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[m_of_disguise]

Am not home. Am having baby tomorrow.

After a fairly good day on Sunday, Monday my blood pressure was stupidly high again. They spent the entire day chasing my BP with IV meds, and didn't manage to get it down to a sane level until the early evening. They also did a ton of blood draws to check all my other labs, and then put me on some horse pills for low potassium because apparently low potassium can trigger contractions.

I had an awful time sleeping, so they gave me an Ambien so I could try and get in some naps. This was regularly interrupted by nurses coming in, checking my vitals, the auto BP cuff going off every 15 minutes, more blood draws, etc, etc. It was the worst day so far.

This morning, the Doc came in and said that we can't keep chasing my BP with IV meds because that's just not good for either of us, so Wednesday will be delivery day. C-section is scheduled for 4:30pm, which will suck because I won't be able to eat all day, but hopefully we can get bumped up a bit earlier.

The rundown is that I'll get some spinal meds, they'll swoop in and scoop out the baby which will take less than a minute, then it's 30 minutes of sewing me up, and we're done. We get a little bit of intro time with her before she goes to the NICU. I'll stay in the hospital for another four days, after which the Doc said insurance stops paying so they'll have to send me home, even though if he had his way I'd be here for as long as the baby was. Hooray American health care! You have birthed baby, we don't need to pay for you anymore!

4:30 tomorrow is baby time, so wish us both luck.

Comments

[life_of_glamour]

Luck to you both! Sending you well wishes for everything to go smoothly!

[padawansguide]

Catching up though I have been following on FB. I know it doesn't seem like much, but four days is a lot in the hospital given that they will be waking you round the clock. You def should make sure your BP is stable before you go home, but you won't sleep well there. I couldn't wait to get out and I also had a c-section. You will do just fine. I loved my c-section. Buy some compression underwear. It will support your incision. Press a pillow on your abdomen if you need to cough or laugh. Make sure you move around. You don't want to overdo, but don't sit in bed all day. Best wishes to you and your little girl. I hope her lungs will look good and only have a minimum of NICU time!