STILL WAITING

Here we are 2 days over due. Elatia had to just keep her appointment today in triage. Tabby said since she wasn't sure what all they wanted done, to just come in for her appointment. I of course went, not sure why since I couldn't go in with her, and had to sit in the waiting area reading all the pamphlets there. It was interesting reading about what to do if you're addicted to drugs and your baby is born a drug addict. It was like a train wreck, I couldn't stop reading it! I was extremely happy that this was NOTHING I had to worry about! *phew*

Tabby told Elatia that her fluid levels, geez she sounds like a car, need to be over eight, up to twenty four. Eight and twenty four what? We have no idea. Eight gallons? Eight liters? Eight cc's? Hells if we know. All we know is that Elatia's fluid level is 9.8 so she is safe to be over due. Elatia said Kaliana had her hands in front of her face again. They had to stimulate her to get her to move to check her heart rate while she moved. All that was fine too. YAY!

Elatia went for a massage today with someone who works on pregnant women. The therapist worked on some pressure points to help stimulate labor. So far still nuttin. The massage therapist did say an acupuncture appointment should do the trick. Elatia did call her acupuncturist Dr Luo, which I believe is the reason Elatia is able to get pregnant, but she isn't in until Wednesday! UGH! DAMMIT! So Elatia is going to leave a message and hope she can get in on Wednesday. If anyone can get Elatia into labor, I believe Dr Luo can! She is amazing! She saved Elatia's life in my opinion!

Elatia has an appointment with her doctor tomorrow to come up with a game plan. Elatia is going to tell him that she wants to be induced first if labor doesn't start on it's own, not just jump into a c-section. I know he's not going to be happy about that since it might mess with his weekend plans. Even a nurse today said the doctors like to wrap up their deliveries before the weekend if they can. So if they can schedule a c-section to make their life easier, that is what they will try to do. That makes me so mad to get that confirmed! I knew that to be the case, but hoping I was wrong. Elatia will need to be firm with her doctor and let him know that a c-section is the LAST resort, NOT the first!

While Elatia is hoping she can see Dr Luo on Wednesday, but if labor doesn't start by Friday, that is when she would like to be induced. If it were me, I would wait until it was no longer safe to wait, but it's not up to me, so I will support Elatia in her decision. Right now, I think inducing by Friday is fair enough.

I was glad to read that sometimes the baby's head doesn't drop until right before labor. It confirmed for me what Melvin told me at work. The way Elatia's doctor talked, it's weird that Kaliana's head hasn't dropped by 38 weeks. The other doctor Elatia saw two weeks ago did her first internal exam. It was a woman doctor and she was so informative about the visit. She informed Elatia that her cervix was soft, short, and 50%-60% effaced, which is great for labor. Her regular doctor doesn't tell her anything really.

So here we are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of our granddaughter.

We're impatient, but good in the Grammy-Hood!