Angelique, you’ve got to stop scaring the crap out of me and the doctors. Actually, going by the examinations today, she is doing great – a very active, healthy baby by all counts. It’s my body that failing to hold her.
Today, the neotologist did a bunch of test, and well the only new thing, they discovered was that the amniotic fluid around the baby is very low. Not good at all, so now I am a continuous IV drip to rehydrate me and hopefully replenish the protection around her. I will confess I had a little breakdown, cried and called my church’s pray line for a little faith and guidance. It helped calm me a bit. Now, I look at it as part of the cooking process. She just needs a little more water to keep simmering. So that’s the bad news for the day.
The good news is my Fetal fibronectin test came back negative. Basically the test determines one’s risks of going into labor in the next two weeks. A negative fFN result, gives me a less than 1 percent chance of delivering in the next two weeks. A positive result would have meant that my risk of delivering sometime before I reach 35 weeks is higher. So yeah to a negative results. So now I am back in Room 205, watching TV and running to the bathroom every hour thanks to this IV drip, but it’s ok. Whenever she kicks me or does one of her summersault, I know it’s all worthwhile. I will do whatever it takes to keep her cooking.
