We had our first official doctor's appointment today to see if there really is a baby in there! Well, folks, we have a winner! TBD is now officially alive, in our minds! We saw and heard the heartbeat, 176 bpm. The ultrasound actually puts TBD's due date at July 19th, versus the 21st, like we had originally thought.
Everything looked great for baby, but they did discover that I have a small bleed/clot in my uterus. No big deal...a lot of women have them. The doc said that it should be absorbed by my uterus within the next month. I guess we'll find out if it did at our 13 week appointment. I am not allowed to exercise, no heavy lifting, and no intercourse. The heavy lifting was a concern since I have this 22-lb babe attached to me all day. I guess Mr. Joey will be having to do a whole lot more walking!
We also discussed how we wanted to have this baby. Since I had a c-section with Joey, I can automatically opt to have another c-section with TBD. A lot of times, the mother with a previous c-section has no choice in this matter and has to have a c-section if the delivering doctor and/or hospital does not support vaginal birth after cesearan (VBAC). I really would like to have a vaginal birth with TBD. I'm not bothered that I had a c-section with Joey, but I don't feel like I "earned" it. I know that sounds really stupid...I carried him for 10 months, I had major surgery so that they could remove him from me, it took months for me to heal from the surgery, etc. But, I never felt a contraction. I never went into labor. I don't know what childbirth actually feels like. If you ever hang out with moms, especially ones that had their babes within the past couple of years, childbirth usually comes up at least once in the conversation. Everyone starts to tell their war stories from the delivery room. "I was in labor for 24 amount of hours!", "I pushed for 12 hours straight!", "I pooped all over the table.", and it goes on and on. I usually just sit there, smile, and nod in agreement to these stories while withholding my story from the group unless someone asks me. I know there is no shame in my game, but when you tell people that you have a c-section, there's always one in the group that wants to point out how ridiculous it is that there are so many c-sections in our country these days. Really? Did you just say that to me? It's very annoying.
Anyways, I would like to have a VBAC and see what all this birthing business is about. I am absolutely positive that I will be regretting this decision while I'm trying to push out out my baby's head through my vagina! I am also aware that I still may have to have a c-section. The doc said that one of the main concerns with a VBAC is the tearing of my old incision. The docs and nurses will keep a very close eye on this and if they notice any tearing, they will perform a c-section. If TBD is breech like their bro, then I will have a c-section (and no, I will NOT go through the Version procedure (where the docs try to flip the baby from the outside) again). If I have to have a c-section in the end, I'm okay with that.
