Okay.. Had an appointment today. Had some confusion on the time of the appointment.. so after getting turned away at 10:45am.. I went back at 1pm and had the actual appointment (Never trust Kevin when he tells you he KNOWS what time yer appointments are!) HAHA...
When I got there they did the "non-stress test" on me.. its where they put a monitor on my belly and I need to hold it there for like, 20 minutes while they listen to the baby's heart beat. I guess the point of it is to see if her heart rate goes up and down as she moves. Like its usually around 150 normally, but when she moves it'll go up and then its supposed to go back down to 150. So they move my belly around trying to make her move around (gotta love pissing off the baby!) hahah.. I guess she did okay on that (they didnt say much about it)..
Then I had my ultrasound. She's weighting 3.8 pounds now. And from what I read on Babycenter.com (or something?) shes supposed to be 3.75 pounds so shes right on track with the weight. So thats good!!! However, Dr. Blake said she is 9 days behind schedule (I could have sworn a month ago she told us 7 days..) and then she's in the 7th percentile (meaning she's only larger then 7% of baby's her gestational age - 32 weeks!).. she was in the 8th percentile one month ago. Dr. Blake said 1% isnt anything to worry about. *shrug* The umbilical cord blood pressure was normal. She did say something was on the high side but for the life of me I cant remember what she told me! But the baby did take her practice breaths this week (Last week they watched her for 15 minutes and she didnt take any!) but the two weeks before that she did.. so maybe last week was just an off week!
I was concerned about the info as in the 9 days behind and the 7th percentile deal but Dr. Blake said she's actually doing very well and she got a 10 out of 10 in tests today and there is nothing to worry about right now.
So, being she's the doctor that really knows what shes doing, I'll take her word on that. If she wouldnt have said that I'd probably have gotten sad and went home and moped around over it.. but she said not to worry, so I'll take her word on that I guess! :)
Now I have two baby classes tomorrow (Saturday), an Ultrasound at Dr. Noland's office on Monday, a OB appointment WITH dr. Noland on tuesday, an appointment at St. John's for preadmission work and the financial part (EEK!) on wednesday, then a OB appointment with Dr. Blake on Thursday and then I get to relax all day Friday (yeah right!) HAHA.
OH, we did have a hospital tour of St. John's today also. (I went on a tour a few weeks ago, but i thought for sure I'd be choosing Hillcrest so I told Kevin not to worry about getting time off work for the tour!) BUT, then I toured Hillcrest (as did he.) and I decided I really liked St. John's way better!!! SO.. we scheduled another tour of St. John's today so Kevin could see as well!
The nurse that did the tour for us was so much more informative then the night i went.. she explained a lot more (including how to park) HAHA>. funny thing.. they tell you to park on the 6th floor when you are in labor and going to the hospital.. so i thought we'd check out the 6th floor so I could see everything as in if i were in labor.. well we're driving and we're at like, floor 5 and then it goes to 7.. and I'm like HUH?? So we got in an arguement over whats going on.. and finally we just realized we're really confused, parked at floor 5, took the elevator to floor 6, went out in the parking garage and stood there like HUH??? as we were way confused.. so we said "whatever" and went on to our tour.. well.. the nurse "Katy" explained, if you enter in front of the hospital then you hit floors, 1, 3, 5, 7 by the hospital enterance.. but if you enter the other parking structure (the one we usually use to get to Dr. Blakes) then you hit, 2, 4, 6 8 for the hospital.. SO.. we just entered the wrong side of the structure.. we're not stupid afterall :P hahhaha. we were way confused!
So she took us across the air bridge thing and showed us where you check in when in labor then she showed us the triage room (we couldnt go in there tho), then she showed us where they do the c-sections if there is an emergency, then she showed us the labor and delivery rooms which are very nice! I like it cuz they hide everything, like the oxygen tubes and all that stuff is behind a picture that slides up in the room and the monitors and everything are in an armoire and there is a nice chair that reclines in there and a bench chair too, plus a flat screen tv and then there is a shower and the place where the put the baby and all tht fun stuff. And she showed us the "code pink" button on the wall that is connected to the NICU department so if baby has problems, they press that button and immediately the NICU rushes to the room to help the baby. The room was very nice tho!!!
Then they showed us the nursery's.. I guess St. Johns is the only one in Tulsa that has a "special nursery" and a normal nursery. Like if the baby needs oxygen or antibiotics or something more done, but isnt in bad enough condition to go to NICU, then she will go to the special nursery.. its kinda between a completely healthy baby and a sick baby nursery.. so if its something minor, she'll go in there (on the same floor as me) but if its something major then she'll go to the NICU unit. So thats nice to know.
Then she explained the tag system. Baby has a bracelet on her wrist, ankle and a security tag on her umbilical cord. Kevin and i will each have a bracelet and the only people who can get her outta the nursery is kevin or i. And we have to go thru two locked doors to get to her.. And if shes taken beyond the security points all the elevators lock up and security knows right away.. so she can't be stollen (or lost like in Kevin's dream.. he dreamed that the hospital lost her and he couldnt find her tracking number (like a UPS package) so they couldnt find her HAHA)
We got to see the recovery room too.. there is a padded bench thing that makes into a twin bed plus a rocking chair and then my bed.. plus another flat screen tv. and that room is nice as well.. oh, plus our own shower.
During my tour they said that Kevin can have a tray of food brought up to him (we pay for it tho) or we can call and have food delivered.. or beg our family members to bring us food HAHHA... so yeah.. thats nice to know as well... plus baby can be brought in our room in a bassinet type deal and she can stay in there as much or as little as I want her in there.
And Nurse Katy is all for natural childbirth and she said other nurses are too... so i dont feel like im going to be pressured into an epidural so thats good!! Shes worked there 20 years, another nurse we saw has been there 20 years too, another 10.. she said they all are like that.. they stay forever! Plus we saw the nun that visits everyone while yer in there.. everyone seemed SO NICE!!!
Nurse Katy said she'll try to find us on wednesday when I do the pre-admittance tests and stuff so she can work with us.. and I'm for sure asking for her if she's working when i go into labor, she just was so nice and made us feel so at home! She even gave us a hug on our way out! haha..
I liked it cuz nurse Katy was like "well thanks for considering our hospital" and Kevin is all "we decided on your hospital, no more considerations!" and Nurse Katy got all excited. See, at Hillcrest, I hadnt even toured the hospital yet and they wanted me filling out paper work with my insurance info to "sign me up!" they didnt even ask if I was interested, they just assumed thats my decision! umm.. no! :)
And to top it off, all my classes were at Hillcrest, even tho I chose St Johns .. so i was just going to keep it that way since we already paid and stuff.. well.. hillcrest called thursday and said my classes were cancelled!!! So, we have to go with St. John's classes anyways, so to me, that was just a sign that i made a good choice in St. Johns since hillcrest fell thru on my classes too! Now i just have to wait like 3 weeks for my refund!!! jeeze!!
Anyways.. so thats my long drawn out day. Now I am going to take a nap and regret it tonight when I can't sleep :) hahha
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