Halloween

We had a long few weeks on the baby front here after discovering at our week 31 appointment that the baby had not yet made the turn to a head-down position. There was some concern among our midwives because in AK, if a baby is known to be breech going into labor, the only option for delivery is a C-section. None of us are interested in that so the midwives gave us some suggestions to try to encourage the little banana to turn, most of which involved me upside down (in the pool) or lying on a board propped up at a 45 degree angle, with my head below my hips. None of this was comfortable for me, and because the goal was to make the baby uncomfortable enough to turn, I'm guessing that I wasn't the only one who wasn't enjoying myself. Thankfully, this past Sunday, after a long day of squirming, stretching, and rolling (the baby, not me), I noticed that little feet were poking me at the top of my belly and there was no little round head below my ribs where one had been for the last several weeks. It was confirmed yesterday at my 34 week appointment that the baby is head-down and in an excellent position for birth. Much relief!! So our fingers are crossed that we can coast through the last 6 weeks with little worry.

In other news...Max and I took our "beach ball" out to the annual Halloween bonfire at our good friend Steve's place. Luckily the temperature, though cold enough to freeze a bottle of n/a beer, stayed above zero, and the fire was hot enough to keep our exposed skin comfortable - at least on the side that happened to be facing the fire. Can't you picture Max hanging out in a beat-up VW van somewhere along the CA coast? Damn, he sure can pull off the beach bum look! The night we met he had just returned from a summer at Shoup Bay and hadn't yet made it to the barber. My first impression of him, with his long blonde bangs and visor (despite the fact that the sun had set hours before) was "California surfer dude". This picture brings me back ;-)