The Sentence

I got my "birth plan" today and here is how it goes:

IF I have another significant bleed they will deliver the baby right away. The bleed has to be pretty significant not just a "little bleed" which means at least as big as my last one (which is described below). In all honesty I think this is fairly likely given that I've had 4 bleeding episodes and 1 big bleed. The big downfall to another big bleed is that means an emergency c-section with obviously a lot of risks including me hemorrhaging, requiring a hysterectomy and of course potential danger for the baby (although he is at lower risk than I am for problems).

At 34 weeks I will have an amniocentesis so they can check lung development. The amnio (for those that don't know) is where they stick a 4ft needle in your belly to extract some amniotic fluid from the fetal sac and somehow that tells them how lung development is. Really, it's not a 4ft needle, but close enough... IF the lungs look ok, they'll deliver the boy then.

All else fails, we will have a scheduled c-section at the beginning of December (around 36/37 weeks). No matter what I am not going home because there is too high a risk of me bleeding to death (literally).

SO... I'm here for the next 2-5 weeks, which means you are ALL welcome to come visit, I love visitors even if it is only for 5 minutes! I'm starting to go nuts... I've racked up 18 days in the hospital so far and all I can say is my butt and hips are killing me from sitting/lying down so much, TV is horrible, sick of reading, food... well who can really ENJOY eating broiled tilapia and baked chicken for this long?

Please send "baby be born" vibes... I'm ready for this to end!!! OH, and my address (for those who have asked):

Prentice Women's Hospital
250 E. Superior Street
Room 968
Chicago, Illinois 60611