It looks like things are changing. Since John had never been to one of my non-stress tests I dragged him out of bed today so he could see what they are like (plus he missed the worst doctor's appointment ever last Friday, so he owed me one). The baby was pretty responsive, although he/she didn't move around at all for the first ten minutes. The new feature of this visit was that I was contracting every 5-10 minutes for the entire appointment. Because I'm getting close to my due date and the contractions are starting to get painful they decided to do an ultrasound to check the fluid levels and make sure I wasn't leaking fluid. I didn't get to see the baby because the ultrasound machine was oriented away from me, but John said Starbuck looks big and strong. My fluid levels were fine, but they told me this may very well have been my last non-stress test.
My blood pressure was up and I'm not sure why this surprised them since I was contracting and that hurts AND they had just freaked me out by telling me I needed an ultrasound. But I have to be on the lookout for any other signs of pre-eclampsia, which would mean an immediate delivery.
Let's just say I was happy that John was around to hear it all and keep me calm, although he looked a little pale coming out of the clinic :)
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