Monday, November 29, 2010

Head Down!

I'm super excited because this baby girl is head down! I ended up going into the doctor today because I was having some pretty bad lower back pain. This is the way my first labor started, at 35 weeks...and guess what, I'm 35 weeks today. So...needless to say they wanted to check and make sure nothing major was going on.

They checked me and so far I wasn't dilated at all which was good. While I was there she said she'd just do a quick ultrasound to see if she was head down and wouldn't you know- she was! I'm pretty excited because I was really not looking forward to the whole version or c-section discussion that we were thinking we would need to have next week. They also did a stress test while I was there. I never had this done with Ellie because she was born so early but it was pretty interesting. They have this super comfy room with a recliner, tv, drinks....and they just let you sit there while they monitor the baby's heart rate and contractions for 20 minutes. I told them it was the quietest 20 minutes I've had in a long time! They did a couple of other tests just to see if anything weird was going on and went ahead and did the Group B Strep culture early just in case. I was happy about that after needing the IV antibiotics with Ellie because I hadn't been tested yet so they just give antibiotics as a precaution.

So conclusion of the appointment was....this could be the start of labor, or could be a result of her finally turning head down, we just have to wait and see. Isn't that how it always goes :) We are hoping to keep her cooking for at least another 2 weeks. 37 weeks is full term so we'll aim for that! Jason has given me official orders to "chillax." I'll see if I can make myself do that!

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