On the Verge...

Hopefully not. Hopefully, the likelihood of needing a c-section was reduced significantly today due to a very unexpected, painful, and involved experience we had this morning. If you read the update from last week you know that Selah was head down, starting to engage, I wasn't dilated at all, etc. Also, we thought it was going to be the last ultrasound we got of her before the delivery. This week, at the 37 week appointment, the doctor came in, felt my stomach, did a pelvic exam, confirmed I was no more dilated and asked the nurse to bring in the ultrasound machine. He said that he was afraid she had flipped into a breech position since last week. I had felt like she was a little high and in my ribs this morning, but had not given it much thought, because I thought she was head down to stay. Guess not. Ultrasound confirmed she was, in fact, head up. * I am leaving out a lot of details here about the fact that this moment was almost two hours after my actual appointment ...

I'm doing this post today mainly because Quinn is around and able to take care of Abram and I am resting on the couch with some time on my hands. So we are actually two days away from full term. On the verge, but not really on the verge ... anyway. Easter is today and our church had one massive service in the UT basketball arena. It was awesome. There were something like 13,000 people there all worshiping Jesus together. So amazing. They made a makeshift nursery area with mini areas for smaller amounts of kids. So it wasn't overwhelming for Abram, even though he was technically in a room with, like, 200 kids. All of this to say that I got dressed and put make up on for church, which is one reason I took the picture today instead of tomorrow (when I probably won't get dressed or shower and definitely will not be wearing any make up...) Here we are: Hmmm... she looks kind of pointy... that's not really an accurate representation. I've made a couple of things ...

We still can't figure out this one nap / two naps thing over here. Actually (and I think I've shared this), he has only been taking one nap for awhile now. The issue is when that one nap is. If it's too early, then it's shorter and he really needs a "rest" later in the afternoon. This is good for my relaxing, but not for being able to go out and do things. Sometimes I can get him to last until 12 or 1, but he's not really hungry yet then and I worry that he won't sleep as long because he will get hungry during his nap and it will be too short for one nap. Today, I took him to the mall and we walked around and bought one thing and then brought him back home. I fed him a pack of Baby Mum Mums and a kids Cliff bar while we were shopping, so I thought that would be snack enough to get him through an early afternoon nap. But I laid him down at 12:30 and by 1:30, he was not asleep. Seemed weird, since he totally should be tired by that point. So ...

We had our 36 week appointment this morning. Here are the stats: -She is definitely head down and will almost definitely stay that way! -She is measuring in at around 5 1/2 lbs. 20% for 36 weeks. They kept calling her "petite". Even if she goes all the way to 40 weeks, she'd probably be around 7 1/2 lbs. I can deal with that. -I am not dilated at really at all yet and she's at -2 station. So she hasn't dropped and all those Braxton Hicks don't seem to have furthered anything along as of yet. -Apparently having your water break before labor is pretty rare and random (only about 10% of women have this happen). Because of this, it's not an indication for future labor and delivery. Since that's what happened with Abram, it doesn't mean that it will happen with Selah and no indication of when she might come. The nurse and the doctor both thought that we were looking at something closer to my due date than I had been hoping... -My doctor did say ...

It's been getting hot here in Austin. I don't watch the weather, so I don't know if we are officially into the hotness or if there will be some dip downs in the future. But today felt a lot like summer. It was a bit overcast, but really warm, so I decided it would be a good day to have a first with Abram: First time playing in the sprinkler. Did you do that when you were a kid? We spent a lot of time in the summer running through the sprinkler. I don't know at what age we started this, but Abram doesn't seem to quite get the super-awesomeness of it yet. Maybe it was the lack of a playmate, maybe it was the water spraying him directly in the face that made him skeptical and not uber excited. But overall, he enjoyed it. Then he found a dirty puddle on the patio and enjoyed splashing in that even more than the sprinkler. Makes me think that our next first should be puddle jumping (one of my sister and my favorite things). Also, my next purchase for him will be ...

I had a bit of a freak out last night when I realized that I will be going through the delivery and (more significantly to me) the recovery process with another baby in four weeks or less. It was only a bit of a freak out, because I then realized that I wouldn't be pregnant anymore and I figured it was best to get her out. I'm getting more and more uncomfortable and less and less able to do things. Quinn has been doing so much and I feel so blessed. I'm basically on a self imposed couch rest when he gets home, because I'm so overwhelmed by contractions and skin bursting karate kicks and back-pain while simultaneously taking care of Abram all day and (maybe) cooking dinner that the only place I can/want to be in the evenings is the couch. Quinn and I are still healthy and Abram's bumps are getting better, so we should be all recovered by the time she arrives. The next picture (and last picture) I took when I was pregnant with Abram was at 38 weeks, so there's ...

We are trying to be very considerate and not potentially spread this wonderful viral disease to any of our friends. This has meant that we haven't really gone anywhere fun this whole weekend. We ate in on Friday night, I missed my friend's baby shower on Saturday, and we are skipping church today :( Abram shouldn't be contagious anymore (the doctor said 24 hour fever free means not contagious.) He hasn't had a fever since Friday morning. But apparently HFMD incubates for four to six days. So the latest Quinn or I could have gotten it (if we did get it) is Thursday. And six days from Thursday is next Wednesday. So as long as we make it until then, we should be in the clear. But we could have it and be contagious and not know it. So we're being careful. Or I'm being careful. Quinn's not really and he has to go to work tomorrow, so I really hope he's ok. I also haven't felt very well the last few days. I have contractions all. of. the. time...