The twins are going to spend a little more time in mommy's tummy before coming out. We met with our obstetrician, Dr. Ken Weber, today. He informed us that "Baby B" (that's doctor speak for the baby higher up in the uterus) is not head down. That makes it 50% probability that there has to be a c-section for the second baby. This would mean that the chances were fairly high that Lakshmi would be experiencing the pain of natural childbirth AND the longer recovery times of a c-section.
So after discussing the pros and cons with the doctor and each other, we decided it was better to go with a planned c-section. Since the hospital was booked for c-sections on Wednesday and the doctor had Thursday off, we set Friday Feb 20th as the day of choice.
This gives us a couple more days to get ready for the babies, wrap up things in the office, figure out how to change diapers, and still get 8 hours of sleep a day. This also means that Lakshmi and the babies will be in the hospital for 4 days after the birth instead of the usual 2 days.
I have my trusty Canon G3 ready for the big day. Deepalu lent us his video camera, until I get the new Sony TRV318. A week's worth of cloth diapers are ready for dispatch, as are the crib and the car seats.
Radhika (Markandeya) spoke to Lakshmi today, and gave her a bunch of tips on how to handle the delivery as well as raising twins. This was very sweet of Radhika to do this. It made Lakshmi feel a whole lot better equipped.
As if to show that we're surrounded by nice people, Anu-Murali stopped by on Sunday and Nipa-Deepalu stopped by yesterday. We're truly fortunate to have such nice people as friends.
Some belated holiday cheer
Taa taa, i'll keep you posted with more updates.
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