Phew it's been a while, hasn't it??  Erich Samuel was born on July 6th at 6:25 pm via c/s.  Recovery from c/s is much harder than from a vaginal birth IMO.  I'm still sore 3 weeks later! ugh. 

   Oh!  He weighed 9 lbs 10.2 oz and was 21.5 inches tall.... big boy, especially for being 2.5 weeks early!!! He's a wonderful blessing to our family!!  Nurses like a pro and is just a beautifl little guy :) 

    Now that he is here I'm giong to close this xanga because I can't keep up w/ two right now.  The purpose of this blog was to chat about my pregnancy before we went public w/ it...  but I kept it longer than I intended to :)  So now I'm going to shut it down in a few weeks :) 

Random thoughts

I'm on the last square on my ticker!!! WOo hoo!! :)

It's amazing how things change so quickly.  A little over a month ago I was all gung-ho about wanting a natural birth & had even toyed w/ the idea of a homebirth... now I'm looking at a c/sec in 3 or 4 weeks. Unless Erich decides to turn himself around that is.  So far it's not looking very promising.

   I'm also amazed at how miserable pregnancy can be!!  I've never had such a painful, exhausting pregnancy before.  I am in constant pain and can't wait to be able to move w/out hurting! 

   I had no idea bed rest would be such a drag either... got a lot of knitting and reading done tho.  I'm glad to be off it and am so ready to go into labor now (that means I'd have him right away via c/s if I go into labor now).  I'm still taking nifedipine to keep the contrax away though, so I'm sure it's not going to happen. *sigh*  I really wish it would...  but then again, it'd be best for him to stay put a little while longer. 

   I think that when this pregnancy is over I'll go back to just my old blog and shut this one down... most of the people that read this one read that one too.

For those of you wondering where I might be, check out my other blog: http://www.xanga.com/blessedmomof3  The posts about what's going on I've made public so you don't have to be on my list to see them. 

Off to bed now...

Exhausted

   Man!  I'm sooo tired.  I've never had so much pain in pregnancy and it's really keeping me up at night.  My hips hurt so bad if I lay too long on one side... I find myself on my back  & then feel so guilty because we all know you're not supposed to lay on your back in the second and third trimesters.  Ugh.  I want so bad to enjoy this pregnancy, but now I'm wishing for it to be over so the pain will stop.  *sigh*

Still breech & what that means...

   Yesterday I had an appt... it went well. I love those short appts where all I do is ask questions and hear the heartbeat... oh and get weighed. ICK ICK ICK... but we won't go there.   The heartbeat is my favorite sound... I love it!  I can't wait to meet him...

    But he is still breech.  So I asked Karen (my midwife) a TON of questions.  She said that because of the bicornuate it's going to get harder and harder for him to turn himself.  So if he doesn't get his butt in my ribs soon we will end up w/ a version at 37 weeks.  The version is done under ultrasound so we can watch him the entire time and if anything goes wrong w/ him, the cord or the placenta they'll do an immediate c/section.  The problem is that a version is more difficult w/ the bicornuate too because it's not as easy to turn a baby  w/ the 2 horns of the uterus. grrr...  SOOO if the version doesn't work, we'll have a c/sec around 39ish weeks. Hopefully he'll just turn himself soon.

    I am a little torn about the idea of a c/sec.  I really don't care too much as long as Erich is healthy, but at the same time we were doing all these preparations for a natural childbirth.  Kinda ironic... but we'll see what happens.  I can't believe I have just over 9 weeks left!!! And if we end up w/ a c/sec it's only about 8 weeks til I meet little man!!!  How exciting...