oh the things that will never happen to you...

So I am just about 37 weeks into this pregnancy and I went in today for my Group B Strep test and to find out if I'm dilated at all. As the doctor was checking me she started applying a lot of pressure on my upper abdomen- something I don't remember with the boys... when she was done she looked at me and said, "Adrienne, I feel toes. I think your baby is breech." Fortunately the office has an u/s machine there so they did a quick scan and sure enough baby is feet first. After the u/s they took me to the doctor's office so I could have a quick consult about what we do now. Fortunately the fluids are high so baby has plenty of room to turn around. Also, since having 2 normal deliveries we know there isn't anything structurally wrong with my uterus so the baby should flip. None of the 10 doctors in the practice do breech deliveries- so that's out of the question. (It makes me too nervous to attempt at this point anyway). My doctor said I can do research online as to all the things you can try to do to flip the baby, but to just keep being active and hope it flips. If baby doesn't flip by 39 weeks, we'll schedule a c-section. There's a lot of drama for me around that too though because I was hoping to have the baby just before Thanksgiving as David has four days off. The other thing the doctor can do is try to flip the baby around 39 weeks for me, but it causes a lot of stress to the baby and apparently is very painful for the Mom and you have to do it in the hospital because if the baby's heart rate goes up too high or drops she'll have to deliver immediately. I am not sure if that's something I really want to do. The other difficult thing in having a c-section at Hutzel Hospital is that when they deliver the baby they take him/her to another part of the hospital for the monitoring and all that while the doc sews me up. Bentley was whisked away at birth because he couldn't get the fluid out of his lungs and by the time they brought him back 2 hours later he was completely out. Clayton was delivered quickly placed right on my chest and nursed immediately. He never left my side. I know that babies are only alert for that first hour before they go into their deep deep sleep and I'd really like that time with my baby. I don't want it to go to another part of the hospital... David will get to go (as he did with Bentley) and I know what it feels like to be alone in a room after finally meeting the very baby I've waited 9 months to hold! It is NOT fun!

Having a c-section is a major surgery with a recovery time of 8 weeks.... have you ever seen me with my boys!?!?!?? That's seriously the hardest thing for me.... I don't want to not be able to run around and play with them. With Clayton I was feeling great at 3 weeks post delivery. It would require me to depend on a lot of help... something I am not good at receiving well. I like to do my own thing. ;)

So having a breech baby is something that happens to other people.... the feeling is so surreal. I am seriously 100% out of control of the situation. There's nothing I can do but trust the Lord for the uncertainties.

So yeah, join me in this new journey. Pray for me as it's a difficult diagnosis.

Thanks!