At my doctor's appointment yesterday, we found out that Sprout is still breech. All those weird positions and ice packs and chiropractor visits haven't budged him/her at all! We spent some time talking to the doctor about what our options are, and decided to try an external cephalic version on Friday morning. Basically, the doctor will manually try to flip the baby around to head down position while monitoring his/her vital signs to make sure everything is going smoothly. One of three things will result from this:
1) Sprout flips, everything is good, and I wait to go into labor on my own. The chances of this happening in a first pregnancy are not as great as a second or third, but it's the only thing left at this point.
2) Sprout does not flip, and I have to schedule a C-section for my 39th week (Halloween week!). Because of the position the baby is in (not your everyday breech, of course not) I can't really go into labor on my own because if my water breaks there is a risk of a prolapsed cord and we don't have much time if that happens before things can get dangerous.
3) Sprout reacts badly to the version and I need an emergency C-section on Friday.
I'm staying as optimistic as possible, but I am also having to accept the increasing probability of having a C-section. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen. Yes, I would like to feel more in control of what is happening in my body, and I would ideally like Sprout's birth to be something I DO rather than something that happens TO me. But, it seems like Sprout is insistent on making his/her birth as dramatic as possible and putting on a little show. I can't hate on that because, well, obviously I'd probably do the same thing.
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