Week of doctors!

This week both Reily and I went to the doctor for our check ups...Reily went for his 18 month appointment and measured in at 32 inches (25-50 percentile), and 23lbs. 1 oz (10-25 percentile). So, although he's on the skinny side, the doctor says he's growing on his growth curve just as he should!

Aside from the excitement of getting a nasty shot, the doctor also told me Reily has a heart murmur, which he just heard for the first time and hadn't heard when he was younger. Of course as a Mom, I started to panic, until he told me it was no big deal for kids, and they grow out of them. As I've asked around, apparently it's very common...

My doctor's appointment on Friday had so-so news...Baby Boy #2 is still measuring big, but only 3.5 weeks big this time. So, in 2 weeks he only made my belly grow 1 week in size. I guess that's a good thing! Still, he's measuring big...so we'll have an ultrasound in another 4 weeks and then decide how to deliver.

The most frustrating thing is that every time I go to the doctor, I find out more about my delivery with Reily and how scary and dangerous it really was. At the time, being an oblivious first time Mom, I truly thought I had an easy labor and delivery! I guess getting to the hospital at 8 cm and not having any medication and having the baby 4 hours after arriving made me think it wasn't bad. Now I find out that it was a really horrible delivery--Reily had severe shoulder dystocia and could have died or had permanent brain and/or nerve damage. They showed me the notes in my chart on everything they had to do to get him delivered safely, and I wanted to cry! It was horrible. I guess I was just in an out-of-it state of mind and didn't really notice what was going on until all of the doctors and nurses rushed in--and I thought that was normal! Praise the Lord that Reily is fine and has no health issues as a result of his traumatic delivery. And I'm thankful I didn't know how bad it was at the time...but it makes the second time around a lot scarier! Especially since they say if you've had shoulder dystocia once (odds are typically . 5%), it increases your chances of having it again by 20-fold! I would hate myself if I refused a csection and it happens again and the baby is in distress and gets hurt. So, we'll see...as much as I want to avoid one, it looks like we may be heading towards a csection the week of April 13th!