Stellasmum- c-section isn't risk free for the baby complications can occur but if bub is breech the majority of Dr will do a c-sect. I would prefer to have a natural birth but I think my body has decided breech is the way to go. My c-sect went really well last time I recovered really quickly - the midwives in hosp were insisting on take pain meds when I really didn't need them. So hopefully the same occurs this time. But the major downfall with c-sect is the recovery time, you really aren't meant to do much for 6 wks which is difficult with a baby, particularly when I have another as well. My DH is great and takes at least a month off work to help but with a natural birth the recovery just isn't that long.
Good luck for scan next week, I'll be looking forward to hear how it goes.
Stellas mum - how are you, how did you scan go? Well my news the baby will be arriving on Monday. Had a growth scan yesterday and the results suggest the baby hasn't grown in the 2 weeks since the prior growth scan and signs the placenta isn't functioning as it should, then went for monitoring which we have been doing weeks for the past month and it took 1.5 hours to get her to move around and her heart beat was on the low side so with all this combined it was decided baby needs to be delivered. At one stage it could have been today but thankfully she moved a bit and that was enough for Dr to say Monday is ok. I have to go in on Saturday for further monitoring so hoping that is ok for us to last till Monday.
I did actually make a midnight trip into the hospital last night coz I hadn't felt movements for nearly 12hours, they were so lovely at the hospital. Turns out everything was fine and in fact the monitoring was far better than in the afternoon, the hearbeat had returned to around 150-160 and apparently I was having some 'tighenings'.
So anyway looks like low papp-a has caught up with us, it was only last week we were saying it looks like this is just a small baby but now there seems to be evidence it is the low papp-a that is causing the smallness. The weight estimate is 2kg so hopefully she does surpass this estimate. On Monday I will be 37weeks so technically she will be full term but the size of about a 34weeker. But maturity wise she should be fine.
Oh my goodness! When I hadn't heard from you for a while I was starting to think you'd had the baby already! Well, that is exciting, Monday it is! A new addition to the family. 37 weeks is fantastic, I hope I get that far! Make sure you take it easy over the weekend. Is the baby still breech? Will you be having the c-section? I will be thinking of you on Monday, and Im sure everything will go well.
Did the doctor comment on the flow in the artery? Just wondering if that is playing a part. Bloody low PAPP-A, wish that would disappear!
Well my scan last friday went well, growth is on target, still a little behind the 50th percentile, but growth is keeping up. He measured the cord flow for a while, and didn't mention anything was wrong so Im assuming thats ok. Will be seeing him again on Monday for a visit and then on the 16th for another scan. Im really wishing everything keeps going well.
Well I'm home from hosp, we have a beautiful baby girl Holly Matilda she weighed 2.4kg which was a pleasant surprise given we thought she was going to be smaller.
Everything at birth went well and she performed wonderfully, however, over the coming days she got weaker and weaker, she just didn't have the energy to feed, so while I am home Holly has remained in special care to working on her feeding. The problem has been her size and Dr say some 37weekers do start well then just start to fall in a heap. We abandom BF (for the moment) because it was taking too much effort but even bottle feeding EBM was taking over an hour to get the required or less into her. So that is when she went into special care.
Anyway she will be fine just needs to the strength to endure feeds but obviously a vicious cycle needs food to gain strength but it is the feeding that makes her so weak, all she does is sleep. It wasn't until day 5 we heard her cry for food before that she just slept and had to be woken for feeds of which she never opened her eyes.
Anyway they think a week in care and she will be ready to come home.
Stellasmum hope everything is going well with you, look forward to continuing hear your story.
Yes I did have c-sect which I am recovering well from still have a little pain but nothing too bad. It is just annoying I can't drive it would make it so much easier if I was able to drive myself to hospital to see Holly.
I can't believe you have decided on Holly as a name, great minds think a like.
I called the hospital this morning and she had a really good night, feeding really well, they are going to let me try breastfeeding her today which I am very excited by. The nurse said she thought she might have turned the corner so hopefully we will have her home within the next couple of days.
I hope the last 10 weeks goes well for you, I know they went really quickly for me but that was largely because it always seemed she might be coming in a few weeks, at one stage she was going to be arriving at around 30wks then 34wks, then 36wks so it always seemed close.
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