37 week appointment, Kooza show and more Nippon baseball

Peanut continues to be a stubborn fella in the breech position.  Dr. Sakamoto said he could still turn but it is rare this late in the game.  He went over our numerous birthing opinions and said the downfall of a c-section is that future births will more than likely need to be delivered by c-section and I can only have up to 6 c-sections.  Scott nearly fell off his chair at that tidbit of information and said that 6 children or less would NOT be a problem.  I agreed!

Dr. Sakamoto did another ultrasound (no internal exams are done here unless necessary) and my cervix is not dilated yet.  He did not measure or weight Peanut this time because the findings are less accurate at this larger size but he did catch is strong, regular 150 bpm heart rate.  Peanut looks quite smashed in his breech "transverse lie" with his head at my right side/end of rib cage, butt at the bottom and then feet curled back up to his head.  Think he was sucking his toes at the time.

If Peanut remains stubborn at our next appointment on Thursday, July 7th then we will schedule the c-section for sometime during our 39 week of pregnancy (July 9-16).  You want to avoid going into labor and having an emergency c-section with breech baby's.  And even though I still have not gained any weight while in Tokyo (trust me, it is not from lack of eating rather I sweat out 5 lbs every time I walk outside) I am a-okay with getting this internal furnace out!  Times like this make you miss driving 1 block for ice cream in your air conditioned car.

Other than tracking down ice cream on a daily bases, Scott got me and my new friends, Sheree and Tiffany who are also from the States, front row tickets to the show.  I've seen Cirque du Soleil - Kooza numerous times before but it was fun to see their updated Japan spin.  Some acts learned Japanese to play the part and their sense of humor is a little different here.  Americans are more into the perverted jokes and the Japanese enjoy seeing their fellow friend being made fun of.

We went to another baseball game and now I have also been to all 5 stadiums in Tokyo!  We went to the open air Yokohama Stadium (about an hour train ride away) and saw the home team Bay Stars lose 1-4 to the Chunchi Dragons.  Yokohama Stadium had these fabulous seasoned chicken fingers and grape ice slushy's so I give it 4 out of 5 stars.  We might head to the Seibu Dome tonight so I'm looking forward to Baskin Robbins.  

 

Since the new boss man could be here in less than 9 days (weird) we're off to fit in some more fun.  Love and miss you all!

 Yokohama Stadium entrance

 Perfect evening for an outdoor baseball game 

 Great seats! At bat 1st baseman, Brett Harper, born in Salt Lake City, Utah

Go Yokohama!

Our favorite sushi restaurant that puts the fresh fish (or veggie rolls for me) on a conveyor belt.  2 pieces for 120 yen (around $1.50 a plate) and free fabulous matcha tea