Mild panic, or is there such a thing?
I just found out my baby is breach, feet down. As I only have a few weeks, 2 or 3 to go before the big day, I'm getting really scared about this.
I have been going to a midwife through this entire pregnancy with the intention of having her all natural. No drugs, painkillers, and no hospital. I was planning on having her in the beautiful birthcenter where I would be more comfortable and cared for. I do not want to have her in a hospital. But those plans might have just been destroyed in light of this new development. My midwife has me doing everything I can to get the baby to turn back to head down on her own. I'm seeing a chiropractor, went the the acupunctuerist, and am drinking a full gallon of water a day to try to create an environment easey for the baby to move in. Apparently, my lower back was slightly twisted , (maybe from my recent incident with a drunk driver,) and that turned the baby the wrong way. My amount of amniotic fluid is low enough that she has no room to move, so hence the massive amounts of water.
If this dosn't work, we have one more option. We try to move her manually during an ultrasound. I'm really hoping I don't have to go through that. My last ultrasound was painful due to how much stretching I have been unable to avoid. But if that was uncomfortable, moving her is probably going to hurt too. And it still may not work.
If none of these things work, then my plans of natural birth are over. She will be born in the hospital, in an unfamiliar room, removed through my belly. The idea is terrifying to me. And yes, I know I wont feel anything, but I don't like that either. And I never did respond well to hospital drugs.
Please oh please let her turn head down!
I have been going to a midwife through this entire pregnancy with the intention of having her all natural. No drugs, painkillers, and no hospital. I was planning on having her in the beautiful birthcenter where I would be more comfortable and cared for. I do not want to have her in a hospital. But those plans might have just been destroyed in light of this new development. My midwife has me doing everything I can to get the baby to turn back to head down on her own. I'm seeing a chiropractor, went the the acupunctuerist, and am drinking a full gallon of water a day to try to create an environment easey for the baby to move in. Apparently, my lower back was slightly twisted , (maybe from my recent incident with a drunk driver,) and that turned the baby the wrong way. My amount of amniotic fluid is low enough that she has no room to move, so hence the massive amounts of water.
If this dosn't work, we have one more option. We try to move her manually during an ultrasound. I'm really hoping I don't have to go through that. My last ultrasound was painful due to how much stretching I have been unable to avoid. But if that was uncomfortable, moving her is probably going to hurt too. And it still may not work.
If none of these things work, then my plans of natural birth are over. She will be born in the hospital, in an unfamiliar room, removed through my belly. The idea is terrifying to me. And yes, I know I wont feel anything, but I don't like that either. And I never did respond well to hospital drugs.
Please oh please let her turn head down!