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!!!
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