Waiting for Baby

It's official- I'm on my summer vacation!!! Oh the joy of waking up naturally, well, to a dog pressing his cold nose against me asking "please get up and feed me" rather than an annoying alarm clock. I've said goodbye to my LGE (Lake George Elementary) family until my return from maternity leave in October. I've managged to stay busy this week though- running around doing errands, 3 doctor's appointments, shopping for last minutes things, going to the gym, finishing up lamaze class, washing everything for the baby- but I've also snuck in a couple of afternoon naps. Oh how I love those naps, especially since I get up on average 3 times a night to use the restroom. It's all good though. Well, almost all good.

You see, last week at my doctor's appointment I found out that Landon is frank breech. This means that his butt is where his head should be, down in/near my pelvis. His legs stretch straight up toward his head, so it's like he's folded in half. The baby is in no danger at all, he's just positioned incorrectly which means if he stays like that I won't be able to deliver him the natural way. Doctors won't deliver breech babies vaginally because of the high risk of injury for baby and mom- especially with a first time pregnancy. Only 3% of babies are breech at time of delivery, and with each passing day the chance of him turning gets smaller and smaller. I've gone through the different emotional phases- shock, anger, saddness, and since I've had a week to digest this info I'm moving more toward acceptance. Not that I'm going to stop doing the silly things I've been doing to try and help him find his way, but what is meant to be will be and I will be okay with whatever the next few weeks bring me.

So that was last week, and this week I had an ultrasound to recheck his position, look at amniotic fluid levels, check out his size, things like that. Everything looked great. I'm 37 weeks, and the boy measured around 7lbs 13 ounces! They do say that the weight could be off by a pound in either direction, but he definately looked healthy with a round belly and adorable chubby cheeks. It wasn't 3-D or anything so the picture wasn't that great but it sure was nice to get a sneak peak of what I'll be cuddling with in just a short while. We'll be scheduling a cecerean in two weeks in the case that he remains in his breech position, but you never know- miracles can happen! I'll keep you posted...