Going for the Big C

We’ve made our decision. We met with Dr. Anderson yesterday and as I had suspected, based on the fact that I’m not getting kicked in the ribs as I hear so many pregnant women complain about, our little breech baby still hasn’t flipped. We asked the doctor his opinion on trying the version versus scheduling a c-section and without actually telling us what to do, he gave us some pretty strong advice. After looking at our chart, he said that we've obviously invested a lot into this pregnancy, considering we did IVF, and did we really want to take a risk, no matter how small, of possible fetal distress during a version? The decision was pretty clear at that point.

During an external version, the risk of having to do an emergency c-section due to fetal distress is about 1% - pretty low. The likelihood of having a breech baby is 3 to 5% - also pretty low. When I look at those statistics, the fact that we are in the minority with the baby being breech tells me that we could also be in the minority during a version and we've come so far that it's just not a chance we're willing to take.

I feel pretty happy with the decision that we've come to. I know that we thought it out carefully and are doing what's best for me and the baby. Even though the ultrasound didn't show what we hoped it would, the outcome will be the same - we will finally get to hold this baby that we’ve dreamed of for so long and that we’ve loved before he/she even existed.

On a sour note, I’ve officially exceeded my maximum goal weight for my pregnancy and Dave has lovingly resorted to calling me "Deuce". Enough said.