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BOY! And, the baby looks completely healthy with no signs of club feet or any other deformities! There is one area of concern that we will be watching, but it has to do with me, not the baby. Because I have had 4 previous c-sections, I have some built up scar tissue on my uterus. When the placenta attaches to the uterus, it does so in one spot. If that spot is by the scarred tissue, it can cause some complications at delivery. And, my placenta is attached pretty low, pretty close to my scar. What can happen is that if the placenta actually attaches to the scar tissue itself, it can create the placenta to remain attached to the uterus at delivery, causing me to bleed. Worse case scenario means that if it does do this, they will have to give me a hysterectomy during the c-section or I will bleed to death. Other less serious complications could be that they would actually have to cut into the placenta to get the baby out, which still causes me to bleed more, and just general extra bleeding during the surgery. Most of the risks are minimal as long as they know that's what they are dealing with because they take the precautions for it in the first place. Having said all that, the doctor today wasn't sure if I actually have this or not. He thinks there is a pretty good chance that as the baby grows and my uterus gets bigger, it might pull the placenta up and away from my scar. So, he said that what I'll have to do is have another ultrasound at 32 weeks to see where everything is sitting. They will also be checking the flow of blood through the blood vessels at that time to make sure it doesn't look like it has grown into my uterus. So, I guess it's something still to be determined. I'm not too worried at this point because it sounds like I'm most likely not going to have this problem. My doctor has actually talked to me about this possibility in my previous pregnancies as well, so it wasn't such a shocking thing to hear because I've known it could happen. It doesn't create any problems during the pregnancy, which is nice, only during delivery. So, that's how it all went!