I skipped writing a blog post about my 7th prenatal visit since there was no ultrasound there, and am moving right on to the 8th.
Today, our little boy passed all his growth tests with flying colors. Although he is only in the 41% percentile, thats still well within average, and on the road to being a very healthy kid.
Today his profile looked adorable to me, more so than his previous ones (no offense baby Mac), yet his little fists were blocking his face so all we could see at the front of his face were his sweet little lips opening and closing. It looks like he was practicing breathing. Practice makes perfect, so good job Baby Mac!
The only problem is that at this point, a baby should already be head down, positioning himself for delivery. Not only is our boy breech (head up feet down) but he has never been head down this pregnancy, so the doctor is concerned he just may not flip.
That said, our doctor is one of the best in trying to manually move the baby around, her rate is 60%. So at my 36 week appointment, if he has not flipped by then, she will try to manually move him around in my uterus. In the meantime, my chiropractor told me she also will use her methods to open up my pelvis and try to get him to flip. And finally, I'll be doing specific prenatal yoga breech exercises at home, to try to get him to flip.
Let's see if he gets any of our hints...
If he doesn't flip, it may mean there is a cord around his neck or the placenta is blocking him, or he is just not getting the hints... so we won't force him to turn if its too hard. There might be a reason. If thats the case, my doctor will schedule me for a Cesarean at 39 weeks (October 16)... He is clearly his father's son already, stubborn, as my hubby was born breech too, causing his mother to have a Cesarean. This is something I am comfortable with as a last resort, but would like to avoid if possible, so listen to your mama boy!
Today, our little boy passed all his growth tests with flying colors. Although he is only in the 41% percentile, thats still well within average, and on the road to being a very healthy kid.
Today his profile looked adorable to me, more so than his previous ones (no offense baby Mac), yet his little fists were blocking his face so all we could see at the front of his face were his sweet little lips opening and closing. It looks like he was practicing breathing. Practice makes perfect, so good job Baby Mac!
The only problem is that at this point, a baby should already be head down, positioning himself for delivery. Not only is our boy breech (head up feet down) but he has never been head down this pregnancy, so the doctor is concerned he just may not flip.
That said, our doctor is one of the best in trying to manually move the baby around, her rate is 60%. So at my 36 week appointment, if he has not flipped by then, she will try to manually move him around in my uterus. In the meantime, my chiropractor told me she also will use her methods to open up my pelvis and try to get him to flip. And finally, I'll be doing specific prenatal yoga breech exercises at home, to try to get him to flip.
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| This is how I watched TV last night I added an icepack to the top of my uterus and a hot pad to the bottom (trying to get him to move to the warmth). I did feel him moving around a lot trying to get away from the ice pack. Will try again and again. |
Let's see if he gets any of our hints...
If he doesn't flip, it may mean there is a cord around his neck or the placenta is blocking him, or he is just not getting the hints... so we won't force him to turn if its too hard. There might be a reason. If thats the case, my doctor will schedule me for a Cesarean at 39 weeks (October 16)... He is clearly his father's son already, stubborn, as my hubby was born breech too, causing his mother to have a Cesarean. This is something I am comfortable with as a last resort, but would like to avoid if possible, so listen to your mama boy!
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| Profile shot at 32 weeks. |
What a sweet profile picture. I can not wait to meet him!
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