The Dirt on Pregnancy Weblog

I had my first baby shower and it was lovely. I came straight home and moved all of the new gifts into the nursery. I was able to fill our bookshelf completely! My mother-in-law gave us our glider, which was the last piece of furniture needed for the nursery so we are now complete. Mr. G and I drew our silhouette outlines on the walls and I started painting them last night. I think they look pretty amazing. I have filled in the outlines with white paint but we are going to add some colors to them to brighten up the designs. I will post pictures as soon as I finish, which I’m hoping will be this Sunday night.  

My last OB appointment went well and my iron levels are back up to normal so my supplement has been working. I am no longer slightly anemic. My fundal height remains to be normal and the baby is still in the head down position. He is, however, facing “sunny side up” which only means that if he stays that way, I will probably have more back pain with my labor. I’m going to do some exercises to try and turn the little guy so we’ll see if he stays put at our next appointment.

I did some research and called all of the main delivery hospitals in the area to ask them their c-section rate. I was of course at the mercy of the people I talked to and their honesty, but found out that the hospital I chose, had the lowest rate. The national average is 35-36% which is just crazy (I think) and our hospital is 31%. Still not great but better than the other hospitals in the area that averaged 40%.  I need to check again but I believe our doctor has a 20% c-section rate for his clients (if I remember correctly from our first meeting) and I am happy with that number. Ultimately, I think it’s your doctor’s rate that matters more than the hospital you will be delivering at but either way, I’m happy with our decision.

Stay tuned for 7month and 8 month belly shots in a few days!