Dr. Apt

At our last Doctor Appointment (Monday October 12th) the doctor was feeling for Emily's position, like she usually does, so she can listen to the heart rate with the sonogram. Here is when she discovered that Emily has not turned yet. She told us that by 35 weeks she should have turned to the head down position. So we went to the ultra sound room to get a quick look to see for sure that we was breech. As the doctor was looking we could see that he head was up in between my ribs (which is where I feel a lot of pressure) and her feet were were by her head. She is so flexible!! The doctor kept looking around and was doing some measurements. I got a feeling that something was wrong because she really was not saying anything. Apparently, there is not a lot of amniotic fluid. There is supposed to be between 8cm and 24cm of fluid for the baby. After doing the measurements she told us that there is only 9cm of fluid for Emily. She advised me to drink a lot of water and come back on Friday to check fluid levels. All week long I drank so much water I was sick of it! I couldn't drink anymore!! Friday came and we went to our appointment to discover that the level of fluid has not changed. The ultrasound technician told us that she is probably breech because there is not a lot of fluid and she can not turn. I'll have to go in weekly to get the levels checked and if they get to low I will have to be induced. At our child birth class I asked the instructor and she gave me some ways to turn the baby naturally. Basically it's laying with your butt in the air and letting gravity turn the baby. I just hope that everything works out. I actually wouldn't mind getting a C-section... it'd be a lot easier that's for sure! :)