Spinning Baby

Yesterday I went to the hospital for the ECV and was quite prepared to chicken out if necessary and just ask for a C-section...well, in the heat we've had it would make everything so much easier, we could avoid other family birthdays and Peter could organise his work so there was no last minute panic when labour starts! After being on a monitor for 40 minutes or so, the consultant came in and did a scan and, lo and behold, Shark had turned (must have been on Wednesday evening)! "Yay!" and "Bah!" in equal measures!

♪♪Breech baby, breech baby....♪

My first day off work was eventful...I had an appointment at the hospital so I could be referred to an anaesthetist just in case I had a burning desire or need for some serious pain killing during labour and to avoid panic at the last minute when it turned out that I may not be able to have an epidural because of my back surgery. Okay, so far so good...until the consultant had a look at my bump and couldn't locate the baby's heartbeat and says 'hmm...think the baby is breech. I'll just do a scan to find where the heart is.' And yes, Shark has obviously been sitting up and reading my emails with me...!

So two more appointments for me...one with an anaesthetist next week (and it really should have been done earlier during he pregnancy as the normal clinics are only held once a month!) and then another in the Labour ward when an obstetrician who will try and turn the baby using ECV...Oh joy...Still, there is still time for Shark to turn before the due date otherwise it could be a C-section...

Shark's 20 Week Scan

It's a bit of a freaky pic! This is Shark (or Bob as Sunshine likes to call it now) at 22 weeks and 2 days. All is going well so far, Shark is growing well and certainly moving around!

Here's another one where you can see Sharks arm quite clearly...