Well the due date has been changed!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Unless baby decides to turn, which odds are she won't at this point (she's still breech), her official day to come into this world is Wednesday, February 21st via C-section. That makes it exactlly 2 weeks from today (eek) that I'm going to be a mommy!

We would have scheduled it a bit later, but my doctor is going on vacation the week before baby's due date, and I insist on him doing my c-section. I love my doctor and I trust him completely. I don't want an on-call doc in his office doing any major surgeries on me. We would have liked to schedule it in the last week of Feb, but we have to do it a little sooner now because of doc's vacation schedule (how DARE he take a vacation...the NERVE of that man!!!!!)

I think I have finally made peace with my c-section. I will be scared, of course, but I just want my baby to be healthy, and if she's not turned, there is a reason she's not turned, and it's Gods will that she is still breech. A friend of ours lost their full-term baby boy because he had the cord wrapped too many times around his neck and he passed away from it before he was delivered. I just can't imagine the pain from that. I have stopped asking baby to turn, and having complete trust in God to help us have a healthy baby.

So....14 days and counting!

[luckies4me]

How sad for your friend. That is such a terrible thing to hear.

Good luck!!! You will do awesome!

[Jods]

GL! Zoey had her cord around her neck when she came out I've never been so scared in all my life. I'm wishing you a safe and happy c-section. Make sure someone is at home for your recovery! GL again!

[Karen]

We'll be thinking of you, and that's a fine day to be born. Here's hoping for a healthy delivery!

[Sirrahsim]

oh my goodness! 2 weeks to go!! I don't even know what to say! How exciting/nerve wracking/exhilirating/terrifying/wonderful/heaven knows what!!


I guess that I had better get sewing

[Cookiebaker]

Yay! congratulations on getting a date!!!

That's also the date that my dr. gave me as a day to induce if I haven't gone by then! The 21st could be a really magical date!!!

[borzoimom]

Wow- two weeks left for the 21st... We will have you prayers, and will be looking forward to news... Mommy...

[Pam]

Leslie, I am so excited for you! I think the idea of setting this date is a good one, especially since the doctor you prefer will be away if you wait. Imagine if your little girl was in the right position and she chose to arrive when your favorite doctor was away. Sometimes it is just nice to be able to plan such things. Also, your hubby will not need to be racing to the hospital and going through traffic lights! Of course I am teasing about the traffic light thing, but I do think it is nice to sort of be in control of something like this, especially with the position your little one is in.

I watch many of the baby stories on TLC and also Discovery Health. I have seen so many caesarians that I almost feel like I could do one....NOT! LOL! Each time I watch one I am just so amazed at how beautiful the whole thing is. You are wise to put it all in God's hands and just let it go. I know I put things in God's hands often but then I have a hard time letting go of the worries. It really is silly though, because He is certainly able to handle things without our help. I am looking forward to the 21st but I know not half as much as you are.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Thanks everyone. I am a little nervous, but I know I'll be pretty terrified when the day comes. My doctor knows how important it is (or it was) to have a natural labor/birth, so he said he'll do all he can to make sure I'm cut in a way that I can have a VBAC (vaginal birth after ceserian) with the next child. I so wanted to experience labor, but I hope that next baby we have I can have a natural birth.

It's weird, because I don't even feel uncomfortable yet. I moan and groan a lot when I move and shift positions, but other then that, I don't feel yucky and uncomfortable, but Doc said that'll come in the next week or two.

It's still so hard to believe that it's almost here.

[ramanth]

I'm nervous and excited for you!

[Lobodeb]

Hugito was born via C-section and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

For some reason, my body didn't tell my cervix to dilate. My doctor tried stripping the membranes to move things along, but she couldn't even reach my cervix. They tried Cervidil just to get me to start dilating. I was to lay there, with this thing on my cervix for 12 hours waiting to dilate. If nothing happened, they would do it again and wait another 12 hours. If that got me to dilate, then they would have started me on Pitocin. Who knows how long my labor would have been if that would have happened. At least 24 up to 48 hours. Um...NO! I asked for a C-section especially hearing how big the ultrasound technician estimated him to be (9 lbs. 10. oz).

I got a little nervous right as they were wheeling me in. I kind of freaked out at all the people and all the attention I was getting. But other than that, I was just like "get this kid out of me!" I was terribly uncomfortable.

My recovery was surprisingly easy. I only used the pain drip thingy 3 times. I stayed in the hospital 5 days total. The last day was because Hugito was jaundiced. I wasn't going to leave without him, so they let me stay. They had me up and walking the next day (mind you my c-section was at 8 PM the evening prior).

They sent me home with lots of pain meds that I never took. Naturally, you're a little sore, but that's to be expected.

Good luck! They might even give you something for your nerves.

Oh, and after they got him out, I got a terrible case of the itchies. That's normal. Just let them know and they'll give you something for it. I also shook like a leaf for a little bit, but that, too is normal. My temperature dropped for some reason down to like 95-96 degrees, but they quickly gave me lots of warm blankets.

I'm so excited for you.

[Pam]

I also shook like a leaf for a little bit, but that, too is normal....
they quickly gave me lots of warm blankets.

I'm so excited for you.

I had the shivers too and was told it was a side effect of the epidural (I did not have a C section either time). Thank God for those heated blankets. They felt like they were right out of the dryer and were just wonderful.

[AdoreMyDogs]

I really don't mean to bother any of you with my *bump* for countown, but I have 11 more days until I'm a mommy! It's so real! I can't wait to meet my baby. My excitement overrides my fear and I'm just so excited. I wonder how big she'll be, and if I even would have been able to push her out naturally. My hubbys side has enormous babies (9.5-10 lb 10 oz range), but my side has very normal sized babies (low 7lb range). I also wonder if she'll have lots of hair like I did when I was born, or if she'll be bald.....SOOOO excited to find out!!!!

[GreyhoundGirl]

Congrats!!! That's so exciting!!!

It's a very good day to be born. Jenny approves She will be 5 feb 21st.

[Rachel]

Leslie, I'm comforted by the fact that you are coming to terms with the C-section aspect and by the time the day arrives I'm thinking that you will feel even more at peace with it. Who knows (God knows) in the scheme of things this may really be what is for the best for both you and the baby. Be thankful that with all the prenatal care you have had access to that there are procedures to make everything go well. In other words, concentrate on the positive aspect of a C-section.

21 sounds like a good day for a birthday to me too.