Yikes.....it has been awhile!

I won't be such a lazy blogger once Ryan comes.....I will keep it up to date for my out of town readers as much as possible!

I will be 38 weeks tomorrow! There is a light at the end of the tunnel! This will be a short post, but i promise to update Wednesday! We have a NST (non stress test), Ultrasound, and OB appt Wednesday morning. We will find out how big the "moose" is, and what our plans for delivery may be.

If he is still huge, my OB has been talking a c section around the 29th. This would help avoid the risk of Shoulder dystocia.

What is shoulder dystocia?

Shoulder dystocia occurs when, after delivery of the fetal head, the baby's anterior shoulder gets stuck behind the mother's pubic bone. If this happens, the remainder of the baby does not follow the head easily out of the vagina as it usually does during vaginal deliveries.

The major concern of shoulder dystocia is damage to the upper brachial plexus nerves. These supply the sensory and motor components of the shoulder, arm and hands.^[2] The aetiology of injury to the foetus is debated, but a probable mechanism is manual stretching of the nerves, which in itself can cause injury. Furthermore, excess tension may physically tear the nerve roots out from the neonatal spinal column, resulting in total dysfunction. The ventral roots (motor pathway) are most prone to injury, as they are in the plane of greatest tension (anterior, sensory nerves are somewhat protected due to the usual inward movement of the shoulder).

Until Wednesday!