36 weeks

I had another ultrasound done on Tuesday where they were checking fetal weight, placenta position, and rechecking to make sure "she" is still a "she", along with the normal development or whatever they check for. As the results showed, she is definately still a girl, weighing about 6 lbs 5 oz, and everything is developing perfectly and measuring exactly on my due date of March 23rd. However, the low lying placenta that they assured me would move up and out of the way has not done so and is still low lying. The technician could not get a clear view of where the end of it was in relation to my cervix because the baby's head is so low into the pelvis already, and because it is posterior which means at the back of my uterus, which is also uncommon. She said the doctor would let me know if I would require a c section or not at my next appointment, which was today.

Chase was able to go with me to the appointment today. The doctor suggested more ultasounds. This seems like a waste of time and money to me because the placenta is not going to move in one week and the baby's head isn't going to be moving back up either. So we decided to go ahead with a c section delivery plan. This placenta issue is just the icing on the cake, since I wanted a c section from the beginning because of the hard birth experience I had with Hunter. Then we found out she's a pretty big baby already and still a month to go. We would prefer to be better safe than sorry and my doctor scheduled my delivery for 39 weeks which is March 16th (the day before St. Patrick's day). If I go into labor before that, it will be an emergency c section before labor can progress.

January

January has been cold and mostly uneventful compared to the past few months. Although this past weekend was pretty busy with selling and buying our cars! We really wanted to try to cut back on some monthly expenses before Skyler is born, so we traded in our 2 Tacomas for a Toyota Camry and a Honda Pilot. We brought our payments down from $800 a month to $400! Not only that, but now we have 2 cars that we can drive the kids in and have trunk space to spare; and we both love what we got! So a success overall.

My doctors appointments are 2 weeks apart now and soon will become weekly which means Skyler's delivery is coming fast! After a few discussions with my doctor, we have decided to induce at 39 weeks if I don't deliver before that. I had the option of inducing at 38 weeks with an amnio, which I decided against. Reason for an induction would be to try and deliver before she can gain too much weight so that I don't have the same delivery and recovery problems I had with Hunter. (even though he was 10 days early) It probably wont make much difference, but the planner in me likes to have some kind of control. Either way, she will be here in less than 6 weeks and we can't wait to meet her!