BREECHy Keen

That's right, my friends...this baby is BREECH.  Apparently there is a reason why I seem to be carrying this baby so much differently than my first and why there seems to be a much sharper pain associated with this little one's kicks and jabs...the baby is upside down and doing a perpetual "high kick"!  Doesn't sound comfortable to me...  Our baby is currently in the "Incomplete Breech" position.  The ultrasound tech said that the least likely to turn around are the babies who are in the "Frank Breech" position.  So we need baby to move the legs DOWN, not up.  If the baby extends the other leg up then it will be in the "Frank Breech" position, move the other leg down and will be "Complete Breech"...you get the picture. 


I have to admit, in our ultrasound today it was kind of cute seeing the baby's cute little footsie all nestled up against the cheek.  HOWEVER, it doesn't feel so cute when the baby extends the other leg directly into my bladder/cervix.  I sense that the poor little thing is just trying to figure out how to get OUT of this very precarious situation it seems to have gotten itself into.  Trying to stretch out a bit, if you will.  Hurts just like the dickens, let me tell ya!  I do hope the baby finds a way to turn right side up (err, down?) though...we are still really hoping for a VBAC.  The good news is that during my ultrasound the baby wasn't actually as big as my doctor predicted by measuring my fundal height (aka...big old belly)  At the time of the ultrasound I was 31 weeks and 1 day and the baby measured at about 32 weeks and 4 days.  Not too far off, especially when you consider that ultrasounds can be a little skewed.  Hopefully this baby stays on target as far as size and then we can just work on getting him or her flipped around!  I have another ultrasound scheduled for 36 weeks.


I have been instructed to "stick my butt up in the air" as much as possible (highly attractive...I know.) to try to get the baby to turn.  SO, you might catch me pulling one of these numbers for the next 8 weeks or so...

This sounds about as comfortable to me as my baby doing scissor kicks to my insides...

But hey, we'll give it a shot!!  Wish us luck!!  Turn, Baby, TURN!!!


*Images courtesy of umm.edu and yogayippie.blogspot.com