HE is here!

I said it in passing sometime around the end of September..."This baby seems to want to come out via c-section". And I was right. 

Throughout this pregnancy I came up against situations that put me in the 'might be needing a c-section' category. First this baby was breech, so I did positions to help him turn. It worked. Also  the placenta was in a position called complete Previa. Which meant my cervix was completely covered by my placenta. So I began acupuncture and also bought an herbal tincture(I know, I know, it's a little witchy). And it worked! At 29 weeks my placenta was completely clear of my cervix. And finally, in September it was brought to my attention (for the first time) that the baby was big enough to be concerning. Big enough that my midwife at delivery would be watching for shoulder dystocia (when the shoulders can't come out)

And in the end, I delivered a 8lb 1.8 oz baby boy VIA C-SECTION due to "failure to progress"!!! (Birth story to come soon). My baby was not too big to come out.  My body was not fully dilated and my baby appeared to be in a most favorable position but his head was just slightly cockeyed. I was also unable to produce contractions strong enough to dilate my uterus. I agree with all of the decisions made and have no regrets about this birth experience. I wasn't forced into the surgery. I was an active participant in the decision making process.  It was the right thing to do after 27 hours in the hospital including 13 hours of active/transitional labor. 

Here is my little guy:

Calvin Douglas Pryor

10/26/15

8:40 pm

8 lbs 1.8 oz 

10.26.15

32 Weeks...and Counting!

I can't describe the feeling(s). There have been so many in the past week. I'm like a pendulum swinging from confident to anxious-sometimes within the hour. I truly feel, deep down, that this baby is going to make it to at least 38 weeks. But an hour of consistent Braxton Hicks really shook me last Friday night and I began to wonder if my water would break even earlier this time.  But it didn't! And here I am, 32 weeks and 1 day. By this point in my last pregnancy I was on hospital bedrest. Yesterday I was running around, dropping Josie at daycare, setting up my classroom, cooking dinner, prepping dinner to freeze, doing laundry. I really put in a full day. And it felt great! 

I know, from experience, that this baby can(and will) come at any time and at this point the baby will be fine. We will all survive...these uncharted waters of the final trimester. 

August 18, 2015

30 w 6d