Baby Elliott Day 6..
Mar 18, 2015 20:45:01 GMT -5
Post by santoki77 on Mar 18, 2015 20:45:01 GMT -5
yesterday was a weird day. it was good day because one of the MFMs decided to "teach"/show a med student the umbilical doppler (which measures the resistance of blood flow) and yeah!!! the resistance did not get worse from when they first admitted so yeah to little victories!!! ....then during my evening/3d monitoring session, and, without an explanation, they put me on oxygen and the monitoring lasted over an hour. it really freaked me out bc this was the first change to a monitoring session. The MFM resident came and advised that Elliott's HB was "too steady" (i've learned a lot thus far re: how a baby's HB should be during specific weeks) - bottom-line, his HB is supposed to show ups/downs (such as 135-141-146-150-141-136, etc.) but he was "too steady". they wanted to make sure he was just sleeping or resting v. unresponsive. Once they put me on the oxygen, Elliott perked up and his HB started fluctuating again...
so, even being scared shitless, we survived another day.
Today is Day 6. During rounds this morning, the MFM attending gave a more detailed explanation regarding the use of oxygen last night, as well as other measures which are used (such as IV fluids) to 'perk' up the baby to check his responsiveness. since Elliott responded right away, they are satisfied that he's ok.
I am scheduled to have the official umbilical doppler tomorrow so hopefully they will continue to say that Elliott's situation remains the same (since the blood flow situation almost never gets better...)
I realized that rather than living day-to-day, i'm first living for every morning and then for every monitoring session. They keep telling me "movement is a key indicator" of how Elliott's doing. So every morning, when I wake up, I worry about whether i'll feel him move. it's the most nerve-wrecking first hour of my morning (I'll have to write about the # of times I'm woken up in the morning to be checked on, it's pretty insane). I purposefully move around and get up to get some movement out of him. Fortunately, I know he usually starts moving when I'm hungry and after meals. Also, drinking a nice cold glass of water seems to help. I start worrying when I don't feel him move after an hour but he seems to know when I worry..
one more monitoring session for the night at 10 PM then onto Day 7. Elliott is already 6 days older than when I was first admitted and we're creeping closer to the ever important 28w mark!
Thanks again everyone
so, even being scared shitless, we survived another day.
Today is Day 6. During rounds this morning, the MFM attending gave a more detailed explanation regarding the use of oxygen last night, as well as other measures which are used (such as IV fluids) to 'perk' up the baby to check his responsiveness. since Elliott responded right away, they are satisfied that he's ok.
I am scheduled to have the official umbilical doppler tomorrow so hopefully they will continue to say that Elliott's situation remains the same (since the blood flow situation almost never gets better...)
I realized that rather than living day-to-day, i'm first living for every morning and then for every monitoring session. They keep telling me "movement is a key indicator" of how Elliott's doing. So every morning, when I wake up, I worry about whether i'll feel him move. it's the most nerve-wrecking first hour of my morning (I'll have to write about the # of times I'm woken up in the morning to be checked on, it's pretty insane). I purposefully move around and get up to get some movement out of him. Fortunately, I know he usually starts moving when I'm hungry and after meals. Also, drinking a nice cold glass of water seems to help. I start worrying when I don't feel him move after an hour but he seems to know when I worry..
one more monitoring session for the night at 10 PM then onto Day 7. Elliott is already 6 days older than when I was first admitted and we're creeping closer to the ever important 28w mark!
Thanks again everyone
