I got a call from my client yesterday, she had just had her appointment with her ob to check on the baby's heart rate. Everything seemed to be the same, except the heart rate showed some worries, so they are now talking about admitting her on Friday or Monday. She will be going back to the doctor on Thursday and they will then decide which day she will go, Friday or Monday.
I am a little worried though, they have now said that when she goes to the hospital they will first break her water and then start her on pitocin! I worry because this is going to make it very hard for her to have the labor and delivery she is hoping for. With them breaking the water early means it could compress the umbilical cord or it could get wrapped around the neck, which then means that the baby's heart rate will drop and then will most likely result in an emergency c-section. Then with the pitocin on top of that, it causes much harder contractions and makes it much more uncomfortable for the mother, which will then possibly result in an epidural (and we all know the side effects there). Plus the pitocin could cause too hard of contractions for the baby as well and the baby may become stressed, which then would result in c-section :/
So our plan is for her to talk to her doctor tomorrow and see if at all possible we could have a few hours when she first gets to the hospital to walk around and try to progress labor naturally. We will see what he thinks about that, I hope he will be okay with it. If not though then I will just try to make her feel as comfortable as possible and help her to deal with the side effects. In the meantime she is working on some natural inductions at home.
I also have a meeting with the nurses at Montgomery Regional Birth Center tomorrow to get an idea of the place and their procedures etc. This is in order to make sure I am not stepping on any ones feet and they know what to expect of me :) So wish me luck...
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