Our official due date was August 8 which would be a normal 40-week term. It’s common for first-time babies to go 41 weeks and we had a sneaking suspision that our official due date was earlier than it should be anyway so it was no suprise when the 8th came and went.
Friday, August 11 we went to the doctor’s office for a Non-Stress Test (NST) where they hook Stacy up to a monitor that track’s her contractions and Nathan’s heartbeat. That test seemed normal and as long as Nathan was doing fine there was no reason to rush him so the doctor decided to schedule an induction for Saturday the 19th. He said there was less than a 1% chance of making it that long without going into labor naturally. He also wanted us to come back Monday for another NST, again, just to make sure everything was fine.
Today (Monday, August 14) we went back for another NST and it didn’t show as much activity as they like to see. They call it “non-responsive”. Nathan’s heart rate was steady but every once in a while it should bump up and it wasn’t doing that. The doctor thought we should go to the hospital to get another NST there and an ultrasound to check the baby’s movements and reflexes and that there was still plenty of amniotic fluid.
The NST at the hospital was also non-responsive but the ultrasound looked fine. They look for certain indicators and score them and Nathan got 8 out of 8.
The doctor wanted us to come back to his office to go over options. We got there about 6:30, well after his regular hours, and he told us he thought it would be better not to wait til Saturday so we decided sooner was better than later. He called the hospital,and set it up for 6am tomorrow.
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