Friday, August 28, 2009

Tonight is the Cougars first game of the season, which Braden (yes as much as I tried to resist it we have officially picked a name) will be attending (still in utero) with me, obviously, and his step-grandpa. This will likely be Marvin's last game for a while, since they are off next week and the next week we are pretty sure that the baby will be here, possibly by induction, or more likely at this point by c-section, since the little turkey is breech. Sometimes they will turn babies manually, but everything I have read suggests they aren't likely to if the baby is small or the fluid is low, both of which apply in our case! Also it is known that this turning of the baby is very uncomfortable and can stress the baby out, two good reasons in my mind why I might well refuse it even if they did want to try it. If it meant that I could have a natural birth then possibly, yes, but I would still have to be induced at 37 weeks, which means a long labor more likely to end in c-section anyway.... so at this point I figure I'll just prepare myself for the c-section, be glad I won't have labor pains and just focus on the time after he gets here, which is obviously the most important anyway! Like my supervisor said to me the other day, hopefully this kid will be less trouble outside the womb...