I have been meaning to update but things have been crazy. So much has happened in the last couple of months. At 34 weeks I had a growth ultrasound and they found my fluid levels were a little low at 7cm and Maya's growth was a little behind but not much, so they decided to do non-stress tests (NST) and biophysical profiles (BPP) weekly until the scheduled c-section on December 28th. She got a 10/10 at the 34 week scan. At the 35 week BPP the u/s tech gave a very inaccurate result. She said there was no fluid and no detectible movement as far as muscle tone is concerned, even though both my mom and I could see Maya kicking on the screen and I could feel her moving like crazy. The tech herself even pointed out her moving her fingers! Apparently they can't measure fluid if it has umbilical cord in it and all measurable fluid had that in it so she didn't count it. She gave me a 4/10. They admitted me to the hospital that night, hooked me up to the monitors and she was moving around like crazy. My OB said that everything was looking perfect- textbook even! They did a repeat u/s and found that my levels were a little lower at 6cm but definitely not zero. I scored another 10/10. They decided that I would go to the perinatology group the following week for the BPP and not mess with the untrained hospital techs.
At 36 weeks and 2 days we drove to Denver, an hour and a half away, to get an u/s. They found that my fluid levels were quite a bit lower at 2-4 cm, which is technically oligohydramnios. Her growth had slowed even more and she was measuring at the 12th percentile. We then spent awhile while they tried to get ahold of my OB (after hours) and figure out what to do with me. After they got ahold of the on call Dr. that works in that office the decided that the best thing was for us to head home and to get that baby out! We were in total shock. My OB called when we were on the way back home to go to the hospital and talked to me about what was going to happen.
We got home, grabbed our bag, took our dogs to my mom's, and then met my mom at the hospital. It all happened so fast! Maya Rae was born by emergency c-section at 9:39 pm on Tuesday, December 13. She weighed 4 lbs 9 oz and measured 17.24 inches. I cried when they showed her to me. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen! We both felt so lucky that despite all the complications along the way she was here, alive, and she was ours.
I'll update more about life after her birth soon!
