Well, I've had a couple people ask, so I guess I'll post the details of the appointment today. Our baby girl had a nice healthy heartbeat of 144 bpm. My blood pressure is still good and very well within the normal range. This is excellent news that keeps my platelets from being as much of an issue. We had blood drawn again to check the platelet counts again. We will get the results tomorrow. The frustrating news is that this past week we did not make any progression as far as dilation and effacement. :( I'm still at 3cm and 70% effaced. Our baby girl is still in the -2 position and (much as I was sure she had) has not dropped down any farther into my pelvis. Rats! I told my doctor I would like to keep things moving along, so he stripped my membranes, seperating the amniotic sack from the uterine wall. This can induce contractions which can bring on labor. Here's hoping that it actually works. He also took me off of work. This is good news for me. I'll be able to rest and not be worn out from work when labor does start and the hard part begins. It will also help keep my blood pressure down, which will continue to keep my platelet count from being a problem. It's not such good news for work. With our assistant manager on vacation this week and me not returning to work they are down to 3 people on the schedule to finish off this week. Luckily, when Danielle gets back from vacation they have a new girl starting, so the schedule shouldn't be quite so difficult. And with me leaving early, I will be gone until after Thanksgiving. I have the next 9 weeks to wait for my baby girl to arrive and then spend all of my time getting to know her. :) Can't wait! Hopefully she'll be here soon. :)
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