I guess I should have said *spoiler alert* for the heading, but as you can tell, Little Miss is still breech. I suppose she is just way to comfy to turn around. Mike and I got to see her in the ultrasound, which is always sweet. Her heart beat was very strong, so she is staying healthy in my belly. We discussed our options of what our next steps would be, which caused some anxiety because there are so many what-if scenarios.
The doctor said she could still manually turn her tomorrow, and if that was successful, they would induce me to avoid her turning back again. That sounded like the most promising option until she starting going over the possible risks. She said my placenta is on top of Kylie, when ideally it should be located behind her. This poses a problem, because in order to turn her, there is a ton of mashing on the top of my belly, which means mashing on the placenta, which means it could tear easily or break away from its position, which means emergency c-section. She also that it’s possible the cord is wrapped around a limb or something else causing Kylie not to be able to turn herself, so if they make her turn, it could cause her a lot of harm. She then went on to say that manual turns are not super successful and don’t always outweigh the risks. Pass.
The next option is to schedule a planned c-section and power through. Pass.
The next option is to wait it out another week, like we had planned, to see if she miraculously turns herself. She has until next Wednesday for my last doctor’s appointment. If she has turned, we will keep our induction date for Thursday and go in bright and early to have Kylie the way I would prefer. If she hasn’t turned, Thursday will turn into c-section day instead of induction day. So we’re back to where we started….just waiting on her to turn for another week.
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