We Have A Birth Date!!!

Hello all!! We have some news!

On Thursday I had my most recent appointment with the doctor. During my exam we learned that I didn't have any progress as far as dilation and effacement...I was still 2 cm and 60% effaced. I was worried that would be the worst she could tell me. Unfortunately I was wrong.

Abigayle is a gymnast!! She has flipped on us and is now what the doctors refer to as "breech". She wasn't sure at first so she accompanied me during the ultrasound (I got to see Abby again!!). It just took them putting the little wand on my stomach and they were able to tell she was head up.

This left us with really three options. Chances are that after 37 weeks a baby isn't going to flip back. It can still happen and I pray that it does but Abby's running out of room and amniotic fluid. So the first choice was to wait it out and see if she's going to flip.

The second choice is what they call an external cephalic version. My doctor would externally flip my baby. I would of course be numbed with an epidural. This procedure has a 58% success rate. There are risks involved and if her heartbeat were to drop too low they'd have to rush me into an OR (they'd keep one open just for me) to deliver via an emergency c-section. IF she were to flip without any complications labor would be induced right away.

Finally the last option was just to schedule a planned cesarean section (c-section). And not take the risk of the version.

Josh and I have decided to go ahead with the planned c-section. My doctor's day on call is next Wednesday so on 09/09/09 we will be having our baby girl. Currently she's 7 lbs 2 ozs (give or take a pound according to the tech) and appears to be healthy.

We ask if you could please say a prayer for us and for our daughter! We have been so blessed with this pregnancy and just hope the childbirth goes just as well. Josh and I will post pictures, probably tons of them, next Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

So we're going to take these next few days and get the house together. Have a couple of dates and enjoy the company of each other. We hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe Labor Day weekend.

Love,
Kristen, Josh, and Abigayle