Well as some of you know there have been a few minor bumps in the road during this pregnancy. Nothing that has ever been serious, but all still very annoying. One of those things was a low-lying or partial-covered placenta.
Just a brief explanation for those of you unfamiliar with the term. In the beginning of a person's pregnancy the placenta is located at the bottom of the uterus covering the birth canal. In a normal pregnancy the placenta will work its way up to the top of the uterus as the uterus expands. It remains at the top so that it is out of the way for the baby to come down the birth canal during delivery.
In my pregnancy the placenta has remained covering the birth canal making natural child birth impossible. They found this out at about 18 weeks along. I have gone to the doctor and been repeatedly checked to see if the placenta has moved out of the way. Every time they checked it my placenta had moved a tiny bit but not nearly enough to even consider natural child birth. I was going to have to have a c-section. At first I was kinda sad about this. I am not scared of c-sections, but I wanted the opportunity to at least try to give birth naturally. Since my last visit I had accepted the fact that I was having a c-section. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I started looking at all of the positives of them. There are actually quite a few. Let's do it!
Well I went to the doctor today to have it checked yet again. I was thinking - What's the point? We already know how this is going to go. Then it happened. The news that surprised Me, James and even the docs. My placenta had moved. So much in fact that it was completely out of the way and a c-section was no longer necessary. I could deliver naturally. WHAT??
I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I was kinda glad, but at the same time I was already ok with having a c-section. Then they said it. WOW your baby is measuring a FULL week ahead and is in the 80th percentile. He now weighs about 4 pounds (a normal baby at this time is 3) and you are on track to have at least a 9 pound baby!!!! EXCUSE ME! So you're telling me that I am going to have a HUGE baby and I now have to have it naturally!!! GEEZ!
I am still a little unsure about how I feel about all of this. On one hand I am glad that things are going well enough that a c-section is not necessary. On the other hand, I am now fearing the natural birth of a large baby. Hmmmmm....
Monday, December 29, 2008
Lisa - You have to have a c-section....Just Kidding!
Posted by Lisa at 8:45 PM
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Wuss... it's just child birth! (KIDDING) Either way, I will be there with you. As for the 9lb baby...glad he's not letting us down.
im happy for you! csections SUCK! or mine did.. the recovery made me think how i never wanted children again EVER.. i felt so guilty regretting that i got pregnant..they couldnt give me any tordol..which was the meds that helped with the muscle pain... it was HELL..i couldnt even enjoy my baby. i was jealous of my sister who was walking around in 2 days feeling good... where i couldnt get off the bed with out help. i had horrible baby blues for at least 3 weeks...or maybe it was just because rob left :( who knows... anyways.. im glad you get to experience the way God intended..i was very sad to learn of a csection. in fact i still get sad about it (tho it does have its pluses ;) hehe.
you know, i had a really hard time accepting my c-section, too. and now, i get sad thinking that i may never get to experience the whole excitement of the childbirth process. not a lot of doctors are doing vbacs anymore, so who knows... may be c-sections for me from here on out! BUT i will say that it wasn't as horrible as i thought. i did have a hard time with the fact that i was allergic to all pain meds and could only take motrin! haha, but i was up and walking around within a few days... not 2 weeks like i thought. either way, you'll get your beautiful baby boy! and i can't wait to meet the huge lil' guy! :)
Hey Lisa! It's Sara's friend Melody and I enjoy reading your blog so I hope you don't mind. :-)
About the big baby part: I was told the same thing and my baby ended up being 7lbs instead of close to 9 like they thought. The sono isn't as accurate as they would like and they did say it could be +/- a pound. I'm like, "What??" That's a big difference when you are talking about just a few pounds!
Hang in there! I know these last few weeks/days can be rough!
In my wealth of birthing experience, I'll just say good luck and I'll be praying either way! Now you have all the baby wisdom I have....don't you feel better??
take it from me, I have had it all, 9 pounder vaginally, c-section........ and you can do any of it. none of them are glamorous, as you know but in the end you get the same result.... a baby!!! with both ways you have to heal and the each have their positives and negatives! however it has to be for you and him to be healthy is the way you want it!!
any time a post about my sister involves the word "vaginally" i will defer comment. I say you just let the stork drop it off.
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