41 weeks and LOTS of tests!

First, I have to say it's a BIT inconsiderate of my baby ticker on the right to show the baby is GONE, when I am still carrying a massive baby in my belly! Notice that?!:)

So, here I am, one week past my due date! I have had a lot of testing the last two days and here is what went down.

Wednesday NST(Stress Test) at Hospital
This test is simply when they hook up monitors on your belly, one tracking the baby's heartrate and activity, and the other tracking the mother's contractions(if there are any). Well, my test was scheduled at 3pm and Eddy had a comp day and stayed home, as I could not have Lacy with me for the test by myself. Boy, was I glad that I brought my body pillow with me!!

Well, I was sitting as they first hooked up the monitors and while in that position, the baby had 2 very large decelerations. Once I got on my side that little girl was SO active that she actually was kicking the monitor off!! This is one active little girl! Well, once done, the nurses reported the results to my OB on call. She wanted me to stay another 2 hours to make sure those decels were in fact only due to position. SO, away we went again. Me just hanging out and cuddling my body pillow. Honestly, it was SUPER relaxing and a great break! Halfway through my nurse came around wanting me to order dinner as it was closing and they were not sure how much longer I was going to stay. SO, I ordered dinner. Just as dinner came, we were done with monitoring. BUT...

Both monitoring sessions I had been contracting regularly. However, I knew they were not labor contractions as I only felt a few here and there. I knew they were not the kind that would be making any progress. BUT, my OB wanted to have my cervix checked and to stay ANOTHER 2 hours seeing what my contractions were doing, if I was in fact going into labor. BUT, I thought it was silly as I was actually inbetween 1 and 2cm. So, even if contractions WERE labor...I would not be at the hospital yet anyway! BUT, I stayed and ate my dinner and enjoyed the break while I was there.

My friend Erika from our mommy-group was working at the hospital and she visited me the last 1/2 hour which was just great! She has been emailing me her schedule for weeks now, so if I have the baby when she's working she can come by and visit the new Tofslie baby:)

Well, I was checked again and sure enough-no change. Still at a 1-2cm. So, finally at 9pm, I came home. I was curious if those little contractions were going to change into labor contractions over the night, but they didn't and then I had an OB appointment at 10am in the morning AND had to come back to the hospital Thursday for another NST to make sure those decelerations were not happening.

TODAY(THURSDAY) 10am Prenatal Appointment

So, labor did not start and we got up and I dropped off Lacy at Maria's house(she is SUCH a great friend and wonderful help!!!) and off I go for an ultrasound and cervix check.

Ultrasound Results:
First thing we see....GIRL, GIRL, GIRL! :) NO doubt there!
I had twice the amount of fluid they like to see at this point-great!
The baby appears to be around EIGHT lbs-yikes!!
The OB was also able to get a look at how the baby was breathing which is correlated to the health of the placenta and she said it looked wonderful.

Cervix check-
Definitely an easy 2cm and she said the cervix was VERY soft. Then, I got another MASSIVE sweep-OUCH, but happy to take it, haha!

GAME PLAN

Since the rest of the NST had looked pretty good, the ultrasound revealed the baby was doing wonderful AND the placenta seems to be in great health, my OB was completely fine with waiting one more week to see if labor will naturally come on it's own. WHICH IS WHAT I WANT! But, I still had to go for another NST at 3pm this afternoon and we scheduled more as they want to closely monitor the baby from this point forward. I was contracting after the sweep, but things again, have died down.

I am scheduled for another NST on Sunday at 2:30 at the hospital. Then another ultrasound Monday at 2pm. And then, if no baby I am scheduled for an induction on Thursday June 11th.