So we had our ultrasound on Thursday and I am just now getting around to posting the results. Audrey has been given the official medical diagnoses of "healthy", "kind of long", and "rather squirmy." Her weight was estimated at 7 lb. 9 oz., which I was told makes her about a week ahead in weight. We could not see her face - she was face down head down, just like she is supposed to be. I have repeatedly explained to Audrey that she can just take her head off of my bladder, out of torpedo position, because it really isn't necessary - and yet she ignores me. I have gained 25 pounds overall.
Today begins my 38th week of pregnancy; I will not achieve Week 39 because this kiddo is getting REMOVED on FRIDAY!!!! It's very surreal to think that Paul and I will awaken Friday morning, take showers, fight traffic, struggle with our luggage, sign lots of papers, I'll get some tubes and medicine put in me, and then VOILA! Some doctors I know and some I don't will slice me open and take out a daughter. There's a whole bizarre un-natural-ness to this business. But I can definitely see the perks.
Truth be told, I AM nervous about the C-section, because it is surgery, and there are risks associated with that. And the recovery will be tough. And we are taking Audrey about 10 days early. And the last one was so traumatic for me (although I know that had more to do with the gazillion hours of labor that preceded it.) Still, I know this is the best decision and I am thankful for such a great support system that will get us through it. God is awesome. I think that if I lived in times when there was not so much medical intervention, I would not have been able to conceive or birth a baby at all. I can't even imagine the world without Katelyn anymore, and in 5 days, I will have forgotten the pre-Audrey world as well.
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