Vi var på hospitalet i går, til et vendingsforsøg, som jeg skrev i min "9 MONTH PREGNANCY UPDATE" vi skulle. Vores lille dreng vendte nemlig med hovedet opad, lige ved siden af min navle, som jeg har illustreret i indlægget. Så vi skulle til vendingsforsøg, med scanner, hjertemonitor, medicin, der får livmoderen til at slappe af osv. Ret omstændigt, og noget der godt kan stresse en lille baby der ligger trygt i maven. Hvis ikke vendingen lykkedes, blev det planlagt kejsersnit.
Vi havde tid 9.30, men havde selvfølgelig fået at vide, at vi skulle forvente at tilbringe op til fire timer på hospitalet, fordi vores aftale jo ikke var akut. Jeg stod tidligt op for at pakke snacks og en bog. Jeg har det MEGET bedre når jeg er totalt forberedt. Jeg havde også pakket hospitalstaske til både baby og jeg aftenen forinden, HVIS det uheldige skulle ske, at han skulle blive så stresset så jeg ville gå i fødsel hurtigt efter. Vi sad i venteværelset i 50 minutter, det samme venteværelse, hvor familier kom og besøgte de nye babyer, der var kommet til verden. Det gjorde det på en måde endnu værre, og jeg blev SÅ nervøs. Jeg svedte, kunne ikke samle mig om noget som helst, og havde det lidt som når jeg skal til en eksamen.
Endelig kom en jordemoder og kaldte os ind. Vi kom ind til det første rum vi skulle være i, som var et rum med en scanner, så de kunne sikre sig, at han ikke havde vendt sig rigtigt i mellemtiden. Det vidste jeg han ikke havde, for jeg kunne stadig mærke hovedet oppe ved siden af min navle. Jordemoderen var så sød, og mærkede først efter, sagde så noget om, at hun ikke var sikker på, at det var hans hoved. Jeg fik det kølige gel på, og hun startede scanneren. Hun startede nede i mit bækken, og sagde imens billedet kom frem på skærmen: "Når vi kigger efter hovedet, kigger vi efter en hvid cirkel, som denne her". Nikolaj og jeg blev ret forvirrede, for den hvide cirkel var nede i mit bækken. Jeg spurgte, uden selv at tro på det, "men er det så hans hoved?" "Ja," svarede jordemoderen, og viste os hans rygrad og numse oppe ved min navle. Og hans små fødder på den anden side. "Han ligger helt perfekt, langt nede i dit bækken og der bliver han".(!!!)
Enten har min jordemoder taget fejl, eller også har han vendt sig selv siden i torsdags. I hvert fald: Han vender helt perfekt, lige som han skal, han sidder godt fast nede i mit bækken, klar til at blive født helt naturligt! Det er hans lille numse der har ligget ved siden af min navle! Haha. Ih, vi er så glade! Nu er det bare at vente og få ordnet de sidste ting. Og så bestemmer han helt selv hvornår han vil ud <3
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We were at the hospital yesterday to a turnaround effort, as I wrote in my "9 MONTH PREGNANCY UPDATE" we were going to. Our little boy was standing up in my belly, head up next to my belly button, which I have shown you in the entry. So we were going to a turnaround effort, with scans, heart monitor, medicine to make the uterus relax and so on. A lot of things going on, and something that can easily stress a little baby who is lying safe and sound in the belly. If the turnaround did not go as planned, it was a scheduled c-section.
Our appointment was at 9.30, but we had of course been told that we could expect spending up to four hours at the hospital because our appointment was not acute. I got up early to pack snacks and a book. I feel MUCH better when I am completely prepared. I had also packed a hospital bag for both baby and I the night before, JUST in case he got so stressed so I would go into labour shortly after. We sat in the waiting room for 50 minutes, the same waiting room where families came to visit the new born babies. It kind of made it even worse, and I got SO nervous. I was sweating, could not concentrate on anything, and felt kind of when you are going to an exam.
Finally a midwife came and called us in. We went into the first room we had to be in, which was a room with a scanner so they could make sure he had not turned around in the meantime. I knew he had not, because I could still feel his head next to my belly button. The midwife was so sweet, first she felt and then said something about not being sure about whether that was his head or not. She applied the cool gel and she started the scanner. She started down by my pelvis, and said while the picture showed on the screen: "When we look for the head, we look for a white circle, like this one". Nikolaj and I got really confused, because the white circle was in my pelvis. I asked, without believing it myself, "but does that mean that is his head?" "Yes," the midwife said, and showed us his back and bottom up next to my belly button. And his little feet on the other site. "His position is perfect, his head is far down in your pelvis and he is going to stay there". (!!!)
So either my midwife was mistaken, or he turned around himself since Thursday. Matter of the fact is: His position is perfect, just as it should be, he is nice and stuck in my pelvis, ready to be born naturally! It is his little butt that is next to my belly button! Haha. Eek, we are so happy! Now we just have to wait and get all the last things done. And then it is up to him to decide when he wants to come out <3
