Well, just a quick P.S. to last night's post. I thought my midwife appointment was on Wednesday (tomorrow) but it turns out that it was today instead! Whoops! Thankfully I'd just had the boys tidy up the railway track all over the living room floor, but three of them were still in pyjamas and it was lunch time already (as yet unmade) when Mandi arrived!
It went okay. My blood pressure was 116/58, always nice to hear! I requested a full blood count again, even though I'm not due any more blood tests, just to see what my iron levels are like because of the weird cravings for wet soil and various chemical things! So she did a blood test, and the boys watched in total fascination. Only Arthur was squeamish and put his hand over his eyes, lol! He has always been that way and quivers over the slightest graze to a brother's knee. Matthew was MOST impressed! They will let me know if my iron is low when they get the results in a couple of days - if they don't get in touch I can presume it's fine. They are expecting it to be fine as my levels have always been great through all of my pregnancies, and at my 28 week blood test this time too.
My urine test was fine, nothing wrong there at all. Mandi measured my bump and made a sort of perplexed/frustrated face, so I knew that it wasn't the best news. She measured again and again, and even tried it from just below my pubic bone (cheating! ha!) but still even with that I only measured 34.5 weeks. Last time I was measuring 34 weeks, and I'm thinking the extra 5mm is sure to be from the fact that she measured from a tad lower than usual. She says Elijah's head is nicely down now, which is at least one thing that I can cross off my worry list! :) Of course he could pop back up, but right now his head is 3/5 palpable. Two-fifths palpable is officially engaged, so he's not engaged yet, but nicely down there. She said there's no cause to worry at all about cord prolapse while his head is like that - phew! :) She also said maybe that could even be encouraging, because I may have grown half a week's worth in terms of my bump size, in the past week, and since his head is lower this time, MAYBE he's grown a full week's worth in actuality, and the drop means the measurement is less? I should joyfully grab any possible GOOD news, but in truth I feel like she's grasping at straws and am only really believing the negative side of it, believing it to be much more likely that he isn't really growing much at all, or any faster than he was before... I really really REALLY hope the scan proves me wrong next week.
Mandi said you never know, it's possible that I could naturally go into labour before my scan and have the baby, but I can't fathom that happening with my track record! She agreed that it's not as likely, but she reminded me that every pregnancy/labour is different, so you never know!
She also pointed out that in view of the various issues going on, I will have a "low threshold" for transfer to hospital if I have a homebirth - meaning they are more likely to want me to transfer in at the slightest sign of heart decelerations for Elijah, etc. *sigh* I do just want what's best for him, of course! I just wish everything could go smoothly with no risks or worries!
Anyway, that's all I have time for - my monkey boys are starting to be mischievous in the other room! I'll update again soon!
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