The second half of my pregnancy

So at our 20 week ultrasound it was found that the right kidney valve of our baby was slightly bigger than it should be, doctors told us it was nothing to be too worried about as it was very common, especially in boys, and shouldnt have major or long term effects, but we were booked in for another ultrasound at 32 weeks to see how things were looking then. This was almost a blessing for me, as it meant I got to see my baby again before he was born and make sure everything was still ok.

The ultrasound came along and the valve was fine, however THIS time they had discovered that I was holding a lot more fluid around bubs than I should be, apparently this could cause premature labour (this was proven COMPLETELY wrong). I was seen by a doctor who told me I would need weekly monitoring to make sure our baby was doing ok, and that the fluid wasnt getting too out of control, if my waters were to break than I had to come straight to the hospital, this was a very strange thing to be hearing at 32 weeks pregnant, no way was I prepared to have this baby yet!

The following weeks past and everything was fairly normal, extra fluid stayed the same for the most part, I was measuring around 38-39 weeks for pretty much the last 8 weeks of the pregancy (no wonder I could hardly walk anymore!) but bubs was happy and safe. Around 34 weeks the doctor talked to us about the possibility of us having a caesarean birth as bubs had decided to be bum down. I was not at all happy, no way did I want this to happen. The next week bubs was head down so discussions ended, however at 36 weeks, he was breech again. I tried everything I could to make him turn, but it didnt work and the caesarean was booked for the 26th of March. I decided that as this was going to happen, I would make the most of it, and try to make it a very positive experience for all of us. 38 weeks came around, and what do you know, bubs was head down again! The doctor gave us the option of keeping the caesarean, or canceling it. We decided to cancel it. I had mixed feeling about this as I had finally gotten used to the idea that the 26th of March was going to be the day we have our son.

39 weeks came, and we had our weekly ultrasound, and discovered our son was breech yet again. Little bugger just wanted to keep everyone guessing till the end. When we told the doctor he didnt know what to do as we had already canceled the caesarean, so he went to talk with another doctor who came into the room and asked Mike and I if we had any objections to the following day being our sons birthday. It was so exciting, and nerve wracking, we were going to be having our son in 24 hours....