Noah Update

I realized I've been complaining about me and my feelings but not updated everyone on Noah for a few days.

He's gotten 8 out of 8 on all of his biophysical profiles and has been doing well with practice breathing and swallowing. He flopped over so he's head down, way low and has his arms and legs tucked up under him. He's found a way to kick my back this way which has made for some interesting sleeping positions. 
So right now, we are in a GOOD place. We're in a solid pattern that will allow me to stay pregnant and Noah to grow as an inside baby. He's still looking good to make it to 34 weeks now!

His non-stress test monitoring, where they monitor his heart rate and see if I'm having any contractions, have been okay. He's gotten in the habit of decelerating both suddenly and gradually. The sudden decells, as they call them, can be caused by him rolling on or squeezing his umbilical cord. His body naturally snaps him out of it with a shudder and he'll come back up quickly. The gradual decells are what's preventing me from going home to be on bed rest. It's a symptom of placental ischemia/placental insufficiency (which is what's causing his cord blood issues as well). They are NOT indicative of the beginning of the end or anything like that. Just a symptom that could come and go. It doesn't mean he's getting worse or that we move up delivery. Just one piece of this big puzzle.

We really won't deliver early at this point until we're scoring a 4 out of 8 on the BPP twice within a 4-5 hour period. Or my blood pressure skyrockets to anything over 140/90 twice within a 4 hour period. Once my blood pressure hits that stage, and we know it probably will based on all the signs being there (hopefully not for a LONG TIME), they will do the c/s to prevent distress on Noah and also to prevent HELLP syndrome which is life threatening. Also, if Noah fails to grow at our next growth scan, we'll talk delivery.