24 Weeks

Baby Boy Gregory is sounding good, that is according to the doppler last Thursday.  His heartbeat is in the 140's and I'm measuring at 24 weeks, which I was at 23 1/2 weeks for the appt, so right on track.  We discussed what it will look like in the end since I'll be having a scheduled c-section.  The original date they discussed with us was December 23rd.  I brought it up again to my midwife, Kim, and she looked at the calendar and realized that was a Sunday, which they don't schedule c-sections on Sunday's.  So, by law, they can only schedule a c-section a week prior to the original due date, so since they don't schedule them on Sunday's, they've moved our date to December 24th.  Yep, Christmas Eve.  I don't know how I feel about it.  My birthday is December 31st, so it's always been close to Christmas.  The only things I don't like about it are that it's on a day where there are a ton of parties already scheduled, so you can never schedule one and expect people to show up to yours.  But, on the upside, there's always a party!  Also, that was always a time when you were on Christmas break from school, so you could never officially celebrate it.  The same will be for my son.  Parties will be hard to schedule on the very day of his birthday and just like me, he won't be in school during that time.  I blame Jason and I for poor planning :), but we will try our hardest to make his birthday standout from Christmas in years to come.  I'm crossing my fingers I go early, like I did with Cooper, but you never know.  We'll just have to see when that time rolls around!  It's crazy with every appt how fast this pregnancy is going and how close December really is.  I'm so ready to meet our little guy, but I know he's got to stay in there a while longer.  :)