Breeched Abby Update!

This little girl is stubborn... annoyingly stubborn. Let's start with the positive stuff:

• She is passing all her NSTs with flying colors - so she is in no distress in my belly.


• My blood pressure has been GREAT! Such a blessing after the pre-eclampsia with Logan.


• My gestational diabetes has been in control and doing great.


• The amniotic fluid problems seemed to be resolved. The past two weeks it has been over 10 cm. While not REALLY high, it is a good number now so that is great.

The bad news. Little miss is still breech and has been for over 6 weeks - if not longer. She has rolled from one side of my belly to the other, but her butt is still in my pelvis. My OB says if she hasn't turned by 36 weeks they will schedule a c-section for 39 weeks. We have the option for an external version (between 36 and 37 weeks) - where the doctors try to push on my belly and get her to move. The risks:

• I don't have a ton of fluid so there isn't much room for her to float in.


• Since there is only a little fluid there is a chance of compressing her cord.


• Her heart rate could drop and then I'd have to go in for an emergency c-section. My OB says it is rare, but it has happened once to her.


• My OB said it flat out hurts so they will do it as much as I can tolerate. They will try from one side - then the other - then done.

Is it worth it? I'm not sure.

I'm trying to do what I can at home... so far this is what I've tried:

• Swimming and some headstands in the water and flips in the water. Didn't work.


• Sitting on the couch with my hips raised MUCH higher than my heart/shoulders. The goal of her butt slipping out of my pelvis and then her head would flip down there since it is the heavier part of her. I tried this once, but need to do it daily for 15-20 minutes.


• Poor man's acupressure - there is a pressure point on the outside of your pinky toes (also where they would do acupuncture in this area) - so Nathan put some clothes pins on my pinky toes. That did NOT feel good. ha!


• I'll continue doing the last two every day.

Options to still try:

• Moxa Sticks... google it. (will be trying later this week)


• Chiropractor doing the Webster Technique (will try if she hasn't flipped on her own by 37 weeks)


• Acupuncture - probably won't try as it is VERY expensive in our area.


• External Version... we'll see.


• Some other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting.

I'm not scared about having a c-section, although it would be nice if ONE of my children's deliveries was somewhat normal. Lord knows the scariness of Logan's birth wasn't normal and the fact that we were literally moments away from losing our precious boy... I don't want those risks/chances again. The only thing I'm scared about is the recovery. My company - very very very small (just me and bossman) only gives me 6 weeks maternity leave so I don't know if that gives me enough time to recover from everything, be with my girl, be a mom to my boy, a wife to my husband.

Anyway - lots to think about. I'm very much open to hearing anyone's thoughts on the subject!

Here is Abby - 34 weeks, 2 days with her hand on her head.