Update on Aubrey

We had our doctor's appointment this morning, which included an ultrasound. She's doing well, and weighs 6 pounds, 3 ounces (that's exactly one pound lighter than I weighed when I was born!). Unfortunately we do not have any pictures to share. She was "hiding from the camera", so to speak. She's in a breech position (meaning head is not down), and she was also facing inside of me. The combination made it really hard to see anything.

We were a little surprised to find that she's still in a breech position. Most babies are head down by now. We are going back for another ultrasound next Tuesday, in hopes that we find that she has turned head down by then. If not, we have a couple options:

1. Wait it out, and see if she turns before birth. If she's still breech as the due date gets closer, we'll likely schedule a Cesarean. If that happened, the doctor recommends having the cesarean anytime a week before the due date, or up to the due date. Either way, they definitely recommend a Cesarean if she's still breech, since there could be complications delivering her otherwise.

2. Another option is to do a procedure called versioning. In that case, I would be admitted into the hospital sometime next week, and would be given some drugs to help my uterus relax. The doctor would then try to flip the baby by doing some heavy pressing around my abdomen. She warned me that it's quite uncomfortable. The good news is that it's successful over 50% of the time, and that it would greatly increase my changes of having a vaginal birth (which is what I really want). They would have to do it next week though, because it becomes much more difficult to flip the baby as she grows. They do this procedure in the hospital in case there are complications that lead to an emergency Cesarean, or in the case that the procedure causes me to go into labor (from what I understand, neither are very likely - it's just a precaution they'll have to take).

Please be praying about this. I know that Aubrey will be born healthy and safely either way, but I'd really prefer to not have a cesarean. I am going to do a lot of reading up on the pros and cons of versioning, and also the same for a cesarean, and we are learning more about cesareans in lamaze class tonight. Once I know more, I'll be ready to make a decision in case she hasn't flipped. But please pray that she does flip before next week so that we don't have to worry about this, or that if she doesn't, that we'll make the right decision for both Aubrey and for me.

Like I said, I know everything will be okay - I just was a bit heart broken to hear that I might need a cesarean!