My sister went in for a regular OB appt yesterday (Monday) after work. The baby's heart beat was off kilter so her doc sent her to the hospital for further monitoring. While there, the baby's heart beat got really scary so they decided to do an emergency c-section. I found out when my mother called me to ask me to take pick up her dog to stay @ my house because she was on her way to the hospital to meet my sister. It didn't register @ 1st in my mind. Then, when I hung up the phone, I started sobbing uncontrollably.
She was 29 weeks as of Sunday. The baby was born blue with kinks in her cord but they were able to stabilize her & sent her to a hospital with a NICU across town. Maggie weighed in @ 2lbs even. My sister was transported late last night to the same hospital. As of tonight the baby is on 30% oxygen via CPAP but is otherwise stable. I don't even want to think what could've happened if she had not had an appt yesterday. Her pregnancy was completely normal until 3pm yesterday. My nephew was born @ 38w6d weeks vaginally & unmedicated with no complications FWIW. My sister is doing fine & will likely be home this weekend. I want so badly to go give her a hug but there's no way I could handle being on a NICU floor which makes me feel like shit.
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Wow. Thank goodness the doctor was on top of things and she had that appointment! I really do feel that women need to be monitored just a little more than they are in pregnancy because you never know. Congrats on the new family member.
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