The waiting game
Friend with cholestasis is being induced at the moment. Yesterday she was given two Prostin, a pessary which is used to 'ripen' the cervix and allow an artificial rupture of the membranes. As she is only 37 weeks her cervix was unfavourable and the first two prostins have done little to expedidite inducing labour. This morning she has been given another pessary, we are now keeping fingers crossed that this one does the trick, meanwhile she is plodding the hospital grounds and I am waiting to be summoned to go and break her waters and help her have her third baby. I was there for the other two, the first was all normal, no problems in pregnancy, but she developed cholestasis with number two and was also induced early but that was over in a flash, third babies are often difficult little babes!
My 'little bird' tells me that the lift situation continues, with no end in sight. The lift shaft is flooded and the water needs to be pumped out, they have already involved the ambulance service in this saga, why not call on the fire-brigade to pump out the lifts?