C-section scheduled

I had another follow up appointment with Dr. Cook today. My weight & blood pressure are good & Therese's heart rate was at 143 BPM. She is still breech so we have decided to deliver her via C-section. It is scheduled for Monday August 16 @ 11:30 am (be at Children's Memorial Hermann). Dr. Cook said that it should go very quickly but sometimes things get pushed back depending on how busy Labor & Delivery is. The actual surgery is very, very quick. I will be awake & alert (unless I ask for something to make me sleep), but will not be able to feel anything. Jason will be in the operating room with us. As soon as she is born, Dr. Cook will cut the cord & hand her to Jason so that he can baptise her. After Dr. Cook closes me up, they will move us to recovery where we can have visitors. Dr. Cook has assured us that Jason will be with Therese at all times.

We are beginning to talk about our "birth plan". I am so torn on how to do this. Part of me wants to have a very detailed plan. I don't want to miss out on anything. I want to make sure we get to do all the things new parents get to do with their newborns. On the other hand, we have no way of knowing how much time we will have. It could be a few minutes, or few hours or maybe even a day or so. I don't want to spend it all jostling her around trying to get ink prints, clay prints & bathing her. Although knowing the outcome is so difficult, I am grateful that we can make arrangements so that her grandparents will be there to meet her. Also my dear friend Jennifer has agreed to come & take pictures of little Therese. I also take some comfort in knowing that we will not have to come home from the hospital to a nursery full of pink & a house full of baby gifts. I am still feeling fine & am enjoying this time that I have with her. She still moves around mostly just before we go to sleep & sometimes during the night. She is a night owl, just like her daddy.