Jaspers here, emergency c-section and in the NICU :( - Mothering
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c-section and in the NICU :( DragonflyMom's Avatar DragonflyMom
06:42 PM 10-09-2011  So Jasper did not make his entrance into
this word as planned...not by a freaking long shot...   So, last
Friday (the 7th) was my 40 week OB appointment, I went in and
got settled in for an NST like usual and Jasper ended up having
some heart-rate decelerations which concerned my OB, my blood
pressure was also up over my baseline (it was at 180/102 and my
base is usually around 140/90)    My OB is VERY pro-natural
child-birth, having had 2 of her own, as is my nurse and we had
discussed letting me go as far as 42 weeks as long as things
stayed good so instead of immediately springing induction plans
on me she sent me across the street to the hospital to get a
more in-depth NST and a bio-physical ultrasound done.   I got
over there and they hooked me up for the NST for about an hour
and Jasper had 9 d