I realize I have been MIA on the updates about Baby Case, but.....I've been slightly busy getting ready for baby and slightly exhausted. So here is the latest: I am now 38 weeks preggo, and Jacob is approximated around 8 lbs. We have also scheduled a c-section for May 12th because my sweet, sweet boy still has his head in my ribcage, thus being breech. I suppose my fabulous pregnancy had to have a minor hiccup...as in the baby hasn't flipped....so that's our hiccup. He is 100% happy being head up and just hanging out, so we opted to not have the inversion (where doc tries to flip him) procedure....there were multiple reasons but as doc pointed out first babies don't have as much room to manipulate them and he has been in the same position for at least 4 months. We have tried stretches and rocking and whatnot....but nothing. So like I said he's 100% happy where he is, and next Thursday he'll join the world butt first (I assume, just based on the strategic place of the incision and his butt...lol)
Eventhough this wasn't what we had planned or expected from my body, we want Jacob to join the world in whatever way is safest and best for him and me, so off to c-section we go. It has taken me a few good weeks to get used to this idea of how he'll be entering the world, but I keep telling myself that God has a plan and whatever is best for Jacob. Jeremy has been amazingly supportive and reassuring whenever I have moments of stress about wondering why my body hasn't done what it's supposed to as far as Jacob flipping. It has been difficult to work through for me because I like reasons or explanations for things, and this doesn't have a reason...I'm apparently the 1 in 25 full term births of the population that has a breech baby without any complications. There's no low fluid, no placenta problems, no issue with the length of the cord...it would drive me crazy if I didn't have Jeremy to bring me back down to Earth (about this and MANY other things...) I can't be grateful enough for my amazing husband, and I am beyond excited for him to hold Jacob...I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees the baby we made.
On a slightly different but similar note: yesterday was my last day of work for the school year...kinda crazy. I keep thinking how much I'll miss my kiddos, and I tried my hardest to prepare them for me being gone....I guess I just have to let it go...they'll be fine, right? lol
They are so excited for the baby to come, and I will miss having them pat or kiss my tummy when they leave everyday. I told them I'd be back the last week of school with him & that it might be weird b/c I wouldn't have as big a belly as I do now. They agreed that'd be weird, which I thought was funny...they can't wait to meet Jacob. I have loved being able to be preggo all school year. The kids have enjoyed watching my belly grow, feeling him move, and just yesterday seeing my whole stomach do the weird alien moving thing while I read the chapter book. They were all amazed, and I'm glad I got to share this miracle with them. I feel like they learned so much this year...plus it made learning about baby chicks and hatching eggs lots more fun to compare it to a human "hatching". I had to laugh everytime they told someone we had an incubator for eggs, and and incubator for the baby...me. Hey, it was the easiest way to explain to 7 yr olds what was going on inside my body...LOL!
Anyways, all will be fantastic as I rest up this week, and prepare final little things for Jacob's arrival.
We can't wait!
Eventhough this wasn't what we had planned or expected from my body, we want Jacob to join the world in whatever way is safest and best for him and me, so off to c-section we go. It has taken me a few good weeks to get used to this idea of how he'll be entering the world, but I keep telling myself that God has a plan and whatever is best for Jacob. Jeremy has been amazingly supportive and reassuring whenever I have moments of stress about wondering why my body hasn't done what it's supposed to as far as Jacob flipping. It has been difficult to work through for me because I like reasons or explanations for things, and this doesn't have a reason...I'm apparently the 1 in 25 full term births of the population that has a breech baby without any complications. There's no low fluid, no placenta problems, no issue with the length of the cord...it would drive me crazy if I didn't have Jeremy to bring me back down to Earth (about this and MANY other things...) I can't be grateful enough for my amazing husband, and I am beyond excited for him to hold Jacob...I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees the baby we made.
On a slightly different but similar note: yesterday was my last day of work for the school year...kinda crazy. I keep thinking how much I'll miss my kiddos, and I tried my hardest to prepare them for me being gone....I guess I just have to let it go...they'll be fine, right? lol
They are so excited for the baby to come, and I will miss having them pat or kiss my tummy when they leave everyday. I told them I'd be back the last week of school with him & that it might be weird b/c I wouldn't have as big a belly as I do now. They agreed that'd be weird, which I thought was funny...they can't wait to meet Jacob. I have loved being able to be preggo all school year. The kids have enjoyed watching my belly grow, feeling him move, and just yesterday seeing my whole stomach do the weird alien moving thing while I read the chapter book. They were all amazed, and I'm glad I got to share this miracle with them. I feel like they learned so much this year...plus it made learning about baby chicks and hatching eggs lots more fun to compare it to a human "hatching". I had to laugh everytime they told someone we had an incubator for eggs, and and incubator for the baby...me. Hey, it was the easiest way to explain to 7 yr olds what was going on inside my body...LOL!
Anyways, all will be fantastic as I rest up this week, and prepare final little things for Jacob's arrival.
We can't wait!
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