The delivery decision.......................

I had my appointment with my OB on Friday for my Glucose test and to talk to him about doing a vaginal delivery instead of a C-section. I will find out the results of the glucose test on Monday...will post the results then tomorrow. As far as my conversation with my OB regarding my delivery.......well, when I first told him what Dr. Margolis (my retina specialist) said about not needing to do a C-section, his response was, "well, then lets go for a regular delivery." Then I handed him my records from my delivery with Morgan and as he read through why they did C-section with Morgan, he said, "I did not know you had "arrested decent." This is when the baby does not come down into the pelvis. He said that when a woman experiences this with one delivery, the chances are quite high that it will happen again and ultimately result in a C-section. So..........he said no to a vaginal delivery and wants to continue with the scheduled C-section. Of course, Greg is happy to hear this, as he was nervous about going through with a vaginal delivery. Morgan said she is disappointed but seems to have taken it well, as she wanted to be in the delivery room and cannot with a C-section.

The past few weeks I have been having pain in my left calf and then in my left foot. Of course I thought the worst...but I spoke with my OB about it and he looked at my leg. He is not concerned and thinks it is most likely a calcium deficiency, since I do not drink milk. I am taking a supplement now. It seems to feel much better now.

While I was at my appointment, my OB decided to do an ultrasound since I had cramping last week. He wanted to measure my cervix. All looked good. The baby was moving around like crazy. I confirmed that in addition to my uterus being tilted, the placenta is anterior. This means that the placenta is in front of the baby, in between the baby and my stomach. This is why the baby's movements are muffled. However, I have to say that last night, in addition to the normal kicks a I feel, I think I felt the baby hiccuping. It is so neat but strange. Morgan had hiccups alot while I was pregnant with her.

The two black and white pictures above are pictures that my sister, Joc, took yesterday. I wanted her to take some belly shots of me and Morgan. I think they turned out so nice. There are more but I will post them later, possibly in a slide show. She takes such nice photos. I asked her to take some more when my belly gets even bigger. Thanks Joc!!

That's all for now....I cannot believe that Tuesday will be 23 weeks!!!!!!!!!

Char