non stress test vs. stress test

Today has been a very long day. Mom got here safely on Tuesday evening and I am very glad she was here to take care of the boys today. I had a routine NON stress test today so I went to the hospital at 11am. The labor and delivery floor was crazy so they asked me to go have lunch and come back. No problem I ran a few errands and had lunch. I arrived at the hosptial again around 12:30 and things were still incredibly crazy. I ended up waiting 2hrs and getting to know some people from Lubbock, TX. Well the baby showed some signs of distress and the heart rate dropped with my first contraction. Well I wasn't having many contractions so they were all worked up (they get this way over the slightest things when you are type 1 diabetic). They called the doc and a couple hours later Dr. Percy came to check things out. Meanwhile the hospital lost electrial power and was running on emergency generators.
After looking at the monitor results, Dr. Percy had the nurses start an IV and she sent Daniel to get me some dinner. Then they started a STRESS test. This is where they give you potossin (the drug they use to induce labor) to cause contractions and stress on the baby to see how the baby responds. They increase it at prescribed intervals to test the baby and our baby passed handling the stress quite well which means the original signs of distress were a fluke. So after 7.5hrs on the baby monitor I am home and ready for bed.

We are scheduled to induce Monday morning at 5:30am unless the baby comes on it's own before then. Stay tuned for more details.

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