Pregnancy Stuff

So. Here's some stuff that's been going on lately.

First of all, I am having a harder time sleeping. This has been happening off and on this entire pregnancy, but today I couldn't sleep at naptime, and that is usually the time I crash after not getting a good night's sleep the night before. I don't know what is up, except that maybe I had too much caffeine in the form of Diet Coke.

I am sitting here icing my ankles because I fell down the steps in front of our house. Well, I fell down the step, anyway--the very last one. But I turned one ankle funny and knocked the other one really nicely on the concrete slab that holds the flower bed. I fell when I was about 8 months along with Noah, but it was less stupid, because it was on black ice, and I feel like anybody could slip and fall on black ice. But this was in front of my own house, and there was no ice to speak of. Just my ankle giving out on me or my own silly self missing the last step. In any case, I am pretty sure the baby is fine (that is not what hurts), but if I've fractured my foot or something, I'm going to feel really annoyed.
*Update, Friday* I called my doctor's office, and they insisted that I come in for a non-stress test, just to double check that the baby is okay. She is totally fine. It's just my ankles and pride that hurt. :)

I'm getting a little freaked out about giving birth again. Here's the deal: I'm planning to try for a VBAC. I had a C-section last time after pushing for 3 hours, and I felt very strongly at the time that I wished the labor had finished out normally rather than ending in a C-section (though I'm not one of those moms who felt like a failure for not having the baby the "right" way--I feel much more strongly that it's a priority that everyone is healthy at the end--it's just that the C-section was more unpleasant than the pushing). Anyway, there are risks with both the VBAC and a second C-section. A second cesarean would mean that there is no chance for a VBAC in the future, and it increases the risk in further pregnancies. And the risk with a VBAC is that about .5-1% are unsuccessful because of a rupture on the scar from the last C-section, which is pretty scary because it's life-threatening, though it's fairly rare. Anyway, I've been reading up on it and feel a little better about things, because every other factor seems to be in my favor in terms of the likelihood that I'll have a smooth labor. But still, I'm freaking out a little bit. Of course, I've been noticing that I've been freaking out about one thing or another every day for the last three days, so this may just be the pregnancy talking. But what I want to know is if any of you have had a VBAC, and if so, how it went and whether you have any advice to share.

So that's my pregnancy update. Right now I'm 34 and a half weeks along--I can't believe I only have five and a half weeks left! Up until now, I've felt a little unprepared to have another tiny being invade our household, but now I'm just getting excited to meet her. :)