Who would have thought you could go from “boring” visits to the doctor, to a whirlwind of a week.
We went for an ultrasound last Tuesday May 25th, because the Dr. wasn’t sure if the baby’s head was still down. We went in and the baby was breech, butt down. Then Darren asked if she could tell how big he was. She said she would do a rough estimate and the head was measuring at 39 weeks (I was at 36 weeks). So she called and got an order to do more measurements and he was running at 38 and ½ weeks, 8lbs has a big head and lots of hair! A reminder that a baby in the last month can grow a ½ pound to a pound a week!
So Doctor Alperin called me after the ultrasound and since the baby was breech they wanted to do an External Cephalic Version (flip the baby around manually) ASAP because the bigger the baby got the less likely chance the baby would flip around. That Thursday we went to triage at Banner Desert Medical Center for the “Flip” they prep you for a C-section because that is worst case scenario. So after an ultrasound confirming again he was still butt down, the Dr. came in and manually on the outside of your stomach tries and flip the baby so he is head down. Yes it is painful, but it was worth it because it worked (and I know no one nor does Darren that is has worked on)! The Dr. said he could still flip back, but because he is big the chance is less likely. Darren was telling me after that the Dr. was doing kungfo moves on me, because he hand was like 3 inches into my stomach trying to get the baby’s butt to move up.
Skip forward a week to my weekly doctors visit on June 2nd and the Dr. said he was still head down, yeah! The new plan is at 39 weeks we will decide if I should be induced since the baby is big. The doctor already told me he will not let me go a week past my due date like they normally would. So the baby will definitely be here in a least a week and a half.
We are both looking forward to the baby arriving and are definitely ready for him (well as ready as we will ever be)! We at least know we are going to have a big healthy baby boy with lots of hair. Don’t worry Darren went out and bought a brush already :)
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