So our sweet Evelyn disregarded the fact her due date was June 7th. Today is June 8th, and no sign of the munchkin. Chad and I were not prepared for this one! We figured she would arrive sometime earlier this week. We visited Dr. Diebel for our 40 week appointment on June 6th and my blood pressure was a bit high. He wanted to make sure the baby wasn’t in any stress, so I went through a non-stress test. The NST is a monitor using two straps around my abdomen, one that monitors contractions, the other monitors fetal heart beat. For twenty minutes, Chad and I got to sit in recliner chairs while the monitors worked along. It was neat to hear her heartbeat for 20 minutes, it is interesting how quickly the fetal heart beats and any movement results in rapid increase, then decrease of the counts. She scored great, she was not stressed.
He asked us to come back the next morning to get my BP tested. It was fine. Dr. Diebel recommended we stay the course and wait another week until we talk about induction. We are going back to visit Dr. Diebel the last day of 41 weeks, but hopefully she will come on her own sometime this week.
I would be lying if I wasn’t a little disappointed…. We are so excited to meet her, I am feeling that maternal instinct to hold her coming on so strong these days. I guess she is really snuggly in my tummy and she is happy to hang out in there until she is ready. We are waiting….. 🙂