Low Amniotic Fluid

So Friday was an interesting day! I scheduled a medical ultrasound to see the growth of the baby, and I double booked my appointment so I could get in yesterday. The place is totally filled up for the next few weeks, and if I wanted to get it done soon, so my choice was to double book. So they fit me in yesterday at 3:45 in Fremont. During the appointment they said they could see the size was good (6 1/2 pounds!), and the bad news was she's breech (which I knew) and I had LOW amniotic fluid. And the doctor said because of that he wanted me to get a Non-Stress test at the hospital that night or Saturday. So he called my doctor and told her what the results of the ultrasound were, and I talked to her, and she wanted me to go straight to the hospital. She said that we need to see the baby's heartbeat and see if she was in any distress, and we'll do a non-stress test every 3 days, and monitor her. She said they will monitor her and if she's not doing well, we're taking her out (early delivery)! So its good thing I got the appointment yesterday! My mom was with me the whole time , and she drove me to Valleycare Hospital next. Cameron was now leaving the city and on his way to the hospital. I was trying to just hold it all together, but I was definitely frazzled, and shaky. Everything at the hospital went fine, and she did wonderful during the test. I guess they want to see that every time she moves, her heart rate goes up...which it did. So ,of course, right when I was done, Cameron arrived at BART (I told him everything looked fine, and I was going home), so I just met him at home. I'm glad the nights over, and that everything is ok. Now I get to go in for another ultrasound (to check the amniotic fluid) and a non-stress test Monday morning. Then again 3 days later.

So its a good thing that Friday was my last day of work because I have to do this test every 3 days. I'm not sure how long they'll continue it for...the remainder of the pregnancy or just until they see that everything is fine? We'll see.

After finding all of this out, I don't think I want to do an External Verion (where my OB tries to turn her into position). I think I want to let her move into position on her own. She might be breech for a reason, and I don't want to do anything that is not natural. The cord is near her neck right now, but not wrapped around it, and my fear is that if we try to turn her, the cord could wrap itself around her neck, or could detach from the placenta, etc. So I just want to let her be. And also knowing that my amniotic fluid is low, I don't want to do anything to cause distress with low fluid to move around in. I'm still deciding, but it looks like a planned cesarean around my due date would be best. I really don't feel like she's going to move on her own. She's been in this position for quite some time now, and seems quite comfortable. Her arm and one leg have been up around her face since 20 weeks, and I'm at 36 weeks now. Seems like she's in that position for a reason...

It was a little bit of a frightening night, and I'm glad everything turned out positive. And I'm glad to know she's at 6 1/2 pounds if anything were to happen!