breech no more

until recently, our little girl had been breech. her head, which felt like a little apple, was almost always right above my belly button. as with several pregnancy concerns, i was finding some conflicting information. on the one hand, they say not to worry- that most babies will get themselves into position before labor starts. (only 3% of babies are still breech at term.) on the other hand, the majority of babies have turned by this gestational stage. and i just wondered why she hadn't seemed to want to. it could just be because she's small; they say that once babies' heads get heavier, they tend to tip upside-down.

in any case, i'm no longer worried about this. at our last two appointments, the midwives found that she was head down. this is great news, since prior to this she was breech at every visit ever since our 20 week ultrasound. (we are 31/32 weeks now.) even though many people (including greg- many times) assured me that there never was cause for concern, i do feel relieved.

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i am feeling great as we begin our last two months and everything is going well. the baby is much bigger and seems to be very strong- her movements are powerful and we can now see her moving around when we look at my belly. we will have our first (of six) childbirth classes this coming monday evening and we are looking forward to that.

also, we are so, so happy and excited that, at least for the first four years of her life, our baby will have a president that her country can be proud of.