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New here and need advise
Hi, this is my first pregnancy and my due date was actually yesterday. Up until the 5th we thought everything was going along smoothly and I was more than ready for my natural med-free birth. That all changed when we went in for a fetal assessment ultrasound (my OB wanted better images of the baby's heart). The ultrasound showed that the baby was healthy, although he/she was measuring quite small (in the 25th percentile). And much to our surprise we found out then that our baby is in a footling breech position. I was absolutely devastated considering that my OB thought the baby was head down and engaged on the 3rd. However, I did always have this feeling that the baby was breech considering that all the kicks were always very low but I trusted my OB.
All of last week I tried all of the natural ways to try to help my baby turn but nothing has worked. I saw my OB yesterday and now I am booked for a scheduled c-section on the 19th. I did a lot of crying yesterday because a c-section was the last thing in the world that I wanted. Today, I am much more accepting of what needs to be done. I know that as long as a have a healthy baby in my arms at the end of all this, then it doesn't really matter how he/she got out. I am still hoping that my baby flips but because of his/her position my OB thinks that it is very unlikely.
My question to you ladies is, how do you deal with knowing exactly when your baby is going to come out? I feel like this week is going to drag on by. All I can focus on is that in one week my baby will be born. I made a massive day-by-day to do list to keep myself occupied but all I can think about is the c-section. I am not necessarily anxious about it, but more or less impatient to see my baby. What are you ladies doing to keep yourselves occupied?
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Re: New here and need advise
first off, wishing you luck for a quick recovery - and of course a healthy baby!
A day by day list of things to do is good ...make sure however to get a lot of rest too, because you will need it. There isn't much you can do to not constantly be thinking about the upcoming c-section. Just take it as, you won't have to rush to the hospital. You will be prepared.
I suggest making sure you have everything you need at home ready - do you have enough pads for after the c-section? you will need the heavy duty ones.
Do you have everything you will need downstairs or upstairs ...which ever you will at for the first few weeks. ...going up/down stairs is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it unless someone is right behind you - just in case.
Maybe go buy yourself some books or magazines while you are at the hospital and at home - the baby will sleep a lot, and I recommend you sleep while the baby sleeps, but sometimes you just want to be awake.
Maybe find some movies you want to watch and record them, or make a list of ones to be rented while you are at home and unable to drive.
Good luck, everything will go well!
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I also had a c-section for a breech baby. It wasn't how I envisioned bringing him into this world, but I got the best reward afterwards :-)
The week before actually went by pretty fast for me. I took some maternity self portraits, did some hardcore nesting and organizing around the house, spent time with DH and lounged in the pool. I couldn't sleep the night before the c-section (it was scheduled for 7:30 a.m.), so at 3:30 a.m. I got out of bed and wrote a letter to my then unborn son. I still can't read that letter without crying and getting all emotional, and I can't wait for him to read it someday. So, don't worry, the time will go by fast and then your little one will be here!
I was also devastated when I learned I was having a c-section. But, I only had about 20 minutes from the time I was told that's what needed to happen before going to the OR. My daughter stopped all movement at 38 weeks and was unresponsive other than a hb, so after some monitoring that's what the doctor came up with. That part of it was a horrible experience, but the c-section itself was amazing. It seemed like only minutes before I heard her cry for the first time, the surgery is very quick!
I had originally planned on a water birth in a birth center, so I was really heart broken when my plan went down the drain. It took me a little while, but I realized it's about her, not me. She was born healthy and that's all that matters.