I had my appointment on Wednesday. You know you're close when you start having to go weekly and find out if you're making "progress." Baby's head is still high, and I'm thinning but not really dilating yet.
Maybe a good thing...I asked about the back pains, and as I should have probably known, it seems that it's a good sign that she's in a posterior position. It makes perfect sense when comparing her positioning to Liam's. Liam was in the same position probably from 30 or 32 weeks on and never moved. I could feel his back and butt all up along the side of my belly to where he was kind of facing inward, with his limbs all tucked up along the other side of my belly. Major movement would be him basically stretching out and then curling back up.
With this one, whereas for several weeks she was in that same position, for the last few weeks she's moved away from it. I can't feel the length of her body, but I can see limbs moving all over the place along my belly. Basically I think that's where her arms and legs are crossed, and she's looking out toward the world.
I've been doing some reading on it to see what I can do to turn her. The worst thing right now would be for her to drop down, as it would be much tougher for her to rotate. You're supposed to spend a lot of time during the day on the floor on your hands and knees in a "knee to chest" position. I'm like, yeah right! I can't even get my knees within 2 feet of my chest! I try my best, though. I think I might have made some progress this morning, but I need to get back on the couch, which is where I can feel individual body parts much better.
It is a little discouraging; since she's been out of position for a couple weeks now, I feel like my chances of her getting into a good position for an easy delivery are decreasing the more comfortable she gets and the less room she has to move. I may need to start at least preparing for the possibility that things may not go as I would like them to. I'm keeping the hope alive, though.
I have another internal stroller debate going on. I participated in this maternity support program through our health plan with Andy's company. For speaking with a nurse several times, I earned points towards free stuff. I can't decide what I want now. I could get a portable DVD player, or one of those little digital camcorders the size of a digital camera, a little wooden table and chairs...there are lots of options. Or I could get this:
It's not a perfect match to the car seat, but it is a much better match than Liam's stroller is (which is primarily black with beige and black plaid). My thinking is that there will be days when I'll be out with just the baby and not Liam, and then there will be a period of a couple years when Liam has grown out of using a stroller but she hasn't. Either Liam's stroller will fulfill that purpose, or a new, cute, updated one could. Then we could also sell Liam's stroller with the matching car seat, which would make for a better package deal (ideally I would have hung onto Liam's car seat and used it with the old stroller for those times when I'm out with just one, but the car seat is not compatible with the new base to my knowledge).
Who knew strollers could be such a challenge?
We're about out of Pampers now. I think I am going to go to Target and get some Target brand diapers. They're my favorite off-brand so far. I know I mentioned it in a blog awhile back, but my thinking is that Pampers do SUCH a good job of keeping him dry that it's counterproductive to getting him ready for potty training. If we go with something cheaper, I feel like he'll start getting annoyed at that feeling much sooner and initiate the process on his own, as opposed to being like "diapers are great - why bother?"
We do things here and there to introduce the concept, but we're letting him take the lead. We got him some Sesame Street and Thomas underwear, which he enjoys wearing over his diaper. In response to the fact that the running bath water tends to induce peeing, I'll sit him on his little potty seat prior to running the water. When I turn it on, sometimes it makes him pee into his seat. I figure that at least tells him what peeing actually is, rather than sticking him on the toilet and saying "ok - pee!" He may not know exactly what we're asking him to do, whereas now he knows what it means to pee. I always ask him if he wants to, though, and if he says he doesn't, I drop it.
Fine by me - I'm not looking forward to the process! However, anything that I can do to encourage him to initiate it himself and want to do it, I will do. Definitely not something I want to get into full-force over the next couple months! 2 in diapers doesn't intimidate me. Cleaning pee out of a car seat does.
Off to resume my leisurely day on the couch!
2 comments:
you should try this one day - put his underwear on with his diaper/pull up over them.
He will feel it if he wets them but it won't get everywhere!
They said they would start doing that at day care at some point...I, on the other hand, need to build up some resolve and dedication to the whole thing before I get into adding soiled underwear to the laundry...maybe I can postpone it a few years.
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