not breech!

We are so thankful that our baby is not breech. The physician assistant this morning still thought the head was up. The ultrasound showed otherwise. The head was down at the left pelvic area. What she was feeling was probably the butt. She said it might be the knee. The roundness of the hard bump does not feel like the knee. It felt more like the head, which means it is the butt. Second opinion is always a good thing and better yet, just get an ultrasound, so I don't have to worry over nothing. I am looking forward to meeting our little baby "bob" soon.

ultrasound

Well, we'll get to see baby "bob" again tomorrow. We have another ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow morning. There is a possibility that our baby might be breech. At first I wasn't too worried, but then I was talking to someone in pre-natal yoga class and she is due the same day as I am and her midwife said her baby is breech. She's been doing exercises to help her baby move down. Of course, then I started reading up on being breech at 34 weeks and found out more info, which I began to worry. My physician assistant said he is breech, but then my sister who is a physician checked and she thinks the head is down. I asked for another ultrasound to be sure. By 36 weeks, it's harder for the baby to move naturally, so it's better that I found out now and try and do some natural inversion. Sadly, physicians have killed the baby by doing an external inversion, so I rather not go that route, but do things like the breech tilt and moxibustion, this Chinese medicine procedure. It's not-invasive, so it's safe. I would be sadly disappointed if I have to get a c-section. Hopefully, I'm worrying for nothing and my PA was wrong.

parenting/child development classes

I/we've been attending a bunch of parenting classes to get ready for baby "bob." I like taking classes. I learn so much from them. I like going to classes more than reading. Books are a good reference though, so I've been trying read as much as possible before the baby arrives. These are the classes we've taken thus far.

Baby care (Bananas)
Sleep (Bananas)
Brain Development (Bananas)
Childbirth Preparation (Alta Bates)

I've taken these classes for my own enrichment.
Positive Parenting (Bananas)
Exploring Lanugage and Literacy (UC Davis)
Social and Emotional Development (UC Davis)
Supporting Young Bilinguals (UC Davis)
Learning Through Relatioships with Infants and Toddlers (UC Davis)
Math and Science for Young Children (UC Davis)
Child Growth and Development (Merritt College)
The Child, the Family and the Community (Contra Costa College)
The Preschool Program (Merritt College)
Infant/Toddler Development and Care (Merritt College)

Key things I would like our baby to learn/be:
*to be compassionate
*to be generous
*to be kind
*to know and love Jesus
*to be responsible for their own actions
*to be a good steward of money and resources (not to be wasteful)
*to learn about the world
*to learn about the different cultures of the world
*to be courageous
*to always have hope
*to persevere (never give up)

pregnancy progress

Documenting before I forget. I have been pretty good about taking photos while my pregnancy is progressing, but haven't been writing things down, so jotting some thoughts before more time passes.

Baby "bob" has been moving a lot. Sometimes he moves a lot and other days, I don't feel him. I am always reassured when I do feel him. He likes to kick or jab right near my right rib area. It's a weird feeling. It's painful and ticklish at the same time. Sometimes I feel a real hard spot right in the middle of below my chest. I hope his head turns down soon, of course I don't know really know where his head is at the moment. I just feel jabs here and there don't know if those are from his arms or legs.

It's been a physically and emotionally challenging pregnancy, so I want to list 1 positive thing(of course besides having a child) I am lactose tolerant. I've been able to eat to cheese, buttery pastries, ice cream, gelato, pizza with no problem. It really helped when we traveled up to Montreal and Quebec. We had gelato quite a few times, not every day, but definitely more than I ever eat ice cream. I have also been eating a lot of burgers. Some good and some really bad burgers, but I usually don't eat red meat. I guess baby is craving for red meat.

Well, I have about 6 weeks left in my pregnancy. I am so thankful that I'm not nauseous anymore. It was pure misery! There were so many times when I could barely pick my head up from bed. We are of course very thankful that our baby is healthy.

We are definitely counting down!