Yuba City Doctor Appointment

I had my appointment with the new ob doctor in Yuba City on Wednesday to discuss doing a VBAC. We were very surprised about what we found out. A lot of previous information we had collected about VBAC's was incorrect. Bryce & I still have not made a final decision yet on what we are going to do, we have a lot of talking with each other still left to do but I will let everyone know as soon as a decision has been reached.

Here are some things that we had previously been miss-informed about. While researching VBAC's and speaking to tons of different people we were told that for a VBAC you had to have an epidural, that you had to have constant monitoring, so that meant no getting up and showering or walking during labor. We had also been told that if it came to needing to be induced to start labor or to speed things up that inducing would not be done on VBAC patients. We had also been told that if the baby turned again like David did that the doctors would not make an attempt to turn him, they would just go ahead with another c-section. The other reason VBAC's aren't done in Northern California was because the hospitals up here don't have the operating staff and anesthesiologist in house at all times. One other thing we were told is that the stay in the hospital after a VBAC is 3 days.

After Wednesdays appointment we found out that everything was different, at least for this particular doctor. This doctor does not offer epidurals at all, it's mostly because of the anesthesiologists. They are worried that with an epidural they would miss any complications that could arise. - Good thing for me I didn't want an epidural anyway! I would have to be monitored every 15 minutes but in between monitoring I could get up and walk around and shower to help ease labor pains. This doctor does not have a problem inducing labor as long as I am at least 38 to 40 weeks pregnant or if I just need a boost to get labor progressing. I would have to have an IV just to make sure I don't get dehydrated. Since there is no epidural available they do offer pain medication through your IV if wanted or needed. As of right now I personally don't want pain medication but there would be some available if necessary. This doctor also said that if the baby should turn butt down (frank breech) like David did, he would make every attempt to turn him and if possible do everything he can to let me deliver naturally. Otherwise it would have to go to a c-section. The hospital I would be at (Fremont Medical Center) does not have the operating staff and anesthesiologist on hand at all times, but they are still allowed to VBAC's. Bryce would be able to stay with the baby and I at the hospital. Our stay would only have to be overnight if everything went well with delivery.

Since we are having a boy we want to get him circumcised, this doctor will do the circumcision for $150.00 (which is a great price! we paid $275.00 for David) He could do it in the hospital but there would be additional hospital fees, so if we can work it he will have us come over to his office right after we get discharged from the hospital and do the circumcision before we head back to Red Bluff.

We have a lot to think about and will be deciding soon I promise...

We do have to raise at least $150.00 for the circumcision so please if you can or want to guess the baby's due date, please get in on the baby pool! It's $5.00 a guess... All the information is posted on this blog with a view of the actual calendars. Please check it out and contact me if you're interested.

Pround Aunt

I am a pround new Aunt! My niece Emily Rosetta Castor was born Thursday February 26th @ 8:30am in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She is 6lbs 8oz and 20 inches long. She was born via scheduled

c-section, but both mommy & baby are doing great. Oh & my brother is doing great too, (it's his first biological daugther)

Baby Pool Calendars

Sorry this took me so long to get these uploaded they didn't scan very well but here they are for now! Please let me know if you would like to pick a square!

Prenatal Check-Up Today

Today was my monthly prenatal check-up! I am 27 weeks pregnant and everything is looking good. I finally gained a little weight, I have a total weight gain for this pregnancy of 8 lbs! I was only at 2 lbs my last doctor visit and got in BIG trouble for it. So I've been trying to eat as much as I could possibly stomach and it paid off! The baby is looking great, we got to do another sonogram today. I swear my OB doctor is like a big kid, he has a sonogram machine in his office and when he stepped through the door of the exam room he asked us if we could go see the baby?! Of course we didn't object, we love seeing the little guy! It's just too funny to see a doctor get so excited over wanting to do a sonogram to see the baby. It was reconfirmed that we are having a little boy... he is already head down and nice and low. During the sonogram we got to see him sucking his thumb, I almost started crying! The baby kept his hands up by his face the whole time so we never did get a good look at his face.

Here is one of the pictures of him - it's hard to see so don't feel bad if you can't make it out. He has his head looking down and his hands covering most of the side of his face. He was being bashful today! Anyway, I'm exhausted we had a really busy day so we will talk to you all later...

The Haunted Toy

Last night and then again this morning one of David's ride on toys randomly started making noise. It takes a bit of force to push the button to make the toy make the noise, so as you could imagine Suzanne and i were a little weirded out at first. I am starting to get used to the random noise making toy now. Unfortunately last night it woke David up before we could run upstairs to try to turn it off, that is the problem it doesn't have an off switch, so i tried to muffle the noise but that didn't help. Oh well just another exciting thing to add to our lives, am i right. Ha ha. Everyone is doing well here, we are finally getting our house in order, a new office desk, clothes put away and a great outlook on life has kept us going for now. That is all for now, bye everyone.

Super Bowl Sunday

Well to those of you who do watch the game, what a game it was. I love it when a game as big as the super bowl comes down to the last 5 min in the 4th quarter. Thank you to all who voted on the poll those of you who thought the steelers were going to win, you were right, they were victorious coming back in the 4th quarter and keeping the lead to the end. Thank you again to all who voted on the poll, please check back often for more fun on polls, and other great stuff to come to this web site. By for now.