Baby Update

Well, not much to say, it is not here yet. I am starting to get discouraged. Sort of like an athlete who is waiting too long on the board before diving, I am starting to get nervous. I am really just ready to go, run the race, so to speak. E. came yesterday and said everything was great. My swelling and blood pressure, which were minorly bad, have come back to normal. I have gained about 45 lbs, which is good for me, since I gained 55 with Lucie. I am only about 3-4 lbs heavier now than I was when I birthed Lu.

E. is reconsidering the baby's weight. She says that by looking at me you would think it was a 10lb baby, but that by feeling, she thinks it may just be longer and laying "out". The head is down and not wiggly in the pelvis any more. The baby had been ROA (laying head down with back to my right side) for last month or so. This is sort of "not optimal" b/c babies tend to move in clockwise direction to get to LOA position (back to left side) before coming out of uterus. So, instead of making 1/4 counterclockwise turn, most babies go all the way around. No biggie, but for that they go through OP (back to mom's back) position, which many hear called "back labor" or posterior baby. Back labor is not fun b/c the hardest part of babies head hits hardest part of mom's back, so it can hurt more and and b/t contractions so mom doesnt get "breaks". So, I asked E about this and what she thought. She sort of dismissed it as, "if he/she goes OP, we will cope and move around until he/she moves LOA". Okay, I thought, cannot do anything else except wait for it to move, so why worry about possibililty of back labor. Last night, I was very uncomfortable with occasional crampy Braxton Hicks and just generally feeling yuck. So, at 9pm I went in my room to watch the finale of my show "the Closer" which I missed on Monday and I sat up in the bed indian style reclining on some pillows. Within about 20 minutes, the baby turned to what I thought was LOA or at least LOT (sort of 9 o'clock if front is 12 and back is 6pm). Now, I am thinking it may still be OP. Probably it is going back and forth. Anyway, the baby has started to make its move to get out, so I am encouraged. But, I sort of went to bed with this idea that it would sort of "shoot out" overnight. Nothing happened, so I am tired. I didnot sleep soundly until after 2:30pm, as per normal. Lucie got up at 6:45am, so I got up at 6:46am.

I am going to run some errands first thing this morning (get Lucie some new stuff to play with for during birth and after) and then come back and sleep for awhile while the babysitter is here. MacKenzie is coming to watch Lucie this evening so Jarred and I can go out for our anniversary. We will probably go to Pinetta's, of course.