Marauder Junior, Thane of Fife

[marauderthesn]

Remember last entry, when I said "The reality that I actually have to push out this kid in another few weeks is setting in"? Well, now it appears I'm not going to be pushing Marauder Junior out at all, because s/he is still in a breech position at 36 weeks and unless s/he manages to flip, it looks like I'm having a C-section. This is going to be my

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[lls_mutant]

If it makes you feel better, I had a C-section with both my kids- planned with Trevor (my younger) and unplanned with Toby (my older). My experience

[marauderthesn]

My doctor says the scar is going to be horizontal; the hospital I'm having Marauder Junior in doesn't do VBACs, but I could always switch hospitals with a second kid if I fit the criteria for a VBAC. Glad to hear no one you know has ever had an infection from a C-section. Intellectually, I know things are probably going to be fine, but I've been anxious on and off this whole pregnancy because A) they took me off my medications and B) I started bleeding at thirteen weeks and had to go to the ER to see if I was having a miscarriage, which was the single most terrifying experience of my life. I think things will improve once Marauder Junior is out and I can see that s/he's okay at any given moment, though. :) Thanks.

[magic_at_mungos]

Good luck with Marauder Jnr.

If you want a natural birth/avoid major surgery, I hope they turn soon.

Best wishes for the birth and early days with the babba. (I can't advise with regard the merits of a natural birth vs a c section especially in the USA as a non parent) but all the close people on my life who have given birth have had mixed experiences (but they have all been in the UK) and the potential breach births have turned at the last minute

[marauderthesn]

I've been doing some positioning stuff to try to get Marauder Junior to flip, but I'm not sure if s/he has enough room to do it. We'll have to see.

Thanks. :)

[aome]

I have long concluded there is NO easy way to bring a baby into your family. There's painful labor, there's C-section with recovery, there's whatever physical issues you may have had to deal with during pregnancy, there's a billion miles of red tape for adoption, there may be international travel involved with adoption, there may be court dates for domestic adoption - basically, try not to sweat it. No matter how Junior shows up in your family, you're going to have to put in some work SOMEWHERE, so just consider this a trade off, and do your best to look past this to the moment the baby is in your arms. At least this way, it's not being sprung on you at the last moment.

PS: Having had five colonoscopies, all of which require clear fluids only for a full day beforehand, and nothing at all the day of - you can live with the short-term hunger. It's annoying, but you'll have a lot of other stuff on your mind that day, I suspect. ;-) It really isn't that hard to deal with.

[marauderthesn]

I have long concluded there is NO easy way to bring a baby into your family.

Yeah, I'm quickly reaching the same conclusion! :D

Eek, five colonoscopies. Glad to hear the "not eating" part is tolerable. :)