29 weeks

I had my 29 week appointment today. Some of you may have known that I was worried about my blood pressure, as it had been elevated and then flucuating since Friday. However, we got a very good, normal (below my normal range) number today. So I feel ... gosh, so much better! It was such a worry to me, which of course didn't help those numbers. My mom and I have a feeling it was probably due to the heat and the busy month of June we've been having.

So, besides a dip or two in the apartment complex pool, I've decided to stay indoors during the heat of the day, and to steer clear of the walmart blood pressure machines. I'll leave the monitoring up to my doctor, so I don't needlessly stress myself out again.

I gained 3 pounds in the last three weeks, which I suspected I might have had a gain, I think Tyler had a pretty good growth spurt. He just FEELS bigger. I also think he has turned from transverse to head-down. Why? Because I feel little feetsies under my ribs these days. But just like his brother in utero, he tends to ride on one hip or the other, never in the middle. I guess its just practice for lugging a baby on my hip. LOL

Big news! We also had our c-section scheduled, so I'm proud to announce that me and Cody will be heading in the OR around 7:30 am on September 3rd, and will be coming out with another son!!!!

Now, I know I started this pregnancy (and ever since Colton was born) adament for a VBAC, now that I am going with the planned section, I've been asked why, so here goes.

After several conversations with my doctor, husband, mother, self, and in prayer, I feel that a repeat c-section is in our (mine and Tyler's) best interests. Mostly, I did ALOT of research, and I know the risk of rupture is small, but with my tendency to have high blood pressure, the risk increases. I don't want a hysterectomy- I want one more baby and don't want to spend my life on hormone replacements. Nor do I want to bleed to death, my babies need me! I've had surgery before, and I know what that is all about.

I'd also have to find another doctor, and I really like mine. She listened to me about my BP the first pregnancy, stood up and went out of her way to care for me when we were trying induction with Colton... and really cared for me post-partum with my infection. Oh, and my dad liked her, and my dad has had PLENTY of doctors his entire lifetime and doesn't care for them much anymore... so for him to LOVE a doctor, means she must be pretty good (that was supposed to lighten the mood there).

More selfishly, I guess you could say...as a police officer, Cody can't just call in and say "I'm gonna be off for a few days", it really helps having this date, so the schedule can be re-arranged accordingly.

We also live far away from family, so its not like we can just drop Colton off with someone should I go into labor in the middle of the night. Now we can arrange for Katie (my sis moving in with us) to skip a morning of classes to take care of him.

Also, cosmetically, my incision looks HORRIBLE- seriously, I will not dress infront of my husband because its so ugly, I have to pick certain types of bottoms to disguise the lumpiness, etc; and my doctor has said over and over again that she will cut that out, do a (very) mini tummy tuck, and make a nicer, cleaner scar.

So that's it. I've also come up with a few other things, like no cone-head babies and I can easily have my tubes tied after #3 and stuff like that, but those are just bonuses! I've made up my mind, and we're all happy with the choice, I just thought I would fill some of the curious folks in on that part.