37 Weeks 5 Days
Today was another of my bi-weekly ultrasounds and non-stress tests. For me, blood pressure, urine, and weight were all good. For the babies, their amniotic fluid levels remain good, their heart rates are good and they continue to be reactive.
The OB asked if I had any desire to hurry things along or whether I wanted to let nature take its course, and I managed to choke out that unless she was seeing something that indicated a problem I would continue to deal with the misery and wait for everything to start on its own.
(Any time now would be good.)
She said that was good and that induction would just increase my chances of needing a surgical birth and that the way everything looked at this point there was just no need. She also noted that 38 weeks is average gestational length for twins, so I am not even overdue. She offered to do an internal exam if I wanted one (because, really, who DOESN’T want an almost total stranger to shove her hand up to their cervix?) , but since the stats don’t mean anything at this point I decided against it. I could have been 2cm and still be 2cm 2 weeks from now, or I could have been 2cm and have been in active labor by the time we got home.
Obviously, the latter wasn’t the case.
Did I mention that any time now would be good?
Stumble it!
and the 529 college savings accounts get a kickback.