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SIL update.

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My BIL just called.  The doctors did a NST and the baby was sleepy and didn't want to move much, but that didn't concern them because she was very active last night and yesterday.  They checked SIL and she's 3 cm dilated and 80 percent effaced, and they told her they don't know why her body is ready to have the baby or why the baby is so small.  They said that they will deliver her on Friday and she might just be a small baby, or there might be something genetically wrong and she might not survive.  They won't know until Friday.  Is this a standard speech when a baby is born unexpectedly early?  From ultrasounds the baby seems to have no problems physically with her organs or limbs or anything.
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  • At1stsightAt1stsight
    Honestly, no, I don't think that's standard speak just bc she's delivering early. DS was born earlier than her baby and we weren't ever told that, but it might just be that you have a (potentially) insensitive doc who's just laying it all out there bc they believe it's best to prepare people for the worst case scenario. I'm sorry they're only making her feel more nervous. T&Ps for her; I hope there wasn't anything that signaled a particular genetic problem and the doc was just being (overly) thorough in what outcomes you might see.
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  • mommamorrismommamorris

    ditto above... maybe there are indicators they're not telling them about, or maybe the doctor is just a twit. i haven't heard anyone say that they were told that.

    good luck to your sister...we'll be hoping the delivery goes smoothly for them. :)

     

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    Another update-she's going in for an induction tomorrow at seven a.m.  The baby was relatively active at the NST.  Apparently their doctor likes to give worst case scenarios to "prepare" everyone.  I mean, I'm sure it is possible that the baby might have something genetic in her brain that would keep her from surviving, but I don't know why teh hell he thought it would be a good idea to bring it up since there were no indicators that it is present.  We're still hoping and praying everything will be okay, but we won't know until my niece is born.
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  • mommamorrismommamorris

    glad the new test went well... keep us posted!! 

    that doc seems very insensitive. :/ 

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