Guppy051708
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well it seems a ECV is out for me (although i dont even know yet if my doc does it) i have a very anterior placenta.... So that mean this baby NEEDS to turn or we will be looking at csection. Is there anyone that isnt bothered by the thought of a csection? I really wouldnt be but it is really kinda bothering me?
ya know, normally I am super bothered by it (im the HB, crunch type) but oddly enough, if it comes down to having a baby remain sideways, i really am not bothered by [planned] CS at all (EMCS for this would bother me though bc i would feel like i have less control and i wouldn't have helped lined up w my kids and it could potentially mean DH missing the birth). Now if she were breech it would bother me and i would want to find someone that can assist a breech vaginal birth, but for transverse...i think it doesnt bother me so much bc i know there is absolultly no way for the baby to even remotly attempt to come out in that position.
The only thing that worries me with a CS is the recovery. This is because i have a 1 yr old and a 2 yr old and DH and i live a 10 hour drive (one way) from family and friends. I wont have any support and he can only take a limited number of days off and we cant afford childcare or hiring professional help. So im more worried about the 6 weeks post op than anything.
I think if this wasn't my third and i knew we were going to have more kids (this is for certain our last-DH is getting fixed this month), then i think i would be going totally balistic about a CS. It would be super upsetting to me bc i believe so heavily in the normal, natural birth process (when it can happen safetly, etc). And around here a lot of hospitals have de facto rules and most wont allow a VBAC. however, this doesn't bother me [now] since we are done having kids, but if we weren't i think it really would. But this time im not bothered, but as i said if she were breech i would be bothered and would want to try a VB.
As for ECV, im going to do all the natural stuff to get baby to turn, but if it doesn't happen ive decided against the ECV. My mommy instincts are telling me not to do it, for whatever reason, even though i know some ppl have had it done and it didn't bother the baby...something is just teling me not to do the ECV-if it comes down to that.