Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Spinning Babies?!!

Yesterday Daniel and I went to our 36th week doctors appointment, I cant believe we our in our 9th month! Only 4 more weeks til our due date, although I am certain she is coming on Halloween. As for the doctors appointment, it didnt go as great as I thought it was going to go. I was hoping that they would say they everything is great and that I am 4 centimeters dilated and I would be giving birth in the next 2 weeks. Well instead, I am not dilated at all and my blood pressure is too high for their liking so I am now on doctor ordered bed rest. I love the idea of not working but it sure is nice to have a paycheck, I guess I should have thought twice about what I wish for. Besides my high blood pressure, I found out that the baby is in the wrong position. She is head down so I am not having a breech birth but as of right now she is posterior instead of anterior. Meaning that if she doesnt shift before birth her back will be up against my back during labor and it could cause very painful back labor. Unfortunately this doesnt sit too well with me considering the fact that I want to have an all natural, or at least no epidural, birth. Anyway, my midwife said that with certain excersises, the mother can rotate the baby into the right position. Basically if I spend enough time on my hands and knees everyday swaying back and forth like a drunken animal, my baby may get into the right position. Yeah sounds fun right? So today I tried it, not for the full 20 minutes that the midwife suggested because I was a bit worried that it didnt quite fit into the parameters of bed rest but just for a few minutes. And indeed the baby did move actually I think she moved quite a bit. My question si how do I know she moved in the right direction? Then I started to worry.What if she moved into a worse position? What if I swayed too much and spun her into a breech position? I would much rather have back labor than a baby that is breach and requires a C-section! Now I am wondering if I should try to leave it up to mother nature and see if she gets in the right position on her own...this birthing babies thing seems to be a bit more complicated than I expected:)

1 comment:

  1. Interesting picture and concept...

    I bet she will move around a lot more before she decides she is tired of being in there. The hard part (and important part) is to not to worry too much... easy for me to say, huh!

    I've been thinking about you a lot and hoping things are good. And I LOVE the crib you got, and the green walls go nicely with the dark brown.

    So you are thinking Halloween... what great day for a birthday party!

    Take lots of care!

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