kind of bruin

Nothing much exciting has been going on, at least with pictures and fun stuff.

We have been to a bunch of baby classes: one on breast feeding (latching is key, and babies are smarter with breast milk), one on car seats (read the manual, and loose objects in the car are dangerous), one on labor and delivery (labor is very long, so stay at home, the hospital does not want you until you have contractions that are every 5 minutes apart, that last 1 minute in duration, and have been going on for an hour, and the labor and delivery rooms have ESPN) and finally one class on 0-3 month child rearing (always sleep on their back and don’t sleep with mom and dad)

We have also been trying to clean the junk room so our parents can come down and paint it pretty cheery colors for the little tyke’s room.

Baby update, here is probably what you were looking for…

Two weeks…and counting. Well we went in for our appointment and baby Reynard/Eliza still has not turned, which leaves us with a full breach baby. The doctor is giving he/she another couple of weeks to turn, if the babe does not turn they are going to try an External Cephalic Version, in which the baby is turned from the outside of the abdomen so that it is in the head down position.
The procedure will be done in the hospital with Sue getting an epidural. If the baby does not turn or something goes wrong, a caesarian section will be performed. If all goes well, Sue will most likely have labor induced, so the baby is not given time to flip itself back into its favored breech position.

Wish us luck. The little bugger was really active today, so maybe it will decide that Sue’’s ribs are not that nice to cuddle with, flip over and come into the world when he/she pleases. Otherwise we may be getting a little one in a couple of weeks.