Different Room, Different Nurse, Positive Outcome

Well Carter, I made it. I made it through a non-stress test, successfully! Thank God!

I started to worry more last night when your daddy said he wasn't going to be able to make it to the appointment. So my anxiety level started to creep up from there. Just thinking about being alone again...whew...

But today, your little sister was kicking up a storm all morning and even into the afternoon before the appointment. That was a good feeling.

Then I had to actually get up, walk out to the car and drive myself to the appointment. That's when I started to act probably a little more quiet than usual.

I drove myself there just fine. I walked into the office just fine. And I know it sounds dumb, but I even chose a different chair than I sat in when we found out about you. Call me superstitious, but there was no way I was going to sit in the same place! So then they called my name and much to my surprise, it was a different nurse (relief...not that I don't like the other one...but seeing a different one probably helped!). And then we walked right past the room (another relief) to the other room where they do the NSTs. Then I saw my friend that works there and when she asked me how I was doing and how Abby was doing, that's when I started crying. The tears just filled my eyes. It wasn't a horrible cry. I wasn't in hysterics. But the emotions definitely got to me.

Then once we got into the room I cried some more as they got ready to put the monitors on my tummy. But once they had them on there, you could hear little Abby's heart just beating away. Praise God! The print-out looked great according to the nurse and the doctor. Abby is measuring right where she should. And we scheduled the induction for September 1st.

All in all, it was uneventful and that's a good thing. I was surrounded by people who were empathetic toward me and my situation which is reassuring. I felt truly cared about and for that I am grateful!