Baby is extremely small-- we are high risk-- details below
Hey Guys,
I know I never post-- but here's the deal.
We went in for an ultrasound to see if we still had placenta previa. That had totally cleared up, and they told us it's a girl--yay!-- so we were just about to celebrate our return to the promised land of normal vaginal birth, when they told us that the baby is at about the 1st %ile for size.
There are no other indications of problems: placenta is okay, baby activity is normal, heartrate is great. But because the baby is so small, there's a good chance that she's not thriving and may become distressed and need to be emergency delivered in the next few weeks. The doc's are saying that there's a chance this is normal but usually with babies this small they don't bounce back into the normal weight catagory.
Our midwives have referred us to Tufts New England Medical Center for further care, and we've got an appoinment tommorrow morning. We will probably be on some sort of rest and high-monitoring protocol.
I'm in no danger. Baby could be. We might be spending some quality time in the NICU. Or then again, baby could be perfectly normal and just small. Hard to tell.
Husband and I will be needing some emotional support over the next few days. We might even need help with chores and cooking if I end up on bed-rest or if the Bean is early. Please keep in touch with us if you can.
Thanks
I know I never post-- but here's the deal.
We went in for an ultrasound to see if we still had placenta previa. That had totally cleared up, and they told us it's a girl--yay!-- so we were just about to celebrate our return to the promised land of normal vaginal birth, when they told us that the baby is at about the 1st %ile for size.
There are no other indications of problems: placenta is okay, baby activity is normal, heartrate is great. But because the baby is so small, there's a good chance that she's not thriving and may become distressed and need to be emergency delivered in the next few weeks. The doc's are saying that there's a chance this is normal but usually with babies this small they don't bounce back into the normal weight catagory.
Our midwives have referred us to Tufts New England Medical Center for further care, and we've got an appoinment tommorrow morning. We will probably be on some sort of rest and high-monitoring protocol.
I'm in no danger. Baby could be. We might be spending some quality time in the NICU. Or then again, baby could be perfectly normal and just small. Hard to tell.
Husband and I will be needing some emotional support over the next few days. We might even need help with chores and cooking if I end up on bed-rest or if the Bean is early. Please keep in touch with us if you can.
Thanks