sideways baby

so today i went to an ecografía and it turns out that Sabrina is lying there sideways. the doctor said, that doesn't mean anything--she might turn upside down in a few hours (upside down would be the right side up, that is, feet up, head down). but if she is still lying there sideways when i go to my next appointment on January 4, then i will need to get a c-section immediately!

it made me sad to think of all the millions of women and babies that have died, and probably still do, because the dumb babies are lying there sideways! there is no way that you can give birth to a sideways baby! before c-sections and ecografías to let you know beforehand the fetus' position, a woman would go into labor and die trying... or the baby would die in there, after the uterus had shed all its amniotic fluid and he had no oxygen...

but i do not want a c-section, mostly because it would be done two weeks before the 40th week, for some reason, and that means:

1) that the baby would be born right on, or the day before, the Three Kings Day

2) that the baby might have to spend time there in a little incubator, like my nephew Seba

in any case...

tuesday night my mother-in-law bought the stroller for us! and a "changing thing". i cannot call it a changing pad because it is like a structure, you know? ignacio made me buy stuff too--for myself, for the hospital, and for baby maintenance: nailcuting scissors, and a brush and a comb; and pacifiers.

they say, a pacifier you can make the child stop using. a thumb you cannot...

i think sportacus is worse than barney.