Heading Down

31 weeks today and Lily is now head down. Dan and I really hope she stays in this position. Our midwife, Dale, says she's only had one mother whose baby, at 37 weeks, decided to turn right side up again making it a breech birth. Fingers crossed that's not the case for us.

Since we know Lily's position, we most likely will not get another ultrasound. We wanted to do just one more for a final picture of Lily inside my belly, but as long as we know she is where she is supposed to be, that's good enough for us.  

At our appointment Dale measure my belly at just under 31 weeks. That was on Tuesday, so Lily is exactly the measurement she should be. Good thing too, 'cause if she was bigger, that might mean she would come a bit earlier than expected and we need to get to at least 37 weeks to have the water birth.

We will now see Dale every two weeks for the next three appointments. It is crazy how time is flying by. December is a busy month for us.

• We start Lamaze on Sunday and go for two sessions (12/4 & 12/11)
• Two Appointments with Dale (first one on 12/13 & second one will be the week between Christmas & New Years)
• My 34th Birthday on the 20th
• Dan's brother Greg, Bonnie, and the boys fly in from California just before Christmas
• Christmas Eve dinner at our place
• Christmas dinner at Dan's parent's house then desert at my parent's house
• Going into the city with Dan's family on the 28th to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
• New Years Eve

Then before we know it, it will be January and I'll have only 34 days to Lily's due date.