Well, even though the girls’ heart rates looked good today, my heart got a little jumpstart! A resident did a quick ultrasound this afternoon and she wasn’t able to measure one of the girls’ amniotic fluid level. She called in a higher-ranking resident, who similarly struggled to find an adequate pocket of amniotic fluid. They said they needed to have a “fellow” (an OB/GYN training to be a perinatologist) do the ultrasound to double check their findings, but said that low amniotic fluid levels could be caused by either my water breaking, or by placental problems. Needless to say, I was a bit worried. Jim reminded me that a nurse yesterday had mistaken him for someone else and remarked that “Tomorrow’s the big day!” We were hoping she wasn’t unintentionally prophetic!
A few hours later, two residents, a fellow and the chief perinatologist come into my room with an ultrasound machine, and I started to get nervous – why were they were bringing in the big guns? Fortunately, the “big guns” were able to quickly find appropriate amniotic fluid levels, and reassured me that the girls were absolutely fine. Hooray!
Now I’m off to watch “Anne of Green Gables” with our niece, Alli, who was kind enough to agree to one more slumber party during her visit here to Connecticut. We’ll see if we can persuade Jim to watch as well – I figure he needs to get used to chick flicks now, since two more chicks will be joining the family shortly!
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