baby hampton update

Well we’ve made it to 39 weeks! We went in today for our appt with Dr Huang. She first had us go up to the Labor and Delivery floor for a fetal non-stress test. It took about 30 mins and they measure the baby’s heart rate and movements and also for contractions. I was nervous in the beginning that they would make us come back and do it again, b/c she just wasn’t moving. This was right after lunch and Lance thought maybe the warm potato soup I had for lunch just made her really sleepy. :) But during the last half of the test, she really started to perk up with lots of big movements and with each movement her heart rate jump up and then come back down (which is what they hope to see). So she passed with flying colors. And in the last few minutes of the test, I also had good sized contraction.

During the test they put us in the labor room, and behind the next curtain over, a lady was in labor with contractions coming pretty quickly. I’m not sure how long she’d been there, but we’d only been there about 5 mins before she had had enough, saying “I can’t take it anymore!” and was begging for the drugs. Lance silently chuckled, but I did none of that—I know it will be my turn soon. :)

Then we went down for our scheduled appt with Dr Huang. She was pleased with the results of the NST and wanted to check the baby on the ultrasound. She said the baby had dropped down a lot since last week, so much so that it was difficult for her to get a head measurement (which helps her determine size and weight). She thought the baby was around 7.7 lbs, but it’s anyone’s guess at this point. And there was a little bit of good news about her position. She’s made a slight turn and is looking more towards my side, so the Dr encouraged me to lay on my right side as much as I can to help her make the turn the rest of the way.

Sunday is the due date and while I pray my baby is a good girl and arrives on her due date, I know that only 5% of all babies actually arrive on their due date. :) So, the Dr said if she doesn’t see me earlier, then I need to come in next Monday and we can make a plan of where to go from there. But she was thinking if we didn’t have the baby by Monday, we could induce Tues or Wed. Keep praying that the baby fully turns over and looks toward my spine. You can also pray for my mom who leaves Wed at 6 am and arrives in Taiwan Thurs pm (Thurs am IL time).

That’s what we know for now! We’ll definitely keep you posted! Thanks for praying!