Well, we've made it to 37 weeks- only 3 more to go! I went to the doc today hoping I'd be even a little dilated, and boy was I knocked for a loop: Sophia's BREECH! We all thought she had flipped but it turns out her butt is really her head! What a bummer.
I'm so far along that she probably won't be able to flip by herself because she's running out of room to move. So the doc recommended an External Cephalic Version that will help her turn. We're going in on Monday morning 6am. I'll get an epidural and they docs will try to physically manipulate her into turning. There's a 50/50 chance she'll move, but if we don't try how would we know, right?
So there could be several outcomes: 1. She flips and I can wait for a normal labor or 2. She doesn't flip and we schedule a c-section at 39 weeks which would be around August 24th. There's also the 3rd outcome but it's VERY remote: something happens during the aversion that puts too much stress on her and they have to do a c-section then and there- let's just pray this doesn't happen.
Sorry this post is kind of depressing...just want to keep you updated. Overall, we're doing pretty good (minus the kidney stone stuff) so we're planning on "Baby Weekend" here to get the house ready just in case...kind of exciting!!!
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