Well, I had my doctor's appointment today and despite everything looking good - I'm measuring 38 weeks, no weight gain or loss, good blood pressure, etc. - she's still breech. Apparently I haven't done enough to encourage and help her to get her in the right spot! Well, I just think she's being stubborn and doing exactly the opposite of what we want her to do. I swear she gets that from her Daddy. :) So now I have to try my hardest to do the exercises the doctor has given me and get her to turn this weekend.
I have an ultrasound on Tuesday afternoon which will just be to check her position, the level of fluid and to verify that the cord isn't around her neck. If all of those things check out, then I will have an appointment at the hospital on either Thursday or Friday for what they call an external cephalic version which means that the doctor will give me an injection to relax my uterus and they will try to manually turn her from the outside.
One of three things could happen from this:
1. It will be a success and they will get her into the correct position with no problems - my doctor says this happens in about 50 to 60% of first time mothers.
2. It won't work and she'll stay in the position that she's in and continue to be stubborn. This means that I will then have to schedule a c-section and pray that before that scheduled c-section occurs, she turns.
3. It won't work and it will cause some sort of distress that can't be corrected and I'll have to be rushed in for an emergency c-section. This is, obviously, NOT AN OPTION. She needs to understand that NOW. :)
So obviously my first choice is that she turns on her own like a good girl. After that I'm praying that she will allow them to manipulate her and get her into the right position. I realllllllllllly do not want to have a c-section, emergency or otherwise. I am a little... ok a lot... nervous about this and can really use all the prayers I can get that she will start using all this activeness to move herself around.
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