Overdue

Today Mr. Stannix and I took a drive to Red Deer for an ultrasound. My midwife was concerned because my measurements have been the same for the last few weeks and she wanted to check on baby's position too. We woke up to snow and ice and the roads were really terrible. We drove around 80km the entire way in to the city on a skating rink. I was a little bit grumpy and overdue and Mr. Stannix wasn't pleased with the road conditions. Alas, we tried to make the best of our time. We turned off the radio and talked the entire way in and back. It's so nice having family close by to watch the littles. Part way through the ultrasound the doctor came in to inform us that baby is breech and we would need to get in touch with specialists in Edmonton or Calgary to arrange induction and delivery. The ultrasound tech kept scanning and wasn't entirely convince that they got the correct position. She called in a colleague to double check and it turns out that baby wasn't breech, but oblique/transverse. So babe's head is in my right hip and it's feet in my left ribs. It's been a tearful kind of week. At least we know!