News Worthy

Charlie isn't breech any longer!!!!!

Here we are waiting to get the ball rolling (or should I say the baby rolling). We arrived at the hospital at 6:45am for an external cephalic version and got home at about 11am. So the whole ordeal took about 4 hrs. First they suited me up in the traditional hospital attire, got me hooked to an IV after only the second try (by far the worst part of the morning), monitored the baby for a while, did an ultrasound to make sure the conditions were right (size of baby, amount of amniotic fluid, etc.) and for my doctor to see his exact position, and then gave me a stinging shot of something to relax the uterus. Then the doctor and her nurse put a huge glob of cool blue gel on my belly and began to gently but firmly turn him to the right position. This part took all of about 1 minute. It was uncomfortable but not painful in any way. Everything went beautifully and he responded very well! They looked at him again via ultrasound, let me eat breakfast (yeah!) monitored for about 30 min more, had me walk the halls for 20 min, and then monitored him again for a while. After that, we went home!
One of the doctors in the room observing said/asked with a big smile on his face, "Now, wasn't that better than a c-section?" Absolutely!! I wish we would have video taped it, b/c I would have loved to see that!

Jack made the front page of the paper today! Two great things in one day!! The caption read, "Slippery Slide. Jack Day, 18 mo, finds going down the slippery slide a slightly scary adventure. He was on the playground at Healthworks (the gym we go to) enjoying a warm day on Thursday. Rain is in the forecast for today and for the weekend, so play may have to move inside."

Of course, I know that he loves going down the slide and the stranger with the camera is probably what he isn't sure about. And he is actually 21 mo., but I told the photographer 1 1/2. Isn't that fun!?