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| December 20, 2007. 17 weeks, 2 days. |
February, 2008...
My third ultrasound with Ryan. The first was the transvaginal one that I had in order to date the pregnancy, the second was in December in order to find out the sex and check for whatever else they check for at 20 weeks. I switched from an OB to a CNM in January, and the CNM's office wanted to repeat the 20 week ultrasound, because for some reason the OB wouldn't give up the records.
Anyway... During the ultrasound, Ryan kept kicking at the wand. He ended up turning posterior and he pretty much hid in my pelvis for the rest of the pregnancy.
At the end of April, I decided to go to a chiropractor and try to get him to turn, because he wasn't doing the rumbly tumbly movement that most babies do, and I was worried about back labor and c-sections and all of the things that tend to come with posterior babies. After 4 weeks of chiro, we got Ryan to assume the optimal foetal position, and he was fine with that.... for a while.
June 2, 2008...
Ryan is now a week late. Midwife wants to induce. I would prefer to wait for spontaneous labor. She hooks me up to the monitor for a non-stress-test.
Ryan kicked more during that test than he had throughout the entire pregnancy. And he turned posterior again... hiding himself in my pelvis.
The ultrasound that followed confirmed it, he was posterior... again.
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| Finally here! Welcome to the world, Ryan Anthony! |
June 10, 2008...
Ryan was born via cesarean section after 50 some odd hours of start and stop labor, due to his posterior positioning.
It still annoys me... but at the same time, it worries me a little. Seriously, I am telling you that he was HIDING from the ultrasound wands, including the doppler and their little stress monitor. Ultrasounds are loud inside of the womb! It's kind of like what the fish hear when you tap on the glass of the aquarium. Ultrasounds also heat up the amniotic fluid.
Ryan's aversions to hot water and loud noises were there before he was even out of the womb.
