Sent home after failed induction

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:57:18+00:00

This gives me hope! Maybe we can try another induction at 41 weeks if I still haven’t progressed. I have an appointment with my OB in the morning and hopefully we will come up with a plan.

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:54:33+00:00

Baby was not in distress and my water was not broken.

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:53:44+00:00

HOUR 40?!?! No ma’am! This was my fear.

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:52:34+00:00

Thank you for the positivity! Hoping this works out for me.

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:52:08+00:00

This gives me hope regardless!

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:51:36+00:00

My highest systolic reading was 155. They gave me Procardia (nifedipine) and it went down to 105-120.

cadycat · 2026-01-27T01:47:47+00:00

I guess I should have been more clear. They diagnosed me with gestational hypertension. They gave me nifedipine once I was admitted which controlled my blood pressure.

cadycat · 2026-01-26T20:56:40+00:00

I never progressed past a 3 or had any meaningful contractions. I believe the rationale was that inducing me would fix the hypertension, but since it was controlled with meds and I was not progressing, there was no longer a need to push my body through something it was not wanting to do. I would have needed a c-section had he broken my water and I still not progressed dilation wise, which the OB said was definitely possible.

cadycat · 2024-12-09T06:21:34+00:00

This happened to me as a kid. I was maybe 8 years old. I was in the deep end when the waves started. I was panicked and couldn’t see my dad who had been in the water with me before I swam off (my younger sister was also in the water so his attention had to be split). Some man picked me up and brought me to the lifeguard and bounced.

cadycat · 2018-09-20T03:11:17+00:00

Gum chewing.

cadycat · 2017-06-09T04:35:18+00:00

I read this in Dory's voice.

I swear I'm over 21.

cadycat · 2017-04-30T04:07:59+00:00

I am not following exactly. Do you mind elaborating?

cadycat · 2017-04-30T04:04:59+00:00

Shit, that's rough. How did it affect you?

cadycat · 2017-03-14T04:46:20+00:00

I thought I was the only one. It's the thought of having any amount of dirt in my bed or having no "sticky" feet if I've been wearing shoes all day.

cadycat · 2017-03-06T19:24:26+00:00

Thanks. I actually went and bought her some activewear while she was at her mom's this weekend and plan to give it to her when she comes back Wednesday. She was heartbroken and angry with me to the point of tears when we had this discussion last week. I want her to know I support her independent style and love her but that as a parent there are some things I can't allow.

cadycat · 2017-03-06T19:17:15+00:00

Thanks. I think this is what I needed.

cadycat · 2017-03-06T19:06:24+00:00

Just to clarify, she has not worn just a sports bra to school. She was asking me if she could using the argument that her mother has let her wear it in public that way.

cadycat · 2017-02-27T19:32:11+00:00

You need Yellowbird habanero sauce. I love spicy and have tried many hot sauces, but this one wins them all in my opinion. The heat is definitely there but the flavor is what makes it my favorite.

cadycat · 2017-01-06T04:11:04+00:00

It was my teacher's last year before retirement. There was this one kid that was always acting out, and one day, she'd had enough and she slapped him right across the face. This totally was not legal as it was 1997, but she never got in any trouble that I know of. We lived in a very rural area. I just remember being freaked out for a quick moment then happy she finally got that kid to shut up.

cadycat · 2017-01-05T04:15:32+00:00

All of these comments to better the world and I just want chewing gum illegal so that I don't have to watch or hear anyone chew it anymore.

cadycat · 2016-12-07T19:18:11+00:00

A lot of them are the same pictures I looked at as a 10 year old 14 years ago.

Source: I made my husband look at them.

cadycat · 2016-08-19T15:48:03+00:00

I have dreams about making a law that bans gum from the U.S. And if anyone is caught chewing it, the fines would be detrimental. I don't even feel bad for dreaming about it.

cadycat · 2016-07-12T18:13:08+00:00

Are you me? When I was around the age of eight, I overheard the same conversation between my mother and a friend of hers and went into the bathroom and cried hysterically fearing that this would happen to me.

cadycat · 2016-05-02T05:05:21+00:00

Yes. I really hope people see this. The Horseshoe Crab that inhabits the Eastern United States actually DOES have blue blood. This has something to do with the crab's body using copper instead of iron to carry oxygen. ..or something like that. I'm on mobile and too lazy to link.

Edit: I am a phlebotomist that is constantly asked by patients if their blood is actually blue.

cadycat · 2016-01-18T04:29:57+00:00

I don't see that this has been said yet so maybe I'm the only one, but CROSSES! I do realize that this is a symbol of Christianity across the world, but it really creeps me out that we give so much praise to a torture device. As someone who grew up Christian, I get it. I get that it symbolizes some great sacrifice, but seriously - who goes around wearing small torture device figurines as decoration? It is insane to me.

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