Week 37 -- August 3 - 9, 2009
Thursday August 6
Mom is arriving tonight! YAY! Joe and I have been looking forward to my mom's coming for a few months now! Now that mom is here... we are ready for baby Bethany to come out any minute now!
My car did not start yesterday. Joe suspected that the battery died. We called CAA last night and had them towed my car to the shop I usually take my car in for sevice.
So I was home-bound all day today! I did some last minute tidying and cleaning up in the house. Mom's room is newly painted and decorated and the guest bathroom is also stocked with toiletries and clean towels. Everything is set to go!
I went for an afternoon nap (2.5 hrs) as I have been waking up at 3am lately. One thing I have noticed that the phone keeps ringing every time I nap... gosh... preggos need beauty sleeps and usually in the afternoons!
Week 37 -- August 3 - 9, 2009
Wednesday Aug 5
Doctor appointment this morning at 10:15am. Joe was supposed to meet me at the doctor's at 10am. At 9:30am, I cumbersome-ly walked to my car. At 9:35am, I noticed that my car would not start! At 9:45am, I told out my cell phone to call Joe, then noticed that my cell phone did not work either. At 9:50am, I was back at the house, calling Joe. At 10:10am, we were sitting at the doctor's office. At 10:30am, we were still waiting at the waiting room. At 10:45am, we were still waiting. At 11:00am, we were still waiting. At 11:15am, I was getting very impatient as the chairs were not comfry! At 11:25am, we were finally called into the examination room. At 11:27am, I noticed that I only put on 1lb since last visit (yay!). At 11:35am, my OB/GYN finally greeted us!
Turned out that the EVC procedure was not successful yesterday. Yesterday's ultrasound shows that the baby was still in breech. She had one leg over her face, and the other one is sitting low in my pelvic area. At some point during the pregnancy, most babies would be in breech position, but by 37 weeks, most babies have turned and are settled for a "head down" position. Only 3% of the babies will remain in breech positions. I guess baby bethany is in this 3% category and she truly is one of a kind. Since she is no longer in frank breech (both legs over the face), at this point, delivery via vaginal birth is no longer an option. Today during the appointment, the doctor discussed with us about a planned c-section which did not take us by surprise. She also explained to us the possible risks associate with c-section. In Canada, about 30% of the babies are delivered via c-section.
Our plan is that the baby will come out between 39 and 40 weeks. My expected due date is Aug 24, and the doctor is hoping to schedule the c-section in the week of Aug 17. As I get closer to the due date, the chance for me going into labour also increase accordingly. Therefore she does not want to wait till I am in 40 weeks for the c-section. Apparently, the month of August is a baby's month, and the OR in Civic Hospital is booked solid on Aug 17 (monday). So, at this point, I do not have a confirmed date of the c-section yet. Hopefully will get a call for the doctor's office tomorrow.
On a positive note, the baby was measured at 5lb 11oz yesterday at the ultrasound, and the amniotic fluid index was also within the normal range. Heart rate was between 138 to 145. My blood pressure was also normal!
Week 37 -- August 3 - 9, 2009
Tuesday Aug 4
Last night was one restless night! Although I went to bed around 10pm, I did not really fall asleep till Joe feel asleep. I finally fell asleep around 12am with hubby snoring and bee bee snoring in the background. Woke up at 1:50am (yes I checked the clock everytime I woke up to map out a potential feeding schedule for baby bethany). So far, I have a rough idea that I will be up for feeding at 2am, 3:30am and 5:20am. In a few weeks, I will know for sure if my speculation is correct.
Woke up the same time as Joe did this morning. Baby Bethany must be up all night doing exercises. Between her kicks and my bathroom breaks, I gave up on sleeping when Joe's alarm clock went off this morning,
MSN-ed with my sister Loretta for a while, and we ended up chatting on the phone for over an hour. I always feels good chatting with her as she is so far away!
With the three-hr time difference between vancouver and ottawa, I need to wait at least 10 more minutes to call home. Wanna call mom before heading out for the aversion procedure at Civic Hospital this afternoon! :-)
I am keeping my fingers tight crossed that the aversion will be successful and that my water won't break during the procedure and baby bethany gets to stay inside and keep mommy awake all night for two more weeks!
Week 37 -- August 3 - 9, 2009
Monday Aug 3
37 weeks! Three more weeks to go! If Baby Bethany decides to make her grand appearance this week, she would be considered as a full-term baby! A selfish part of me wants her to stay inside for two more weeks so that she can pack a bit more weight! :-)
It turned out that today was a great sunny day! Joe got up early to seal the driveway and I rewarded him with french toast and banana smoothie for breakfast.
By mid morning, I had a craving for Dairy Queen Dipped Cone. Joe was done with the driveway by noon, so we went out for icecream! Yay!
I did not do much today. I did only two loads of laundry (and yes! I finally washed all the cloth diapers!) and put items away from the baby's shower!
Week 36 -- July 27 - Aug 2, 2009
Saturday Aug 1
Garage Sale (or should I say Garbage Sale) this morning. It was the first garage sale Joe and I had ever done! Throughout the years, we had accumulated a lot of "junk" (Joe is a pack rat and getting him to throw away stuff is just like pulling teeth!) With my mom coming next wednesday and baby bethany making her grand appearance in about three weeks' time, we agreed that it is time to "clean house" or de-clutter.
We spent most of friday night getting items out of our storage room and basement and pricing them! Saturday am, Joe got up super early (6am) to get the garage sale ready. By 7am, when Joe was setting up the garage sale on our driveway, a lady came by and asked us what we had! I have no idea that people start so early in the mornings!
It was a successful garage sale (we started at 7am and finished at 11:15am) and we made about $160. All the stuff that were unsold at the end of the day, we simply left them in a box at the end of the driveway, marked "free to go"!
Sunday Aug 2
We went to the 9am mass (as my pregnancy is nearing to the end, I find that going to mass is getting harder and harder. First, the chair is not comfortable. Second, the highschool gym is super stuffy!) I told Joe that this would probably be the last sunday's mass I will be able to go until baby bethany is born.
We went for breakfast after mass. With the baby sitting right next to my rib cage, downing a big meal no longer sit very well with my stomach. For the first time in my life, I ordered off the kids' menu! I had kid's size french toast with strawberry syrup and a glass of kid's size milk, and a decaf coffee! For the first time in many months, I was able to finish my plate! :-)
