38 weeks

This week was a mess of surprise and stress over getting the news of the little one being breech and me trying hard not to sweat about it so that I could instead sweat over taking my board exam. I never stopped at any point in this pregnancy and considered the fact that baby could flip breech. I don't know why, I guess it just seemed sorta rare and the thought never really occurred to me.

So I tried hard not to worry and to come to terms with a possible csection - which is NOT the end of the world by any means, but still very different then how I imagined having this baby. I started to definitely see some of the pros with a csection, such as the convenience of knowing when the baby would be here, the luxury of not having to go through contractions and pushing and the possible pampering I would have received in the hospital. Right about the time I was thinking of all of those things, we went in for our next ultrasound and the baby was head down again! Hurrah! And also...oh yea, now I really do have to go through contractions and pushing and gigantic maxi pads and warm sitz baths. But I am thankful, very very thankful. Patrick and I kept saying that all we want is a baby...it doesn't matter how it arrives, just as long as it is safe and happy and ours. And so sometime in the next few weeks that is what we will get!