Thursday, September 13, 2007

36 Week appointment....WHOA!

Ok, so alot has happened. Abel and I met at the doctors office yesterday for the ultrasound and check up with Dr. B. The ultrasound was good, everything looked great....other than the baby is still breech. They are estimating the baby to weigh 6 pounds and 10 ounces. The baby turned away from the camera again and was facing my back, head still under my ribs. We AGAIN could not get a good picture. The ultrasound tech did show us all of the hair again and showed the heartrate at a healthy 138. So....at this point all is well and we head back to the waiting room. As we sit and wait, I tell Abel he can go ahead and go because Dr. B was just going to do an internal exam and should be quick and I will be headed back to work...no big deal. WRONG. I go back, and he does the internal. I of course am not dialated or effaced at all. He then goes on to talk about options for a breech baby. Because of my placenta being in front, I refused to try and turn the baby since he explained there is risk of tearing the placenta away. He then goes on to suggest a scheduled csection. I am thinking in my head at this point that I have a couple of weeks to wait and decide.....until he says "It would be best to make this decision TODAY". I couldn't believe it....next thing I know, I am in the nurses office and she is calling the hospital to schedule the c-section in 2 weeks!! I am now scheduled to have the csection on September 27th at 7:30 am. I was a tad overwhelmed. They handed me a diaper bag full of stuff, paperwork for the hospital and even prescriptions for when I come home. All of this time, I am thinking, I can't believe I sent Abel out of here. So, when I finally got out of there, I called Abel with the news. I think he is a bit relieved as he was nervous about labor. lol. So.....to wrap it up, I am having a baby in 2 weeks exactly! :) At least I don't have to worry about Dr. B not being there now. lol.

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