When I was pregnant with Jaxson, I bought a "Before Baby Arrives" book that I could write everything down about my pregnancy. I was looking through it the other night and I noticed that pretty much every page is filled in, every question is answered, and a picture is placed where there is a spot for one. Yeah, for this child, not so much. So, for now, I’m going to use the blog to record all of my information. You are more than welcome to skip over this part if it doesn’t interest you. Today I had my second OB appointment and got to meet Susan. She is a midwife in the group that joined after I had Jaxson, so I just have not had the opportunity to meet her yet. She was very kind and knowledgable. We talked about something that has been on my mind a lot lately. . . C-section vs natural. At my last appointment, Pam brought up the option of scheduling me for a c-section with the way that my delivery went last time. Now, don’t get me wrong, my labor and delivery were a piece of cake and I wouldn’t have had it any other way; however, it was the post delivery that sucked!! Having had to have surgery anyways and four units of blood was not an easy recovery. So after my last appointment I came home and started to really thinking about it. Would it be safer to do a c-section? Easier recovery than last time? Less damage than natural? I didn’t know, so I’ve talked to my friends to get their opinions and I had Natasha, who works with OB’s, ask one of them what they recommend. They said that they wouldn’t recommend a CS unless I really wanted one. Today, Susan said that she would recommend starting the natural route and having the surgeon on standby if needed. OK, I’m satisfied with that since that seems to be the consensus among the professionals (Belinda, you can also chime in here). It was also reassuring that if I did change my mind anytime throughout the pregnancy, that I can still stick with the midwives the whole time and just meet up with an OB at 36 weeks for a later CS. This sounds good to me. On to more exciting things, the baby’s heartrate was in the high 150’s and I gained another two lbs for a total of five lbs so far. Not to shabby considering that’s already better than what I had gained by this time with Jaxson. We’ll see how long I continue to post my weight gain.
In other news today, we took Steve and Kris to the airport this morning so that they could jet off to North Carolina to see their good friends Nels and Cindy Lindquist. We hope that they have safe travels and we’ll see them on Sunday.
Steph, go natural if you can. What happened the first time wont necessarily happen again and your recovery is so much easier, especially with a toddler to chase once you get home.
Comment by Belinda — July 17, 2009 @
I’m very glad you liked Susan (she was my favorite; a very calming presence) and that you have come to a decision your are comfortable with. After all, that is the most important thing! And a heartrate of high 150s… could be a girl this time!! Though I promise you’d love a second boy, too.
Comment by Brandy — July 20, 2009 @