How it all happened

The birth of our son Griffin that is.. Griffin WAS born on Tuesday 18th November. I really do want to write down how it all eventuated, but in all honesty have been putting it off a little.. It didn't all quite go as planned, don't get me wrong, he is here safely and I am in one piece, but it was all very traumatic..

I'm building up to it I promise. Should have the birth story entry complete within 24 hours, will probably be good for me..

Stay tuned

Will today be the day?

Another days dawns, wonder what this one will bring?

Just about to be hooked up to the CTG, but bub has been having a good wiggle overnght and this morning so that is reassuring.

Had a crappy sleep, but wasn't really expecting any different :)

Told Shannon and mother in law not to rush in this morning as it may pan out to be along day.

Laci is back to her usual healthy self thank goodness after her weekend temperature and is in daycare today.

Hoping the day doesn't drag too much till the scan.

Not sure how I feel about either scenerio at the moment, if I am not to be having him today, the day to day wait will continue with still a very very good chance it will be in the next week anyhow. I am exhausted and the medications are really wiping me out.. But whatever is to be will be..it is out of my hands.

30 weeks today!

So I actually made it to 30 weeks! Only just lol

But what a day! Has been a rough day emotionally for me up and down and really starting to be not very tolerant of nursing staff etc..

Anyhow, had a crap sleep and woke with the intention of speaking to ob today about requesting to change my ultrasound from tuesday to today. Mainly that this waiting is really starting to do my head in. Also for the past 4-5 days bubs movements have really changed. Much less frequent and not as strong :( I have mentioned this to my ob over the past few days.

So we had a good chat this morning and she said that she really wanted to hold off on the scan till tomorrow afternoon as planned.. They would continue the twice daily ctgs and if anything changed she would be in. She said she is not sure why the movement seems reduced but perhaps because I am on so much medication etc.. I am also worried that it is because the fluid has dropped off even more (it is already only on 2.5th centile)..

Anyhow, so I was annoyed as you can imagaine, but what can I do?

She also told me to not have lunch tomorrow :o so we are prepared to c/s after scan if it is not what we hope for :(

So then Mother in law arrived with Shannon,(she has flown up to help out with Laci etc). Shannon has taken mon-wed off at this stage till we know.

They hook me up to the ctg...long story short, bub not being very reactive at all, heartrate not variable and hardly moving :( We try me moving, sweet things etc. No change. They tell me they are ringing ob. Then they tell me she will be in at 1pm (it is now 11.30) but that she wants to keep the ctg on..

Another 30 mins pass and bub does get active and shows some variability so they take the ctg off. We get to 2pm and no ob, so I ask when is she coming and the midwife says, oh we rang her back and told her it improved so she's not coming! So for over 2 hours, DH, MIL and I were on tenterhooks wondering.. Anyhow you get the picture, I was peeved!

Hmm and me, still constant headache, BP ok, not great but ok. SUPER dry mouth, saliva gone AWOL with the high doses of bp meds I am on now..

JUst feeling over it!

Repeating CTG tonight after 8pm.

Bring on tomorrow!

Ob said scan will be about 3pm QLD time.

Result is in!

Urine result is in..

ITS GOOD!!!

Obviously haven't spoken to my ob and won't be until monday morning, but based on the what she said yesterday as our plan, (barring off course anthing changing drastically with my BP and bub's CTG's), we will now be waiting for the growth scan on Tuesday arvo to make the decision.

Bloods were also good..

It'e nearing the end

Just saw my obstetrician, hmm

We have moved forward the 24 hour urine, starting now after this mornings dip showed 1+ protein again. My ob will review result monday morning and if has risen above a certain number that's it, eviction at exactly 30 weeks! (prefer not to discuss numbers). Oh and we don't think it will take much for it to have risen over that number based on my last result.

Also doing more blood tests today.

Medication increased for bp again today, as continues to rise :(

I am also looking pretty attractive with the puffiness now!

So the basics..

If urine and/or bloods not good, we will know monday morning that he is coming out on monday evening.

If urine and bloods hanging in there and bp hanging in there will wait till scan on tuesday arvo and decide then.

Feeling ok.. I think

Another day in hospital down

Plodding along! Another day dawns. Ob been in to see me nice and early again today. CTG on baby done for the day and all okay there. He has been a bit more active the last 18 hours or so which is reassuring as he was pretty quiet for coupld of days. My blood pressure is not great but not bad. So no further changes in medication at this stage.

So basically it's a wait and see game at the moment.

I did sign my caesarean section and tubal ligatation forms this morning though.. eeek!

So it's looking like will make it to Tuesday arvo's scan. Will complete another 24hr urine (protein check) on Tuesday morning so we have all the information then.. Shannon has this feeling it will be all over after scan (this has what has happened with both Piper and Laci) and Griffin will be whipped out wed/thurs. I'm not thinking about it yet. Just getting through each day.

Shannon's arvo off yesterday seemed to help both of us :) He hung out here for about 3 hours which was nice to have some husband/wife time together :) He said he is feeling a little brighter this morning.

So today I am planning another quiet day of rest, not much else to do.

A good update

My blood pressure has decreased overnight, its still not perfect but not in the scary range at the moment and my headache is no longer migraine material, just a normal headache :)

ob came in this morning and is pleased and will continue to watch me closely, no medication increase again yet. I will continue on regular blood pressure checks obviously and also daily ctg's to keep eye on bub. Currently attached for 20-30 mins as we speak.

Ob is feeling somewhat confident that will prob make it to monday to the 30's! But obviously can't say for certain as things can change very quickly. My blood tests from yesterday were ok. So on Tuesday arvo I will have another scan, this one will again look at fluid and dopplers but also bub's growth. This will give us more of a complete picture as to what is happening and we will make decisions then I guess.

Shannon exhausted and stressed :( He is considering taking the afternoon off, I encouraged him! Laci in daycare, so he is prob going to come in here for a while to chill (we don't get much time together and certainly not without busy Laci) then hopefully he will go home for a few hours rest.

Oh and my pelvis is loving this rest! Pain so much less! Back to just pain on movement instead of constant, so that is a huge improvement! Certainly makes me feel better about things when not in constant pain!

Ok now for no excitement between now and tuesday please :)