Practice Run (week 40)

Otherwise known as a false alarm!! We knew it would be a false alarm before we left for the hospital. I had a few days where I was wondering if I was leaking amniotic fluid. I brushed it off until I did research online and realized it was potentially dangerous because I had tested positive for Group B Strep at my 36 week checkup. After waiting for a decent hour this morning I finally broke down and called the OB's office. The on-call nurse said it sounded like nothing, but because of the Group B she told me to go get it checked out. Better safe than sorry.

Off to Maternity we went on a beautiful, cool Sunday morning. We got checked into Antenatal where the first order of business was to get a non-stress test, blood pressure check, and temperature check. All came back good, and it was actually Dan's first time hearing BBH's heart rate. He's seen it on ultrasounds several times, but this was the first time listening. Next we got settled into a room and had the on-call doc check me out. At first glance she said "yup, looks like your membranes have ruptured". She took a PH test to be sure, but it came back borderline. So she took a sample and looked at it under the microscope. That came back negative for amniotic fluid. Since they were getting conflicting reports, they sent us to have an ultrasound to determine whether there was a sufficient amount of fluid in there. The ultrasound tech did a full check on BBH- took measurements, checked position, watched for good movement, and estimated the amount of fluid. All came back clear on this test too. BBH is now up to 8 pounds 9 oz, 75% percentile, "give or take 20 ounces". Yikes. Hopefully it's not give.

We returned to Antenatal to have the nurse up there review the ultrasound report and give us the all clear to go home. All in all we were there for 3 hours, not too bad. It was a little bit of a let down- for a few minutes there we thought we'd be checking into Labor and Delivery (and on 10/10/10 too!). But, BBH is doing well which is all that matters. Hopefully he doesn't get too much bigger over the next few days!

I'm still going in for another non-stress test on Tuesday, but I'm supposed to keep an eye on things and call my doctor with any changes.