Possible c section tomorrow

[mum2bemay22]

I’m 35 weeks and 4 days today, went in for my normal twice weekly monitoring on CTG machine as I’m a gestational diabetic. When I came off the machine I was made to wait for three hours to see a doctor. After seeing the doctor she said she was admitting me to give me steroid injections as she is worried the placenta is failing and baby may need to be delivered depending on the outcome of the urgent scan tomorrow. Has anyone had a section around this time too? Will baby be ok? Will he be taken to NICU? I would have asked the doctor but I kind of freaked out and didn’t want to ask any questions straight away until I had got my head around it. TYIA!

Hi all, sorry I didn’t come on earlier to update you all but yesterday was incredibly emotional for me. Luckily, my placenta is still working normally which the scan proved and baby seems content so no rush to theatre for me just yet but I will be having a lengthy stay in hospital for close monitoring. They have told me that if on Monday at my growth scan they believe he hasn’t ‘grown’ i.e. followed their trend on the graph, that he will be born via c section 100% in the days after the scan. If all ok, I can try my best to get to 38 weeks. They will organise me a tour of the neonatal unit too to make sure I know and feel comfortable with what may need to follow my c section next week. I have to say it took a while to get some answers and a doctor to not panic the life out of me but we are both being incredibly well looked after here in the hospital! Let’s see what Monday brings now..

Glad to hear you are being well looked after.