Our doctor's appointment yesterday went well! Baby is estimated to be 6lbs 2oz and amniotic fluid levels are at 11, which is within the normal range. We had a last minute substitution as our specialist is still evacuated to Houston and will be there until her home's power is restored, so we may be continuing to see the new doctor.
Our surprise for the day was this ... we have an appointment for an amnio next thursday morning and will have the results within the day. If baby shows any distress during the amnio, they will do the c-section right there and then. If not, we will have the results within the day. If baby's lungs are developed, she will arrive by c-section the following day!!!!!!
I assume all of this still needs to be approved by my regular doctor who I will see on monday morning. But if she agrees with the specialist, it looks like we will be parents within the week!
Exciting, but scary.... very, very scary!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
There's No Place Like Home
We are back home ... yes, we still have a home!!!! The only damage we noticed so far is that the banana plants in the back yard took a beating and some boards are missing from the termite rotted fence between our yard and the neighbors (It took Sake all of 5 minutes to find her way into the neighbors yard by nosing a board to the side).
We left Pollock this evening at around 6pm, and made it here at 10:15! That is what a road trip should be like! A 5 minute heavy rain just south of Alexandria, a bit of traffic backing up right before Baton Rouge, a slight delay on the spillway due to the accident that always seems to be there, and the rest of the time was smooth sailing at 70mph.
There are a lot of people in our neighborhood already, and we have power and water! Our main motivation for returning home today is that I have an ultrasound scheduled with our specialist tomorrow afternoon at the 35 week mark. It's a relief to be back in the same city as my doctors in case of more complications, and we are looking forward to getting another look at baby tomorrow.
I'll post more about our time in Pollock soon.
We left Pollock this evening at around 6pm, and made it here at 10:15! That is what a road trip should be like! A 5 minute heavy rain just south of Alexandria, a bit of traffic backing up right before Baton Rouge, a slight delay on the spillway due to the accident that always seems to be there, and the rest of the time was smooth sailing at 70mph.
There are a lot of people in our neighborhood already, and we have power and water! Our main motivation for returning home today is that I have an ultrasound scheduled with our specialist tomorrow afternoon at the 35 week mark. It's a relief to be back in the same city as my doctors in case of more complications, and we are looking forward to getting another look at baby tomorrow.
I'll post more about our time in Pollock soon.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
This Too, Shall Pass
Well, we made it out. We left New Orleans this morning at 3:15am. The journey, which normally would take around 4 or 4 and 1/2 hours took exactly 8 hours, much of the extra time sitting in bumper to bumper traffic both on I10 leaving the city, as well as on I55 through Louisiana and Mississippi. This evacuation was better than our first with Ivan, during which the first 10 miles took 3 hours and we lost a car due to overheating, but worse than Katrina which was smooth sailing throughout. It seemed this time around that a lot of people had the same idea we did... leave in the middle of the night. They also waited longer to open contraflow this time around (opening at 4am after we were already on the road). For Katrina, they had opened it at 4pm, about 10 hours before we left. Huge difference! In retrospect, we also should have gone west and then north, instead of North and then west. It seemed like a lot more people were headed north instead of west. Next time, if there is a next time, I'm thinking we'll leave a day earlier in the middle of the night. Convincing Jeff of that will be another issue.
We are now safely at Arthur and Lovejoy's (my boss' parents) in Pollock, LA, which is just north of Alexandria. What a huge relief it was when we pulled in their driveway! We'll likely lose power in 2 days or so when the remainder of Gustav passes over us as a tropical storm, but we are out of the way of flooding, and the major storm impacts. And more importantly, within driving distance of an operational hospital, just in case of more preterm labor issues.
Now we wait .... to see if the levees hold, to see where my doctor will be post storm, to see if our home survives another giant storm - this one coming from a different direction, to see if our lives will be disrupted again for months, to see if our city actually learned anything the first time around. Now we wait ....
We are now safely at Arthur and Lovejoy's (my boss' parents) in Pollock, LA, which is just north of Alexandria. What a huge relief it was when we pulled in their driveway! We'll likely lose power in 2 days or so when the remainder of Gustav passes over us as a tropical storm, but we are out of the way of flooding, and the major storm impacts. And more importantly, within driving distance of an operational hospital, just in case of more preterm labor issues.
Now we wait .... to see if the levees hold, to see where my doctor will be post storm, to see if our home survives another giant storm - this one coming from a different direction, to see if our lives will be disrupted again for months, to see if our city actually learned anything the first time around. Now we wait ....
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