The waiting game

The amnio was about two hours ago and here we wait. Jen's napping. And me, I'm waiting for the call.

Our OB (the high-risk one) said initial results should be back in a few hours. So hopefully soon. ... If the initial results are not certain, then they would need to send out for results; that would take a day or two. So obviously, we're hoping for the initial test results to come back saying yes to lung development. One positive sign of maturity that we saw: the amniotic fluid that they did take out was cloudy. More transparent would mean less mature.

As for the needle, Jen says, "It hurt." And she would know, being that she's gotten Lovenox shots everyday for the past seven months, plus four finger pricks a day to check her glucose levels. She's become quite the expert on needles. But I tell ya, words can't even begin to describe her strength. I'm in awe.

As for baby, she moved her foot just as the needle was making its way in, but Dr. Baron was watching simultaneously on the ultrasound, and was able to get what she needed: about 20 CCs of the 400 or so she said was in there.

Before the amnio, they did some measurements and she clocked in at 6 lbs, 11 ounces. That's 74th percentile at this point in her development. Good girl.

So now we wait for the call. As for after that, then there's another OB (normal OB) appointment at 3:45. If amnio results are good, then they'll tell us if they want to get the process going tonight or early in the a.m. tomorrow. We shall see.

Now if only that phone would ring.