Monday, July 9, 2012

What do you do now?

Another day, another visit to the Good Doctor. Over the weekend, Kami began having spikes in her blood pressure, mixed in with contractions, panic attacks, and...oh yeah, IT'S BEEN 150 ******* DEGREES OUTSIDE.

Thus, we were really looking forward to visiting this morning (especially with The Mother-In-Law coming with us as the Not-So-Secret Weapon), as we were fully expecting to get kicked over to Labor & Delivery ("L&D" as those in The Know call it) to be induced.

But first, a few notes about the visit:

*First of all, we got in to see the doctor in record time. After three visits of 90-120 minute waits to see the doctor, we got in within 20 minutes.

*Kami's blood pressure was up again - 145/95. Not "dangerous," but "not great."

*She also lost another pound - from Thursday - bringing her three-week weight loss to 12 pounds. I'm the ying to her yang.

So when the Good Doctor came in, he noted her elevated blood pressure, heard our concerns about the panic attacks and BP spikes, etc. And he presented us with two options:

1. Ride it out. Let nature take its course over what could possibly be two weeks.

2. Induce. Kami's innards are to the point where there isn't a big concern about the her, or Emsley's, health. There is a slight risk that, when they induce, they'll have to do a C-Section (of which, we supposed, there is always a slight risk).

He gave Kami the option of what she wanted to do - and she was not prepared to have to make that decision. Rather than be That Guy who butts in and says, arms pumping, "LET'S INDUCE!" I stayed quiet. So Kami felt like inducing was the best option, mainly in terms of not being completely mentally annihilated when Emsley does show up. So Kami looked at me and asked, "What do you think about inducing?" And I (foolishly) replied: "There isn't any baseball on until Friday, so let's do it."

And with that, we head to Baptist hospital at 6:15am Wednesday for our own Induction Day.

So, what would you do for the next 36 hours?

2 comments:

  1. You date the crap out of each other! It's the end of an era. :) Good luck!!

    (It's Julie- Abby's friend..!)

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  2. Sleep...it may be your last for awhile! :)

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