slowed growth + hospital appointment = ?

Unfortunately I can offer no advice, but will be thinking and checking up on you. Hopefully someone here has got some knowledge for you.

thanks Lady's
the midwife said she will ring me back this afternoon hopefully with my blood results (they did the AN ones, iron, and PET ones)
so will ask her then if I remember. Im just sitting here freaking out!

I was referred to the hospital at about 32 weeks for regular appointments and growth scans, went in for a scan at 36 weeks and was told straight after that I would be delivering that day - so a bit of a shock! It was in the morning, I hadn't had breakfast, had nothing with me and they wouldn't let me eat anything because they were pretty sure I'd end up having a c-section. Rang DH and mum whilst on the monitor, ended up delivering 'naturally' at 9pm that night after being induced. My boy's growth had pretty much stopped, my bp was up, my weight was down and his movements had slowed right down to where they wanted to get him out asap.

I would take a small bag with you just in case they want to induce then and there. I was given syntocin and had my waters broken at 4pm because Blake's hr was dropping too low with each contraction. I was also being monitored continuously so was on my back pretty much the whole day.

HTH and that your appt goes well. Blake was only 4lb 6 but was healthy other than being small.

thank you everyone. still waiting for the flippen midwife to ring (I have a toll bar so can;t ring her and she knew this!)
he scan last time. Im just so nervous about the 'unknown'

I would take a bag just in case. Its good they want to double check everything and I'm sure its all fine but it never hurts to be prepared. I ended up being admitted after a routine BP check, but had my bag in the car just in case.


Edited by littlestar

I saw the OB as Jake had gone from 50-60 percantile to 3rd.... They checked my bloods and bloodflow to and from placenta and booked another scan for 2 weeks time. Same thing repeated the following fortnight and the following fortnight Jake was fine but I had PE and was induced the next morning.

There are so many variables, but take a bag....

I know you are stressed out and have had issues with your MW but in reality she genuinely doesn't know as it will completely depend on what the scan says and also on the specialist that you see as everyone is sooo different.

I personally would just pack a bag and have DH on call just incase.

I think I'd pack a bag and leave it in the car so I didn't feel stink if it weren't needed. And I think I'd choose to take my DH with me to the appt for moral support even if it turned into nothing.

Good luck. At least if Adele arrives next week, she'll only be 2wks early - not 13!!

Has anyone heard from Tastic? I wonder how she got on yesterday.