Possibly my last blog update before bubby arrives!!!

Well the pregnancy coming to a finish one way or another within the next two weeks and although I'm going to miss my bump a little, I'm so excited as well. I can't wait to meet our little man. He has been a long time coming and the rainbow after the storm of trying to conceive.

As this may be my final update before bub, it is essential to add another bump photo so this is me at 38 weeks.

Little man is still riding very high and no matter what I do, I just can't get him to move down and engage. I'm now accepting my fate that this will probably be a c-section birth but I know I need to do what is best for me and little man and if that is how he is meant to make his entrance into the world than so be it. If not, fate will intervene and bubby will drop down and engage within the next few days to make a natural birth possible. 

Still waiting...

Well I am now 37+4 weeks and getting very impatient. I have been blessed with a reasonably easy pregnancy and although I'm slightly uncomfortable now with some back pain and hip pain, I don't really have much to complain about.

Up until around 35 weeks, it still felt like the pregnancy would go on forever but once I reached that milestone, Josh and I realised that the pregnancy is nearly over and we started feeling like children waiting for Christmas. I'm going to miss my bump I think but after such a long journey to get here, I feel truly blessed.

Bubby still hasn't dropped and I mentioned to the midwife yesterday that sometimes he seems to come down and then he'll go back up. She warned me that could be a sign that he isn't going to fit through the pelvis. I am spending the next week preparing myself for the possibility of a c-section.

I really wanted to try a natural birth but I also don't want a traumatic entrance into the world for bub and be traumatised by the experience myself. If Dr G says that a c-section would be best then I will trust his opinion. The only other pain with a c-section is the healing time.

I've been told that you shouldn't fall pregnant again within 6 months of a c-section which bothers me because I wasn't planning on using any contraception after the birth. We aren't going to be actively trying in the first year but we certainly weren't going to avoid it. I think I'll just go with my instinct during that first 6 months and if I notice O signs, I'll just abstain at those times.

I think Dr G will make a decision next Monday and some time next week, I'll be holding my little man. Bring it on!!!

Please engage bubba boy!!!

I had another ultrasound today and bubby now weighs 3.5kg!!! I then went to an appointment with the OB and he said that bubby is not engaged at all and we can't attempt an induction until he drops down so I will be monitored until 39 weeks and if he hasn't dropped by then, the OB is suggesting a c-section as bubby will be getting pretty big by then. I really hope I don't need a c-section.

Time to try any means necessary to get bubba moving down!

Massive bump!!

I seem to be expanding very rapidly at the moment. I'm loving my bump but it is uncomfortable at times.

35 weeks :-)

Yesterday was my last day at work and the girls bought me a lovely bunch of flowers and a gift card. It was really nice. Gonna miss the kiddies a little but so looking forward a little break before bubby comes out.