Impatiently Awaiting Baby

Baby Sister hasn't even been born yet and she's already giving us trouble...

My body this week has been so incredibly painful, that I decided to have it checked out before my regularly scheduled appointment. It's a chronic pain and I just can't get away from it. And the thought of induction day being so far away made me cry.

Anyway, I'm really glad I did. I learned that 1. Her heartbeat is absolutely beautiful and 2. She really likes laying sideways in her womb. In the 10 minutes the sonographer spent looking at her, her head moved from my right hip to my right rib. She's nowhere near where she should be, which is why labor is not progressing at all. And that's why it's so incredibly painful. Having a full-term baby laying sideways inside you -- and stretching out - is quite uncomfortable.

The doctor, midwife, nurse, and sonographer conferenced around the ultrasound machine to try to figure out what to do about the situation.

I'm still considering my options to determine what's best for me and #3.

On the bright side, the sonographer treated me to a 3D picture of #3. On the screen, you could really tell what she looked like. Good golly, it was almost like seeing her outside the womb; it was that clear.

If this is her personality, Raj and I have a lifetime of thrills and spills with this one. It reminds me of "a mother's curse", where the mother says to her child during a particularly exasperating moment, "when you grow up, I hope you have a child JUST LIKE YOU."

I can hear my mum - up in heaven or where-ever she is - chuckling now.

So, it looks like January 22nd or 23rd will be Baby Sister's birthday. Three or four more sleeps - that's STILL a VERY LONG way off!