Friday, October 12, 2012

the waiting game

warning: hormonal preggy on the loose
i feel like a freaking timebomb without a way of knowing the date, time and even the place of my detonation! today, im 39 weeks and 3 days pregnant with three false alarms in the past two weeks. let me back up... i know that i haven't posted anything for a long time.
last saturday, i had by biophysical profile @ st lukes global city. everything's ok like always. baby scored 8/8 which is perfect. amniotic fluid is at 16cm which means its not critical. the volume can still provide our baby a perfect environment. great! but then there was this note: two loose nuchal cord coil. what?!!! cord coil... i googled "nuchal" and that means cord wrapped around the neck. NO! not just one, but two! my ob assured me that its perfectly fine since the coil isn't tight and i have lots of fluids that it may come off before i give birth. the catch is that i have to be more conscious of the baby movements with her condition.
so for the past few days, i would wake up (sometimes during odd hours) and if i don't feel my baby moves, i'd panic. just today, i woke up a sunken belly button (which btw has been protruding since sept) and felt to movements. i called my mom, my brother, my sister-in-law to ask if it was normal. i also sent an sms to my ob. the good thing is that my ob is very responsive. one sms and the response will come almost instantly. she wanted me to do NST today. that's non-stress test to ensure that the baby is fine. someone i knew from the forum gave birth yesterday via emergency CS when her baby heart rate fell to 88bpm then rises to 190bpm. im always afraid... i just want everything to be fine... for the baby to be healthy and ok. and for me to see her soon.
im at the office right now... i'm going out for an NST. the sooner i get assurance that baby's fine, the better. will update you, soon.

1 comment:

  1. Hi,

    I'm a fellow GTalker and been following your blog. You're journey inspires me. Will pray for you and your baby. Have a safe delivery.

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