Week 35

HOW FAR ALONG?    
35 weeks, 3 days.  Tail end of 8^th month.

NEWS:

Had the big doc appt this morning….

The good:  Baby G is healthy, despite a small fundal height due to lower amounts of fluid.  It is in the 60^th percentile for size measurements.  Weighs 5 lbs 14 oz with….wait for it……a FULL HEAD OF HAIR!  I am so excited about that because I was a very odd looking baby to say the least and didn’t have hair until I don’t know when. Baby G will apparently not have that problem. The hair was visible on the untrasound. The tech would bump my stomach with the wand thing to make the baby move up and down and you could see the hair floating around from the motion. 

The bad:  Due to the aforementioned lower amounts of fluid, the baby has no room in there whatsoever.  Which means whatever position it’s in….it’s pretty much stuck in.  What position would that be?   BREECH!  That’s what. 

Great.  Just great.  That means, we’re in for a c-section.  This is by no means the worse news we could have received today by far.  I am aware that it could be much much worse.  Nonetheless, I am extremely perturbed and am allowing myself the right to be upset by the news. I am disheartened by the fact that my body isn’t going to get to go through the birthing process.  That’s what it was designed to do after all. Sure, I was terrified out of my mind to go through labor and delivery, but now I feel like something been taken away from me or something.  I will eventually come to terms with it, but for now, it’s still sinking in and I haven’t accepted it yet.  

I go back for another checkup this coming Monday, after of which the situation will be reassessed with another ultrasound and a date will be chosen for delivery.  For now, the doc is thinking just a few days early, but that could be pushed to an earlier date depending on fluid levels next week.

The Precious:

Disclaimer: the nose did not look like that in every frame.  lol.  It kept putting it's arm across its face, making taking a picture very difficult (you can see that an arm is still covering half of the face). It had just brushed that arm across its face when this picture was taken, making the nose look all huge.  Don't get me wrong, still cute as hell! 

 

 

Profile:

So, yeah, that first image is 3-D. We didn't sign up for that, but I guess that's where a little small talk about LSU football will get cha.  The tech just offered to do it for us so of course we were on board!

 

HOW AM I FEELING?
Emotionally:  still swallowing the news of the c-section and still a little freaked and in shock at how fast time is flying by.  Everyone said pregnancy would take forever and that by now, the whole “I just can’t wait to have the baby” feelings would have taken over…neither has been the case for me (yet!).

Physically:  my ribs in my back right side are still killing me and all signs still point to a fracture.  It gets worse by the day.  The only relief found is by avoiding sitting down.  Laying down in one of two spots in the house in my “pillow palace” with my best friend-the heating pad is about the only place you’ll find me.   Oddly enough, it doesn’t bother me while I’m exercising, thank goodness.

My doctor actually offered to write me a note to be freed from work from now until delivery, but luckily I don’t have to take her up on that (there is WAY too much to do between now and maternity leave).  I cannot be thankful enough that Horizon is totally on board with whatever I need.  I am working from home now everyday (in my pillow palace that is!) from lunchtime through the end of the day (well, most days, when it’s feasible to do so per afternoon meetings that cannot be reworked).  

Despite the rib pain, everything else is good to go. Still have lots of energy and have no swelling, no heartburn, etc... no other complaints. I’m very grateful for that. Instead of having a bunch of little nagging things going on, it’s just one big one for me.