wanted things to start happening!!!

DH had a chat over the phone with his boss (remember, he works abroad) and
his boss was not pleased with the situation. DH already stayed at home
Monday morning, yesterday and today, and he will stay at home tomorrow in
order to go with me to the hospital - we are kind of hoping things might
progress and we get to go into labour soon, so he doesn't want to go back
to
work (commuting 3 hours one way) and keep thinking about me and whether
I'm
in labour yet or not. So, in the end his boss told him he can stay at home
on personal-time-off leave for another week (he has about 40 hrs of his
personal-time-off leave left).
The annoying thing with his boss is that he made it sound like it was
somehow my fault I haven't gone into labour yet :-(
So apart from worrying about everything else, now I have this time-off
business on my mind too... DH promissed me he will be home until Monday
October 20th if need be. This is really reassuring, because I really feel
like I need him right now. I mean, I'm OK if I'm at home, but I really
need
him to go to the hospital with me - and he wants to be there so much! You
should have seen him at the waiting room today, he was so patient - we
were
there from 9 am until 12:45 (well, there was a 45 minutes' long break and
we
went away for breakfast) - there was an emergency situation or something
and
ob/gyn was very busy.

Anyway, enough venting! Tomorrow: NST at the hospital, so I'll keep you
updated.
Thank you all for well wishes and encouragement :-)

Elly
EDD: 3 days ago!!!



Sounds frustrating but things will move along soon hopefully. It's amazing
how unsympathetic bosses can be. My DH's doesn't understand why DH even
wants/needs to be at the birth. Oh well
Kat
Mama to Maggie 11/03/01
#2 EDD 02/03/01 (It's a Boy!)

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:44:37 +0200, "Elly" wrote:

The annoying thing with his boss is that he made it sound like it was
somehow my fault I haven't gone into labour yet :-(

I am glad that you are still going okay, but I can *feel* your
frustration about not being in labor yet.

Remember, to his boss, you are someone that is standing in the boss's
way of having his employee at work. Some of them don't care about
what pregnant women go through. Some can't see what the big deal
about you having you husband there with you while you go through all
of this. I am sure if it got down to the nuts and bolts, the boss
doesn't blame for not going into labour.

{{{{{{{{{{Elly}}}}}}}}}}}}


--
Daye
Momma to Jayan
"Boy" EDD 11 Jan 2004
See Jayan: http://jayan.topcities.com/

"Elly" wrote in message
...
Well, another regular ob/gyn appt after having bloody show yesterday...

Urine = fine, some blood from the bloody show/mucus (this is still going
on,
and my ob/gyn told me it might continue - the same pinkish discharge
streaked with blood on occasion)
Blood pressure = 100/65 (I was waiting a long time, I almost fell asleep
in
the waiting room!)
Weight = 0 gain, total of 35 lbs
Swelling = yes, feet & legs
Fundal height = 3 fingers down the rib cage
CTG (external foetal monitoring) = normal, no contractions
(uggggggggggggghh!!!)

After reporting to my ob/gyn what started going on yesterday, she told me
I
was right to go to the hospital. She also said I should have the NST at
the
same hospital tomorrow and every second day until I go into labour on my
own
or until they decide to keep me at the hospital. It's not exactlu
convenient
(45 minutes ride to the hospital, and DH already spending 4 days off from
his personal time off leave, which led to a discussion with his employer
later on today), but it has to be done - my ob/gyn won't be in until
Tuesday. She said the doctor who was on call yesterday will be on call
tomorrow, and I hope that's true because he was really nice and gentle,
and
already knows "my case".
She said that it's normal for the bloody show to continue and to be losing
the mucus plug gradually; now we just have to wait for the contractions to
start, or for the water to break.
Dilation = 1 cm (same as yesterday, and same as a week ago)
Effacement = 25% (same as 5 weeks ago)

The annoying thing is that I still feel fine! Not experiencing any back
pain, any discomfort, etc! This is *not* the time for a boring
appointment,
we wanted things to start happening!!!

DH had a chat over the phone with his boss (remember, he works abroad) and
his boss was not pleased with the situation. DH already stayed at home
Monday morning, yesterday and today, and he will stay at home tomorrow in
order to go with me to the hospital - we are kind of hoping things might
progress and we get to go into labour soon, so he doesn't want to go back
to
work (commuting 3 hours one way) and keep thinking about me and whether
I'm
in labour yet or not. So, in the end his boss told him he can stay at home
on personal-time-off leave for another week (he has about 40 hrs of his
personal-time-off leave left).
The annoying thing with his boss is that he made it sound like it was
somehow my fault I haven't gone into labour yet :-(
So apart from worrying about everything else, now I have this time-off
business on my mind too... DH promissed me he will be home until Monday
October 20th if need be. This is really reassuring, because I really feel
like I need him right now. I mean, I'm OK if I'm at home, but I really
need
him to go to the hospital with me - and he wants to be there so much! You
should have seen him at the waiting room today, he was so patient - we
were
there from 9 am until 12:45 (well, there was a 45 minutes' long break and
we
went away for breakfast) - there was an emergency situation or something
and
ob/gyn was very busy.

Anyway, enough venting! Tomorrow: NST at the hospital, so I'll keep you
updated.
Thank you all for well wishes and encouragement :-)

Elly
EDD: 3 days ago!!!


Well looks like I am not out of the race yet! Although I do seem like more
of a long shot as between us.

But what is the medical justification for doing a NST every day? It sounds
like a lot of work for you to trudge up there.

Thanks for the posting, keep us updated!

-- Dagny
EDD Elly's EDD

"Elly" wrote in message
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Anyway, enough venting! Tomorrow: NST at the hospital, so I'll keep you
updated.
Thank you all for well wishes and encouragement :-)

Continued good wishes and ****labor vibes****, Elly! I haven't had a chance
to post much, but I've been thinking of you a lot :-)

I will share something that my doula told me (paraphrased)--you won't go
into labor until you accept that you will be pregnant *forever* and it will
never end!

Good luck! Hope the NST goes well and is the only one you end up having ;-)

--
Em
mama to Lann, 9/21/03

"Dagny" ha scritto nel messaggio
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But what is the medical justification for doing a NST every day? It
sounds
like a lot of work for you to trudge up there.

It's standard procedure over here - once you go past your due date (and they
were 98% sure it was calculated correctly because we know the date of
conception), you have the NST, amnioscopy test and general ob/gyn exam at
the hospital every 2nd day (it just so happened that I had my regular ob/gyn
appt in between the two hospital appts so I had appts 3 days in the row).
I think the major concern is that the level of amniotic fluid might decrease
or meconium staining of the amniotic fluid might put the baby in distress.

I actually like driving with DH there and back (about 45 minutes each way) -
DH was born and grew up there, and we have plenty of friends there, so we go
for a visit, a lunch, a walk, and it's a nice change from being at home all
the time. Today DH got a bit sentimental and took me to see the house where
his parents brought him home from the hospital when he was born ;-)

How are you feeling today - any news?

Elly
EDD: 4 days ago!!!

"Elly" wrote in message
...

"Dagny" ha scritto nel messaggio
ink.net...
But what is the medical justification for doing a NST every day? It
sounds
like a lot of work for you to trudge up there.

It's standard procedure over here - once you go past your due date (and
they
were 98% sure it was calculated correctly because we know the date of
conception), you have the NST, amnioscopy test and general ob/gyn exam at
the hospital every 2nd day (it just so happened that I had my regular
ob/gyn
appt in between the two hospital appts so I had appts 3 days in the row).
I think the major concern is that the level of amniotic fluid might
decrease
or meconium staining of the amniotic fluid might put the baby in distress.

I actually like driving with DH there and back (about 45 minutes each
way) -
DH was born and grew up there, and we have plenty of friends there, so we
go
for a visit, a lunch, a walk, and it's a nice change from being at home
all
the time. Today DH got a bit sentimental and took me to see the house
where
his parents brought him home from the hospital when he was born ;-)

How are you feeling today - any news?

Elly
EDD: 4 days ago!!!


Tired, addle minded. Nope, no news. I am enjoying answering the question
"when are you due" with "last Monday" just for the reaction. But I'm not
rally excited that anything will happen soon. I was born at 41 weeks (first
baby), which is right in the middle of normal; my husband was born at 41w5d
(first baby), and had all three more siblings come after 41 weeks. The
third child had to be induced twice. So genetically I have an average to
long cooking roast in the oven.

With my providers there are not special concerns really until post-term (42
weeks) assuming weekly checkups look normal. But it's good that you're
having fun and can keep us updated that I very well might beat you to
pushing! I enjoy your posts very much.

-- Dagny