this morning, almost 37 weeks
Baby Sofie and I are doing just fine! They thought I was a bit underweight, but if I keep up my three-bowl-a-day ice cream habit that started Tuesday, that won't be the case in a few more days. Everything looked good with her and I, except (there is always an except, isn't there!) that she's not in a good position.
They would like either to try to reposition her next week and hope that she doesn't just flip again, or wait another week and reposition and deliver her then, around the end of May. Her head is in my right ribs (could have told you that) and her feet are in my left ribs (could have told you that, too) and her butt is down. If we wait until I go into labor naturally and she hasn't shifted at all, I'll have to a have a C-section, which we'd rather avoid.
So, after talking with Matt we've decided to leave the girly alone, pray, hope and push her to wiggle flip into the right position on her own, and hope that is the worst of it. If she hasn't shifted by 39 weeks, we'll go on ahead and let the doctors do do the "inversion" flip thing then, and deliver her then.
He's brought us way too far, completely on His own without medical care, without pre-natal care, without doctors for us to be worried about how she is sitting! So, if you'll join us in praying for her to be where she needs to be when she needs to be there, we'd be grateful...
Just in case (this doctor is such a worry-wart!) they want us to do a series of ultrasounds at the hospital tomorrow and I have another appointment Monday...something about wanting to make sure the cord isn't wrapped around her neck and making sure I can wait until 39 weeks instead of doing it at 37 (which is Monday or Tuesday, and I don't want Sofie to get here before my sister does!)
Praising the Lord for His very good gifts...those like these that seem good, and the other good gifts He gives that sometimes seem more like a burden!
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