Late decels

So it turns out maybe Tali wasn’t into the cytotec. In the hour I was monitored after I returned from the walk, we saw some “late decelerations” — meaning after a contraction, baby’s accelerated heartbeat (they like the variability above the blue), decreases to “below baseline” (see arrow where it drops to around 130 where my baseline is around 140)

Sorry was interrupted there. Anyhoo. Trade offs / options are (1) my contractions are too close to potentially have another round of cytotec. (2) my water broke about 19 hours ago and we want to minimise risk of infection. I’ve already had two exams and sticking a mechanical device inside my cervix to enlarge it to 4cm may increase that risk. (3) pitocin to ramp up the contractions slowly, but that means labouring through the night. (4) do nothing for a few hours and see where we are after a night’s rest and see if either things start becoming more intense by themselves or we start pitocin in the AM.

Supported by our AMAZING and dearest friend Cindy, who owns a birthing center in Berkeley (Pacifica Family Maternity Center), and perhaps unsurprisingly, we chose to go with option 4.

So off to try and sleep we go. Contractions have gotten a bit more painful, around 5min apart. But still no cussing yet. And if I’m posting here, it obviously means it doesn’t hurt thaaaat much.

Night y’all! TBC.