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Wow- I lied again about keeping up better!  Sorry about that.  I have really good intentions when I say those things.  HA!

Well, I made it through the weekend.  I went to the doctor on Friday and basically we just went through the basics on the c-section.  It was nothing big, but I felt better after talking with the doctor because I don’t remember a lot of the details from the last c-section.  My blood pressure has stayed fairly steady, but it is still higher than what we’ve been used to for this pregnancy.

I went to the specialist today.  My blood pressure was a little high for the doctor’s taste, and she had said if it was higher than what she wanted she may not do the amnio.  It was borderline (148/88), so she went ahead with the amniocentesis. 

Have any of you ever had an amnio?  Oh… my… Lord.  She told me it would hurt for about 30 seconds.  She didn’t mention that the 30 seconds was only if the baby didn’t budge an inch and my uterus didn’t go into convulsions (both of which happened immediately).  As soon as the needle went into my belly, the baby moved, blocking the ONLY tiny pocket of fluid that she could find to draw from.  And, when the needle hit my uterus, it went into outer-space!!  I’m telling ya.   And the worst part?  She actually had to pull the needle out, wait for my uterus to stop contracting so hard, and try again.  Not fun.

So when it was over, not only did my belly hurt like the dickens, but I was so upset and nervous that I actually got sick in the doctor’s office.  She told me that my water could break after the procedure or that I may go into spontaneous labor (in which case they’d go ahead and do a c-section), but so far, my belly just hurts!  I’m still having contractions, but most of them aren’t very bad.  The worst part is how sore the spots are where she put the needle in.  So what’s today’s lesson, kids?  Amnio’s are not for recreational use.

Now I just have to go to sleep (ha… sleep… what’s that?) and wake up in the morning and wait to hear the results.  That will be just excruciating.  The bottom line is that if the results come back and say that Ellie’s lungs are ready and mature, we’re on for 12:30pm on Thursday.  If the results say that she’s not quite ready, they are going to push the c-section to April 10. 

If you will, please pray that the amnio says she looks good.  I think I will be a basketcase if they say she’s not ready, plus I’ll be just totally disappointed that I have to wait another entire week!!  I’m dying of boredom!  Don’t tell my boss, but I’d rather be at work than stuck here waiting…

I won’t say I’ll update tomorrow, but I probably will.  Check back to see what happens on the next exciting installment of… Baby’s Momma!

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