Watkins Family

Well this morning I had my Dr. Appointment for my weekly check-up. They had scheduled an ultrasound to see how big the baby really was. (So far only 8 lbs. 2 oz! HOORAY for the one good news moment today!) I asked Mike if he wanted to go. He didn't really want to come but at the last minute decided to come along. I am glad he did.

We arrived and they started the ultrasound...immediately I saw the head....at the top of my stomach and I said...oh dear he is breach. That was confirmed. Well almost breach, his bottom is down and feet are to the side. waaah!

The doctor said I needed to go over to the hospital for an aversion (which means the doctor tries to turn the baby with her hands pushing down on my stomach).

We arrived and they gave me a shot of something to relax my cervix. She said it would feel like I had 4 cups of coffee....well now I know what that feels like...got the shakes! Then the dr. came and told me that either he would turn right away or not at all and the pushing might send me into labor in which case they would have to do an emergency C-section. She said that had never happened which made me feel better. The aversion didn't hurt like I thought it would, slightly uncomfortable but that is all. However, baby didn't want to budge so they monitored me for an hour and sent me home. :(

I go back in on Tuesday to see if he has moved at all and if not we schedule a C-section. I really wanted to do this naturally so I will keep praying but in the meantime do some reading up on C-sections. It does make me a bit more nervous I have to say but my husband always reminds me that I shouldn't worry about things that haven't happened yet. That is a hard thing to do!

Thanks to Mike for being there for me today. So nice to have someone who cares for you right there holding your hand and supporting you through it all. Marriage is a wonderful thing.