Ultrasound and Flooding
(My super sexy husband! I took this photo of him yesterday when we went up to make sure the trail we are probably cleaning up next weekend wasn’t under water.)
I had an appointment with my midwife yesterday ans she asked me to get an ultrasound as soon as possible so that we can figure out the baby’s position. Normally Linda can tell how he is positioned by feeling around my belly but the baby is being very mobile and uncooperative lately (wow, didn’t expect him to manifest some of my more “endearing” personality traits so early… hehe!) She thinks he is breach again.
I’m a little concerned, I know Linda would not ask me to get an ultrasound unless she found it absolutely necessary. I am glad she is erring on the side of caution though. If he is breach there are still things we can do to get him back into the head down position, it will just get more difficult to do it as time passes (he is almost out of room in there!) She will deliver breach babies, but naturally there are more risks associated with that kind of delivery which we will have to be carefully considered. She has been very upfront about all that. So anyhow, I am shooting for being able to get an ultrasound early next week, before my next appointment.
I have the most horrendous heartburn today but otherwise I feel okay, still a little moody, but okay. I received a nursing bra via my Amazon Baby Registry today. It didn’t say from who but it is comfortable and really cute too, I love it. Thank you!
After my midwife appointment yesterday, Michael and I drove around to look at the local flooding, the Spokane River is above flood stage right now.
This is the Spokane River downtown near the falls. The river bed normally completely dries up in some places come summer time. No one has seen it this high since 1997 though (which is the last time we had widespread flooding.) The are saying the river will crest sometime this weekend.
I took some footage of the river yesterday as well since photos don’t even begin to capture how fast the river is moving (here are some of the still photos though.) Michael needs to teach me how to get the video from the video camera, to the computer, to the blog, so no video today, hopefully I have one up tomorrow.
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Wow, that’s really something. I walked down through the park just a few days before going home. It had gotten very hot, very quickly, and the falls there were impressively loud as result. Thanks for sharing your photos
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May 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I saw an interesting statistic in the paper today:
More than 300,000 gallons a second were passing a gauge by the Monroe Street Bridge on Friday afternoon, which is enough water to fill the Spokane Convention Center in about 1 minute, 15 seconds.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
wow….that is a really good photo though. Don’t be overly worried about the baby’s position. I am sure the baby is just showing mom what a little rebel he’s going to be.
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May 24th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Easy for you to say not to worry, you don’t have to push something out feet or butt first, hehe
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May 24th, 2008 at 5:22 am
That river looks very dangerous. I hope it does not crest much higher than that. I am sure the baby will settle into the right position. There is still time.
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May 24th, 2008 at 9:01 am
The river crested last night, but we are expecting rain today and tomorrow, which could cause it to rise again (we still have flood warnings) so we will see!
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May 25th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Do you have any photos of the bridge that spans the river, a few blocks northwest of the Davenport? It’s amazing that the river has risen so much!
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May 25th, 2008 at 7:43 am
The Monroe Street bridge? (The one with cow head sculptures on, it that cars drive across?) We didn’t walk down all the way down to the lower falls (which goes under that bridge.)
Here is a video of the lower falls from the Spokesman Review website though: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/media/video/?ID=1651
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May 27th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Someday I shall learn how to get through to you. I do read your blogs daily and you, your husband & my first great grand child are much in my prayers. Love you all very much.
Nana T.
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May 27th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Hey Jaspy! It was me who bought the bra for ya. lol I think I forgot to do it as a gift or something. I’m not sure but I’m glad to hear you got it alright. I really wanted to offer something and finally got the funds to do so. YAY!
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