Flutter-kick

Naomi is increasingly feeling little flutters and even kicks from time to time. After seeing the little bugger on the screen at each ultrasound, we're not surprised. BB2 sure is active!

Anywayz, from time to time, I'll gently plonk my hand on her belly to see if I can get some of the action. Over the last 6 weeks or so... nothing.

This morning - [bump]

Tee hee hee

New bottles

Following on from learning about BPA, and the fact that our (almost exclusively) Avent stuff is full of it, we're keen to replace them.

Got a couple of these at the recent Child and Baby Expohttp://www.adiri.com/

Quite different from a normal bottle in many ways. One of the fundamental ways is that the 'lid' is the base. It has a one-way valve in the 'lid'. You turn the bottle upside-down in its lid to fill it. When the bub is feeding, the valve is at the other end, so there's less air ingested.

Oh, and they're BPA-free, of course.

20w 5d

All is looking good!


Everything was checked, from top to toe. We saw 10 fingers and 10 toes, all the requisite bones etc. Heart all good, stomach and bladder good. All good!

(They even checked the 'nether-regions', but we looked away and the DVD recording was paused. All good there too).

VBAC Info from health.com

Did a bit of googling...

What are the benefits of a VBAC?

The benefits of a VBAC compared to a C-section include:

• Avoiding another scar on your uterus. This is important if you are planning on a future pregnancy—the more scars on the uterus, the greater the chance of problems with a later pregnancy.
• Less pain after delivery.
• Fewer days in the hospital and a shorter recovery at home.
• A lower risk of infection.
• A more active role for you and your birthing partner in the birth of your child.

What are the risks of VBAC?

The most serious risk of a VBAC is that a C-section scar could come open during . This is very rare, but when it does happen, it can be very serious for both the mother and the baby. The risk that a scar will tear open is very low during VBAC when you have just one low cesarean scar and your labor is not started with medicine. This risk is why VBAC is only offered by hospitals that can do a rapid emergency C-section.

If you have a trial of labor and need to have a C-section, your risk of infection is slightly higher than if you just had a C-section.

That's just a bit of it, there's a lot more, and some good FAQs at
http://www.health.com/health/library/topic/0,,hw200557_hw200560,00.html

It's sort of interesting though... it certainly has a US Obstetric spin on it all.