Wednesday we went to our doctor appointment and had our growth scan. Ethan was still head down and so very very low but he's still in. He's measured 4lbs 0 oz. He is a little guy, his head measured 37% but his belly was in the 2%. This put him in the 6% overall which means he has ayssmetrical inter uterine growth restriction. His blood is being shunted to his brain, doctor said its a survival technique. This meant we needed to go to a maternal fetal medicine specialist for them to doppler Ethan's blood flow to various parts of his body. She informed us that he did grow from the last ultrasound and that's a good sign. I put on 10 lbs in two weeks, must have been the ensures and extra breakfast ( I added at like 4 am). Trying to beef up the little guy. We were lucky and didn't have to drive down to Birmingham bc the office has a tech ( I guess ultrasound tech)come up on Thursday's and they got us in. We were informed that once the dopplers look bad they will deliver that day or sometimes will say within 3 days.
Then we checked my cervix. Ethan's still right on it and the stitch is right there but it's holding at 3. Most of it is belw the stitch but either way it's still there and behaving. She said at this point cervix start dropping anyways so it's not a big deal anymore. Still important but not a critical as it was earlier in the pregnancy.
Doctor mention its getting close to stopping the procardia but I haven't had to take it in just over a month. I forgot to ask about the 17 p shots that I get weekly though. Im ready to be finished with those. My butt is still bruised from last weeks.
My doctor had to head out to labor and delivery so I guess we'll discuss more next week.
Andrew figured we would be delivering either today or Monday because of Ethan's downward trend over the last month. We knew it depended on the results of today's test. We did pack a bag and camera stuff just in case they said it was time to deliver. We had to get there early to fill out aper work. One of the questions was current pregnancy problems- I giggled because we have so many I figured they would think I was kidding. He tech was really nice - she said she had to check his measurements first before dopplering to make sure he really needed it. She said wow he's low and said he was hard to measure bc of it. Ethan measured in the 7 % based on her measurements- head and arms 22% and belly and legs 5%. Oh and my fluid was 8 which is good. She then began to check the flow to his brain, heart, and umbilical cord. I'm pretty ure that's what she checked. She said it looked good for now and a doppler reading is good for seven days. She said the results would be sent down to Birmingham and the specialist would send the results to my doctor. She said I'll keep seeing her weekly for these until it's bad - then she said she would keep us there call the specialist and immediately send him the results. Thankfully, we are good till next week. Then we do it all again. I go to my on Wednesday for a nst then Thursday to the doppler thing. Hopefully, my cervix continues to behave and we only have to worry about growth.
Oh and Savannah broke her leg this week which makes life just a little more complicated. We are both now laid up on the couch. She has started crawling around and pulling up. So, maybe she will walk on the cast soon. Right now she has to be carried everywhere and I can't. Well, I could if I had too but I'm pretty sure Ethan would fall out if I strained at all and I'm really not kidding :)
We are almost 34 weeks which is great news!!! We will see when he decides to make an appearance. we've been anticipating his arrival for months and still technically have a month and a half to go. I feel like this pregnancy is lasting longer than most peoples but I'm sure everyone has those thoughts too! Atleast, we are really getting close now.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We are doing so well considering all the issues.
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