We saw the midwives again today and they said that while things were progressing, the baby is just too comfortable in there. I had a non-stress test which measures the baby's heart rate and the contractions. Had an ultrasound to determine amniotic fluid levels. The baby is still at 2.5 cm dilated and 75% effaced, and at a -1 station which was exactly the same as last time. They also did a "membrane sweep" which is fairly unpleasant, but the midwife said that it didn't really do anything because there was "nothing to sweep". If you don't know, google it. It's too weird to explain.
Though I told them my grandma advised me against it, they are putting me on a castor oil regimen starting tomorrow morning. They're making me mix it with things as well as... well a few other unpleasant things I have to do. :/ I'll leave a couple of things to your imagination. They advised me against shopping at the mall tomorrow. :)
Anyhow, they're hopeful that they can get me to go into labor by tomorrow night, but if I haven't, we go back in for another checkup on Wednesday. The nurse said that they would probably not let us go past Saturday before inducing at the hospital, but the midwife didn't want us to think about that just yet, so she said we'll get there when we get there. Taking it all one day at a time. Definitely will keep you posted.
No comments:
Post a Comment