We had an ultrasound last week to see just how big. They estimated a little over 6 pounds at that point. Today, my OB says he's probably around 7.5 pounds. I still have a month until our scheduled c-section date.
But I'm having a lot of contractions, some of them pretty intense. They stopped the labor last Friday night with medication. I've been contracting on and off since then. It was rough again last night, but so far we're able to hold this baby off.
As I told my doctor this morning... I don't really like this baby boy right now. I love him and I'll melt as soon as I hold him, but he's killing me and I'm just doing everything I can to keep him in there a week or two longer.
(At that point, we'll go ahead and do the c-section early. But right now, we might risk a week or two in the NICU if he's born this early.)
So mommy will continue to soak in the tub each night, for 15-20 minutes of buoyant relaxation. Those are my only comfortable moments of the day. I've got pain medication to help me get through the night... and the daytime hours at work keep my busy enough that I forget how much it hurts.
It's not kidney stone pain, mind you! But it's annoying and it makes my blood pressure rise and I sweat and get nauseous, etc... I'll manage it for a few more weeks... then my boy can hear about it for the rest of his life!!! He was a pain in the *** before he was even born!
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