Monday, August 18, 2008

We are having the baby......

We still don't know. My doctor said we were going to schedule it last Monday...if my blood pressure was high, we would do it on the 29th at 38 weeks, if it was lower, we would look at Sept 5th at 39 weeks. My blood pressure was 110/66 (or something close to that) which is one of the lowest it has been all pregnancy, which shocked me cause it was DEFINITELY not a low stress week since we moved McKenzie into Brayden's room...and that adjustment took some time, the kids got sick, we'll just say, it wasn't stress free. Anyway, the doctor said that we would probably look at Sept 5th as long as my blood pressure stays low but he would do an internal check at this weeks appointment and if I was dialated at all then he would consider taking me on the 29th. I have been having a TON of pain this pregnancy and have been very uncomfortable and to top it off, the position she was in was very painful, so I asked the doctor if he could tell what position she was in so I could know what it was that was killing me (she was breech last time he checked). He took us back and did a quick ultrasound and we found out it was her butt that was killing me. She was stretching or something and her butt was under my ribs. Anyway, I asked if there was anything we could do for the pain I have been having and he told me I would just have to deliver. He did tell me that depending on what happens this week, if I am dialated at all, how my blood pressure is, we will talk about my "comfort level" and if I would like, we could cheat a little and have her the 29th (she has also been measuring a week ahead all pregnancy). That is such a hard decision because while I am uncomfortable and would like her out, I don't want her to come too soon, but it also decides what happens with school and other things. Since Sept 1st is the school cutoff, if I have her the 29th, she could go to school a year earlier than if I wait until Sept 5th. So, we could get to choose whether she is the youngest in her class or the oldest. It is a hard decision since I am the young end of my class and I didn't like it (well, only my sophmore year....everything else was fine). Also, if I have her Aug 29th, that would give me an extra week of help, which I will need. Plus my swelling is getting pretty bad.....so I have to keep an eye on that. It got so bad that Scott even gave me a foot massage last night without me even asking......and that says A LOT since he hates feet. Man it was heaven!!!! So basically...we don't know when this baby will come for sure. It could be as early as next Friday, or as late as a week later! We'll find out Friday afternoon!

1 comment:

Katie said...

That's too bad. I was hoping for your sake it would happen a lot sooner than later. You're in the home stretch now though. You have to keep us informed, inquiring minds want to know. :)