baby talk

Thirty seven weeks, and I'm starting to slow down a little. I'm so behind with responding to email and feel terrible about it, but hope those waiting on me understand that my pace is slowing to a plod. The only sewing I managed on the weekend was hemming the edges of these muslin squares for baby wraps. Not that I care much about gender specific colours, but there's rather a blue theme going on isn't there? I've been staring to wonder what the chances are of the sonographer being wrong... what if it's a girl after all? At least she'd have a name - boy's names are still a hot topic of discussion around here.

In any case, baby has turned so isn't breech any longer, and my doctor revised the size down to only 2 weeks ahead (instead of a whopping 8 which was the suggestion at my previous appointment. Phew!) So, after thinking all along that I'd probably be a candidate for repeat c-section (Audrey was born by emergency caesar), I'm staring down the barrel of a possible vbac. What a rollercoaster. And the braxton hicks started yesterday, so the time is nigh to read, read, read, to brush up my knowledge about delivery. This is a strange point of pregnancy to be at, and I find my mind preoccupied with questions that can't be answered, and situations that can't be controlled. Mixed in with the odd rush of excitement and burning desire to sew baby stuff. At least my bag is packed!

Comments

[Lisa]

I had both types of deliveries and I hope that you can do the vbac. The "old fashioned way" is far easier and the recovery is better too... and I pushed for 2 hours and I'm saying this!

It's all really out of our hands anyway isn't it?

Warm thoughts,

[pterion]

Read about you in Crafter's Companion and decided to visit! Enjoying your blog and wishing you well for the upcoming birth. I too had an emergency C for my first child and a vbac for my second.
Best Wishes!

[Stephanie]

Hi! I'm a new visitor to your blog. Hope you don't mind a suggestion from a stranger, but The Birth Book by Dr. Sears was very helpful to me when I was preparing for my vbac, You may already have your own reading material picked out, though. Either way, best of luck!

[Levineke]

with regards to the sex of your baby, it depends where you had your ultrasound. apparently the sonographer at the wch (ben) has a 99.9% success rate with predicting the sex of baby.
with regards to the birth, i hope it all goes smoothly and easily and that your recovery is quick so you can get on with enjoying your new family member.
with my last birth (which i was most freaked about) i had a water birth and i kept chanting 'this pain is good pain, this pain is bringing my baby to me' - i'm not sure what it was, but louis was by far my easiest birth and he was 10lbs!
goodluck
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