Happy Birthday Baby - Aug 3rd, here we come!

I have now written three posts and saved them and not posted them. I have been really busy with work/home life so i am posting now that we have all of the news. We had our version appointment at the hospital last Thursday, and unfortunately it was not successful.

Walking into the hospital

Waiting for instructions on what i am supposed to do

We checked in around 2pm, and they hooked me up to a bunch of monitors for baby, and then we waited for the dr to be paged to come.

Waiting for Dr to come to start the procedure

They did an ultrasound to be sure of the babies position. HEAD UP :)They gave me a shot of Tripoline ( or something like that) which relaxes my uterus, and the nurse told me would make me feel like i had taken too much cold medicine. I immediately felt a bit loopy, and shaky. They raised up my bed, and the dr started to push on my stomach where the baby's head was and he got the head a bit to my right side, and the nurse held it in place, and he worked on the butt. Once he started to try to move the butt, the nurse said she could feel babies head pushing against her, and the dr stopped. He looked at me, and said, are you ok with the cesarean, and i said you bet. I want to do what is best for the baby, and Adam and i went in with an open mind, prepared for either outcome. They hooked me back up to the monitors and we had to stay in the hospital for about another hour and a half so they could monitor baby.

Hooked back up to the monitors feeling really weird :)

They gave me a button to push, and every time i felt the baby move i would push the button, and that would make a mark on the print out of the heartbeat. This way they could see if the baby was under any stress comparing the heartbeat with movement, based on where the marks were. We sat in the hospital room and Adam fell asleep in the chair next to me a few times. :) I was far too wired to sleep after that medicine.

He is actually awake here :)

Monday, August 3rd will be the big day :) Adam and I couldn't be more excited!
This week i have made lists galore, and packed unpacked and repacked the baby bag and our bags knowing we were going in to have a cesarean. I have lists of everything we need to accomplish before Monday. It has been nice knowing the date because it helps me prepare, and it is nice to know i can get a good night sleep Sunday and go in bright and early for the procedure. I don't think you ever really prepare yourself during your pregnancy to have a cesarean, however when the decision is made for you, you make the best of it, and know it is best for the baby. Our doctor is just amazing! He has made us feel so comfortable with the procedure. We had our appointment today, and he really reassured us that regardless i was going to feel great afterwards, and that the procedure was going to be so enjoyable and painless. It makes me feel really comfortable knowing he will be in there with us. He is a dr that is very conservative, and has been in the "business" of delivering babies for generations....and he wears a little gold cross on the collar of his dr smock thing. We really have a great respect for him, and know he will take great care of me and baby. He told me there will be a mirror in the operating room so i can watch the whole thing if i want. (Minus the incision part)

I am definitely ready to meet the baby. This last week has really been the most uncomfortable for me. I have to pee just about every hour during the night. It is harder to sleep, and i have been quite swollen and sore. I think in general it just takes longer to do everything and my energy level is so low.

Adam has still been working on that house. We both figured it would take a lot less time to complete, but this week will be his last week, and we will have the weekend for each other and preparation.

I also received a bonus at work, which i didn't think i would be included in being i am going to be gone when it is technically supposed to be distributed. Adam and i made the decision that once baby comes, he is going to take a 4 or 6 week paternity leave to be with me and baby. I start my new job on October 3rd, so he will have a long time to be home with us. During that time, he is going to look for a new job and hopefully start one when i do. We are very blessed to be able to have him do this, and is a perfect time for him to devote time to looking for a new job. All of the changes we are going to experience in the next few days/weeks/months with new baby, time off, new jobs, it is all so exciting, and i know God has such a great plan for us, and has been so gracious to us during this time. We have so much to be thankful for, and continue to thank Him for all He has given us.

We will be at Methodist Hospital from Monday until Wednesday evening with the option to go home if all goes well by Wednesday evening. We can stay until Friday if we choose or something happens and they make me. Feel free to visit if you would like. We would LOVE you to meet the new little baby Heeren!!!!!

I am planning on bringing my computer with me to the hospital so i will try to update you once baby comes on Monday!