No midwifery for me. I've officially been diagnosed with Gestational Hypertension, which means my blood pressure is too high to ignore anymore. During labor, a mother's BP increases by 10-15 mm Hg and since I'm already in the high range, labor will most definitely put me over the wall. Having high blood pressure during labor increases my chances of seizures and inter cerebral hemorrhaging. The Midwifery is not equipped with the tools needed if something like that were to happen to me. I have to have the birth in the hospital. I'm a little disappointed because I wanted a completely unmedicated, natural birth with the freedom to move as I please and make my own decisions. I can still make a lot of my own decisions at the hospital but I'll be a little restricted with IVs.
Snowflake is doing very well and will probably not need any assistance after birth (if we were to deliver right now). As long as I'm doing okay, I'll be able to hold him/her as long as I want and they can do a bedside exam instead of immediately carting them off to the nursery.
Tomorrow, I have an appointment with the OB I've been seeing. I was told "bring your husband and pack a bag". We'll see what happens. Part of me doesn't believe we'd deliver tomorrow, but I guess it's a possibility. Who knows? We're done trying to plan anything and just letting God do the rest. We pretty much have everything we need to bring a baby home, for now. The past couple weeks and all it's drama has prepared us mentally for the possibility of a spontaneous delivery. I'm looking forward to putting all this behind me.
Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes!!!
