35 weeks...my baby is now a Honeydew

Another week gone...another week closer to D-Day. According to Babycenter.com, "Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that she's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 lbs (pick up a honeydew melon). Most of her basic physical development is now complete - she'll send the next few weeks putting on weight." Great, so that means my stomach is going to grow even more and the chance of getting stretch is in my near future. Wonderful!!

I have a busy girl this week. Went to my appointment and ultrasound on Monday. Baby is growing just fine so nothing to worry about there. But they did tell me that she is breech. So my choices were to schedule a C-Section or to see if they could turn her manually. I'm not one that would like to be cut open to have a baby. First off, I am one that wants to experience what child birth is like. All the "hee hee hee's", bearing down and pushing. And second, I'm not too fond of the big scar across my belly that comes with a C-Section. So they scheduled me with my regular OB (I had been rotating amongst the OB's in the office, meeting them in case they were going to be the doctor on call when I go into labor) on Monday to see what to do next. So this week I have been trying every natural way to get this baby to turn. First I hooked up some headphones to my iPod and put it on the lower part of my pelvis. They say that the baby will move downward to the music. Next I put a cold compress on the upper part of my stomach where the baby's head is. They say that the baby will not like it being cold and will turn downward where it's warm. Then I tried some positions to discourage the baby from settling in my pelvis.

Knee-Chest Position

I tried this on the floor of the living room while watching my soap opera. One would think it would be comfortable. Well when you have this belly protruding out, it's pretty painful at times. I was able to hold it for 10 minutes.

Next was this position...

I tried this position while laying on the bed watching Friends. It was more comfortable and I could hold it longer (20 minutes). I can't believe this baby hasn't even been born yet and I'm bending over backwards for her. I'm not sure if any of these positions have helped. I guess we will find out tomorrow at my doctor's appointment.

Another highlight of this week was my work baby shower on Tuesday. We had snacks, cake and punch and I was showered with some wonderful gifts. I work with such a great group of people. I can't wait to introduce Abbie to them all. I'm sure she will know Anthony (our CFO) once she hears his voice. He brings the entertainment to our office. On Friday he was telling me of when his son was breech and how his wife would do these same positions. But he made sure to demonstrate them for me in the hallway of our office. There is never a dull moment at LinkAmerica.

My mission this upcoming week is to find a daycare provider. I know, I should have had someone lined up weeks ago. But you see, I'm a procrastinator and I always wait until the last minute to do things. I guess it's been hard for me because I have only lived in Oklahoma for 6 years and I'm not too familiar with who runs at home daycares. I have a couple of friends who have told me they could do it but they don't live in Sand Springs or Tulsa. So I had a couple of friends from work who are from Sand Springs give me some names. I have their names and numbers, I just need to sit down and start calling. I also found a list of questions online to ask them. Charlie & I are also going to go visit them in person so we can check out their house and also hopefully be there during the day to see them interact with their kids. I just pray that someone has an opening for the beginning of the year.

Well I have rambled on long enough. Time to go fold some baby blankets, call some daycare providers and write some shower thank yous.