SItting and waiting

Two weeks to go, maybe less, maybe more, but either way it's almost time. Tim and I are so excited and I would add anxious and scared to my list as well. We are dying to know what she looks like, be able to hold her, and snuggle her up.

I had my appointment today and Hannah is still good. Heart rate and amniotic fluid are both still average and she continues to hang out head down. The doctor checked my pelvic bone again today and is pretty sure the separation will be able to be healed on it's own given a few months time. I was surprised however when he told me that I may want to consider a C-section and that I am a patient he would allow to schedule one because of the bone issue. He went over the pros and cons with me and sort of left it open ended saying there is still time to think about it. He said a natural birth is out of the question and that if I choose vaginal I'd have to take the epidural to which I replied "Not a problem, I was planing on that anyway." For now I have decided to continue with the original plan of a vaginal birth even though I know it will make the pelvis worse and the recovery will be difficult. One good thing though is that as soon as the baby is born he said they can medicate me more effectively for the pain. I did tell the doctor however that if she gets large enough where he thinks it's foolish to hurt myself more, then to tell me and I am fine with the C-section option. Right now he is telling me she'll be around 8 lbs.

The doctor also said that if he had to guess he thinks she will come this week because of family history and she is really low. However he was only willing to guess with 60% confidence and of coarse continued to say "could be anytime." So here I am sitting and waiting on my first official day of maternity leave. I still have contractions daily, but I know now just to overlook them until they are extremely painful. I have my appointment scheduled for next week, but it's crazy to think I may not even make it until next week. Until next time, I will keep waiting...