Baby Update

Well, our baby decided not to be a part of the 5% of babies that come on their actual due date! So we had our regularly scheduled weekly appointment today. We did another non-stress test today and it went similarly to last week. For the first 20 mins, she was sleeping and didn’t move at all. But after some prodding and pushing on my stomach by the doctor, she woke up and they were able to record her movements and heart rate. And it seems that she is still doing ok in there.

Then we went down to see Dr. Huang. She checked the baby on the ultrasound and said her guess is that the baby is weighing in around 8 lbs. But for the entire pregnancy, the baby has measured one week farther along than her gestational age, so we could’ve been a little off on the due date. Because of that, the dr would like to induce this Wed. So at 9 am, we’ll go in to the Labor and Delivery floor and they’ll give me a shot of pitocin to induce labor and we’ll see what happens. If I haven’t made any progress and there’s still no baby on Friday she’ll likely want to perform a cesarean. So we’re praying that the pitocin will be just enough to kick start labor so we’re not just waiting around for three days at the hospital with nothing happening and then have to have a c-section.

We’ll try to keep you updated from the hospital as best we can. We’re told that the 8th floor (where we’ll be after the baby is born) has wi-fi. But we tried it today from the 7th floor (the labor and delivery floor) and didn’t have any luck. So we’ll do our best!