Showing posts with label oblique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oblique. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Gearing Up for Our Homebirth

It's been forever since I've posted, but I wanted to start since hopefully I'll have lots to tell in the next 9 weeks or so!
We're planning a homebirth for our second son, Rainn Isaac, due April 21 or thereabouts! :) I have a wonderful midwife named Pam Qualls who will be attending with her student Jennifer. God also provided a lovely doula student (for free too!) to help me. Of course, Jared will be there as will my closest friend in Arizona Kristen Smith and possibly my mom if she happens to be in town during that time (she's flying out the 18th).
The most recent update is that we had our 4D ultrasound and baby is oblique breech, basically his hips are in my left hip bone and his head to the right of my belly button with his feet in front of his face. Since I'm only 30 weeks, I really shouldn't be concerned yet, but I am!
I started seeing a wonderful chiropractor who has had 2 natural births herself and is trained in the Webster Technique, which helps align the pelvis, hips, uterus, etc for baby to get into an ideal position which can help birth go more smoothly. I'm also doing lots of hands and knees ("Doin' exercise, mama?" River says!) and sometimes inversions off the couch. I read the spinningbabies.com site but it doesn't have a whole lot on this specific type of position, so I'm hoping the Webster Technique does the trick. But I'm not opposed to acupuncture (something called moxibustion has a crazy good success rate for turning babies), headstands in the pool or an external version if it comes down to it.
We have a big stack of towels, blankets, our birth kit (basically a hospital room in a box) plus a suitcase full of random supplies my midwife had us purchase all stacked up in our room. We also rented a heated, jetted tub for me to labor in since I've heard wonderful things about that. We're almost ready!
If anyone reads this and has info on getting my babe into position, I'm all ears. Otherwise I'll try to keep posting once a week until baby arrives!