Braxton Birkenfeld looks great except for one thing...he is still breech! At 36 weeks, the majority of babies have turned into the head down position. The doctor said that most likely at this point, he will not turn because he just doesn't have a lot of room to do so. There are a few things that we can try to get him to turn, but we are looking at a good possibility of a c-section. We are going in Friday to have an external cephalic version done. The doctor will manually push on my belly trying to get Braxton to rotate. There is about 33-50% success rate. Even if it does work, the doctor said that many babies that go through that end up having a c-section anyway for some reason. Blake and I have read there are several exercises to try and even a method that a chiropractor can do to get a baby to rotate on his own. We shall see.
The good news is that everything else is great and that's really what we want. Braxton is currently about 5.7 lbs. and everything is measuring great. We got some pretty good pictures of him, but he had his hands up next to his face so the sonographer had trouble getting a good face shot. She did say that she thinks he has my jawline and lips! She also confirmed that he is still boy, so no last minute shopping for pink stuff!
We just ask for prayers that Braxton will turn and everything will turn out fine. I am just having to deal with the possibility of a c-section instead of a vaginal birth. Call me crazy, but I was looking forward to the pain of contractions, pushing, and the whole shebang. It's still possible though.
We will know more on Friday after the external version. Please pray that it is not too painful and doesn't put stress on Braxton. We will update everyone on Friday on how it went. Until then, we are going enjoy our last Christmas of just the two of us. :) We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and feels as blessed and as loved as we do! God bless!
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