Breech Baby Experience

Take and ironing board and prop it up on your sofa and then lie down on it...

What!?  Yes, at 36 weeks our stubborn baby was still breech.  This, along with ideas like shining a flash light on my belly to attract the baby to the light seemed absurd, but it was better than scheduling a c-section or forcibly turning my baby around from the outside which can be incredibly painful.  One week later, I found out that the external version was not even an option for me.  My the baby's life support, the placenta, was positioned up front and could detach in the process!  

We appeared to have run out of options when my Bradley instructor mentioned that Dr. Mariella Young, a chiropractor in the area, has helped turn many Breech babies through a method called the Webster technique.  I was sceptical, but also desperate.  Then the receptionist at her practice mentioned that her success rate was 95%!!  How could I loose out?  My insurance was even willing to pay the bills!  

Two sessions later, I went to see the c-section Dr, instead of my midwives to ask him the millions of questions I had since I had not been preparing to give birth this way.  Before we could even start talking, he felt my baby, and claimed she was head down!  What!  I told him to make double sure, so we took a sonogram and yes, the bean's head was in the right place!

We are so excited to carry on with our plan to have a natural birth and thank God every day she stays going the right direction.