The CNP that I met with at my weekly appointment mentioned a due date of August 3rd, which really irritated me. As they know, we did IVF. I can tell them the EXACT conception date and time, which means my due date is pretty exact. July 31st. They should know better than to try and change my due date not only because of our conception process, but because I'm 38 weeks pregnant and even pushing it out 3 days is NOT cool. I may have to make sure my OB updates my file next week so I don't end up freaking out on a poor nurse.
On a good note, we're slowly making progress! I'm dilated to 1cm, 50% effaced and baby's head is at station -1.
The dilation doesn't mean too much as you can be dilated at 3cm for weeks with no labor and you can also be at 1cm and go into labor overnight. But I was happy to hear that my cervix is 50% thinned! Yeah!
And although I'm feeling a bit of pressure "down there", I wasn't sure how much the baby had really dropped. Here's a little diagram on the stations:
I'm at -1 and at +3, you are pushing. It might be time for some long walks to get things moving more!
I also got the results back from the Group B Strep test that I had last week. Positive. I shouldn't really be surprised as nothing with this pregnancy has been normal, but it's not a big deal so I'm not worried.
GBS is a bacterial virus that they test pregnant women for. If you are positive, you will be on antibiotics during labor as not to pass it to your newborn during delivery since it can be harmful for a newborn. About 30% of healthy women will test positive for it. Interesting enough, even if you test negative for it, you can test positive for it later and vice versa. It's a virus that can hibernate. So as I said, I'm not too worried. I'll just have an IV during labor/delivery to ensure Baby B stays healthy.
Here's more info: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/groupbstrepinfection.html
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