After today - 2 more days!!!

After today there are only 2 more days until Dave and I get to meet Baby Persoleo! Yesterday was Dave's 31st birthday - we thought BP might make an appearance for his/her first birthday gift to Daddy...but I guess BP thinks Saturday is present enough!

We are still all set for Saturday morning at 7:30am. As I was told at my last prego doctor's appointment yesterday - 7:30am is "knife to belly" time. So all of the pre-op business will be started at 5:30am when we arrive! Dr. McCullough(my hero - by the way) says that the whole process (cutting, delivering and stitching back up) only takes about 20-25 minutes! She even told Dave that he gets to announce whether BP is a girl or a boy!!! She will hold BP up - and Dave calls it! I can't wait for that moment! (I also hope that Dave gets it RIGHT!)

Hopefully, by 8am my parents will know the good news and start making phone calls to our family and friends - early morning rise for you guys! (especially if you live in Portland or Texas!)
Also there is always the chance that another pregnant lady could come into the hospital on saturday morning in active labor and needing a c-section who would go before me and we would be bumped until a later time.

I will post a picture of Dave and I in the next day or so - AND BP's room as it looks now.
Can't wait to post a picture of the baby in the flesh!!!

Thanks for all of the love and support over the last 7 months on this BLOG...it has been so fun!
Love,
Jessica, Dave and BP

B.P. has a birthday!

It has been a fun two weeks with doctor's appointments, showers, ultra sounds, and MOXABUSTION. What is moxabustion you say? Well - at my latest ultra sound (Feb. 2nd) we learned that BP's head is wedged up in the heart shaped uterus without much chance of flipping. This means that there is not much of a chance of a vaginal birth - so as of right now - we have a c-section scheduled for February 28th at 7:30am in the morning. This isn't to say that I couldn't still go into labor on my own before that - but if not - then the latest Persoleo family member will be a February baby! I feel like I know this little girl or boy so well - it is so exciting to know that I will get to meet BP in just over two weeks!!! Anyway - back to moxabustion...it is a form of accupuncture using a point in your toe with heat from an incense stick. The theory is that babies that are not head down move towards the heat after 5-6 treatments of the moxabustion. My OBGYN said for us to try this natural remedy - and Dave and I both thought, "what could it hurt?" So we made an appointment and Dave learned how to moxabust my feet! We just did our last session last night - the baby's head is still wedged and NOT down...but it was worth a shot! I told my OBGYN on Tuesday that our house smells like Michael Phelps' dormroom from all of the incense lighting! Above are the latest 4D pictures of BP. I think the baby has changed so much since the last ones...the Waslick nose is still in effect - but maybe not as much! I can't wait to post a blog on here with BP's face in the flesh!!! It will be before the end of the month!!!! :)