2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[Pinot's Mom]

Congratulations - welcome Laura Grace - beautiful name!!

[prechrswife]

Congratulations, Carmen!

[finn's mom]

Well, Clara is still breech, but we still have a lot of good amniotic fluid, so we are going to attempt to turn her tomorrow morning. We'll go in at 6:30, and the procedure will start around 7:30. Please keep us in your prayers! Best case scenario, she'll let us turn her, it won't traumatize her too much, I'll carry her to 40 weeks and she'll stay head down. That's what we're praying for! For now, it's on to do more laundry! I didn't realize we'd received so many blankets as gifts!

[Karen]

We'll be thinking of you!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Kari I've been thinking about you. I hope you're doing OK. Let us know how the procedure went. I've heard that manual turning is extremely painful. Hope you made it through OK and little Miss didn't get too upset with you, and the turning was a success.

[Cookiebaker]

Congratulations Carmen! I can't wait to meet your new beautiful girly!

And Yikes, Kari! I'm thinking of you, and hope everything went well! I will be watching this thread for an update.

[finn's mom]

It was a success! Clara is now head first and we are both just fine. The procedure went as hoped, with minimal stress to either of us. She's a trooper! Her heart rate dropped for just a few seconds and then went back to normal really quickly. Of course, there's still a chance she'll flip back to her possibly preferred position, but as of right now, she's in an ideal position. YAY!

The whole thing was fascinating. Dr. Rost is a wonderful man and did everything he said he would do, and nothing he said he wouldn't. For the most part, he'd warned me that it would be uncomfortable, but not really painful. He was right on. There was one spot that made me cringe, but even that wasn't terrible. A grown man's weight all on your midsection will cause some pressure, of course, but it really wasn't bad at all.

I was on an IV the entire time, with some pain meds, and boy did they knock me out. There was also one that made my heart race, so it was an odd feeling being sleepy, with a super fast heart rate. The turning took less than three minutes, and then I was asleep within ten and stayed asleep for three of the four hours of monitoring.

He says I'll be sore like I had a good ab workout, but other than that, I can resume normal activities! So, I have some things planned this weekend.

Clara was really cooperative, and now you can all switch your prayers to her staying in the head down position! If you don't mind, of course.

Now, let's all pray that Carmen and Laura are well and that we'll get to see pictures soon! Whee for baby girls!

[Karen]

Good girl Clara! Thanks for being cooperative, now stay that way, okay?

[Cookiebaker]

Yay!!!! Good news, Kari!! Glad I checked in tonight!

[Husky_mom]

awesome news!!.. now to wait...

[Vermontcat]

Congratulations Carmen on your new baby girl!

Finn's mom, that is great that they were successful in turning your baby for you.
When I was pregnant with my daughter 13 years ago she was breech and I had the same procedure done but it didn't work. 3 times they got my daughter to turn halfway and then she stubbornly went back to breech position. I know how sore you are now. My daughter ended up being a breech delivery two weeks after the procedure, luckily she was just a little over 5 lbs so it was a quick delivery. I hope you have a nice easy delivery and that your baby girl stays in the right position for delivery now.

[finn's mom]

Thanks, everyone, for checking in on us! We are still a-ok!

And, Vermontcat, I'm actually not sore at all! I don't know that it might hit me later on today or tomorrow, but right now, I'm not feeeling it at all. I'm pretty surprised, actually! But, I guess I shouldn't be, my doctor is brilliant.

The strangest thing is how different my belly looks! Now that the majority of her weight is low, it looks completely different. I don't think she's dropped, yet, even after the turning, but I'm definitely carrying her lower, now.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I'm so glad everything went well and Clara turned for you! I hope all is going well for Carmen and Laura, too!

[beeniesmom]

hi everyone, i'm finally home with baby laura.
i'm writing with one hand as she is in my other arm.
the c-section went well.
she is healthy and was given a good bill of health yesterday.
i had to stay an extra day because of a complication.
so we both got home today around 2 pm.
i am so tired but it was so worth it.

[Karen]

Welcome, Laura Grace! I like your little sheepie sleeper!

Good job, mom, she's a beauty!