Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along:38 Weeks
Size of baby: Im feeling like I am gonna have another 8 pounder.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Around 50 lbs
Maternity Clothes: Yes. Some of my maternity clothes do not fit anymore :(
Gender: Boy. Hezekiah "Ki" Eugene.
Movement: Still alot.
Sleep: Some nights good, some nights bad. Mostly bad at this point.
What I miss: sleeping through the night
Cravings: Ice, ice, ice!
Symptoms: Most of them still.
Best Moment this week: My MIL kept Audrie for the weekend. GT and I went on a date and went to the movies, then for chocolate cake at Cheddars! :) Saturday we slept in, got donuts, worked on our flower bed (made it a rock bed) then went to eat with family for mother's day. It was a great, relaxing weekend.
Things to Note: We had a doc appt on Thursday (exactly 38 weeks). I was 5cm and 80% effaced. The doc said Ki was still pretty high and at a -2 and was posterior. For some reason, I was thinking posterior was just another name for how high he was. Then I realized it means his head his facing the wrong way. He is supposed to be looking at my spine but instead he is looking at my belly button. From what I have read, this is super common and the baby almost always turns their head during labor. I have a feeling this might be why I am not going into labor. Because, seriously, I am 5 freakin cm. What is he waiting on????
My doctor has told me that if I make it until my next appt (Thursday May 19), he will intervene and induce me by breaking my water. At first, I thought this was something I would want him to do, but I have changed my mind. I know without starting labor on my own I am more likely to need pitocin. Getting pitocin leads to an epidural...and so on. The only way I might take him up on this is if I am dilated at a 7 or higher. I actually dont think he will let me dilate past a 7 without inducing me. I read last night that getting on all 4's and doing alot of pelvic rocking will help move the baby down and get him to turn his head, so I will be scrubbing the floors and baseboards today! :)
1 comment:
Willa Kate was posterior!! I had to push a lot longer and harder than I did with Brady!! She never turned the right way!
I know you are getting very excited about Ki's arrival!! I wish you the best of luck with labor and delivery!! You will do GREAT!!
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