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I just wanted to update you specifically on our latest appointment with the doctor and ask for your prayers. Today we went in to see my doctor for my 37th week ultrasound to find out what position the she is in…and it turns out that she is head up! (only 3-4% of babies are still in head up position at this point!) This is the breech position, which means if she stays like this, a homebirth is definitely not an option.

Thankfully, my doctor is really great and supports the whole natural method of birth as much as possible and would still support me trying to give birth naturally- breech, as long as her head is not tilted up and she is not too big at the time of labour.

However, we have scheduled an appointment with him at the hospital to try and turn her manually, so that she faces downwards, which would still be much much better. The appointment is for this Friday at 12pm and we would really appreciate your prayers for this. It has about a 50% success rate of turning the baby, but we figured its still 50% more than we have now, as she has been in the exact same position now for the past 6 weeks or so and really has not budged, so its worth a try. I can’t imagine her turning of her own free will anytime soon, (except for a miracle) especially as she is getting bigger and more squished in there. If there are any complications during the turning procedure, they would perform an emergency C-section…so we are just praying that things will go well and that she will get the hint and move when he pushes her!!!

So…if the procedure goes well and she does turn successfully then we will still be on track for being able to give birth at home with the midwife, which would be lovely and a real blessing. However, if she doesn’t turn, and stays breech, then it means we will have to go to the clinic for the birth, with our doctor present to help, and I will try and give birth breech…and if there are any complications they will just have to do a C-section, but I am trying to avoid that if at all possible.

My doctor would still be willing to let the baby be delivered naturally, even in the breech position, which I am glad about, even though it is often a lot tougher and longer labour, but still carries less risks than a C-section generally. So he said he won’t try and induce her early or anything, which is great, cause I will have a higher chance then of labouring well and effectively if my body is the one guiding the process rather than any external drugs etc.

Anyway…so enough details…but all this to ask if you would please be praying for us over the next few days as we prepare for the turning procedure. And that she would turn and stay turned…and if she doesn’t that God would give me (and Andy) the grace and wisdom and peace to accept and go through whatever other procedures are necessary to bring our little treasure into our family.