Pete, Ann and I arrived at BC Women's Hospital just after 11am for the ECV (to turn the baby). Pete and I signed in and got our sexy blue hospital bands (he was officially Julie A Brown for the day, LOL). Routine just incase they have to do an emergency c-section. A nurse comes to get Pete and I and takes us to the procedure room. She asked to me change into a sexy green couture night gown (YEAH RIGHT), ha ha ha.
Pete went back to go get Ann, as we are ready to start the procedures. I first get my IV, oh that’s so much fun (and painful) but I watch the whole thing cause I’m a freak. Pete video’s it so he’s just as bad. The OB on staff comes to confirm that the baby is still a frank breech and of course Peanut is. She plays with the ultrasound and looks at the feet which Pete and Ann can see but I can’t see the screen =(
So on goes the fetal heart rate monitor and a blood pressure machine for me and shortly there after Dr. Rosengarten (my OBGYN) shows up. He goes over with me what’s going to happen and reminds me that if I tell him to stop them we are done. Everyone is in good spirits and we are chatting and laughing and cracking a few jokes.
Innocently I ask Doc if he gets to do this often and he laughs and "says often enough..." and it’s like “do you come here often?” and if he didn’t know any better he’d say I’m flirting with him, hee hee hee. Ahhh leave it to this pregnant lady to flirt ;) We all have a good laugh at my expense.
So I’m all slathered up in the ultrasound gel and Doc tilts the bed so my head is lower to let gravity help him move the baby’s bum out of my pelvis so he can rotate the baby into the correct spot. After a few attempts he’s breaking into a sweat and he’s shaking his hands out. He just cant’s seem to get Peanut out of my pelvis. I comment that I think I got the easy part and I’m giving him a work out, LOL.
Pete is standing at the foot of the bed video taping it and holding onto my ankle (just that little bit of contact with him calms me down and lets me know he’s there). Ann is over looking near by Pete and every once in a while I look over and try to smile.
I have to admit it does hurt and the only way I can explain it is like deep tissue massage times ten. I can’t believe how much pressure he is using to push the baby, Doc’s using his full weight pushing against me. The hard part was trying to breath and not hold my breath. He made a comment that it’s like pushing a car that’s not moving! He’s quick to say that I don’t weigh like a car but I get the point and we all laugh.
He decides to try one more time and he tried twice and he and the nurse said that I was doing really good. Peanut’s heart rate was strong and I was sore but after all that trying it was obvious that it was not going to happen. Peanut's butt is to far down (engaged) into my pelvis, i blame Pete as he's got the skinner ass out of the two of us, ROFLMAO! I think my Dr. was more disappointment then me (look on my face int he video may read otherwise) but hey we tried and that Doc defiantly did.
So it looks like I’m getting a C-Section after all. I’m booked for 1pm on April 30th, Pete’s mum’s birthday ;)
The nurse said that with frank breeched babies the success rate is about 5% with turning them.
They keep me in for just over an hour to make sure that the baby and I are doing fine.
Pete gets up about 40 mins later to go call him mum and as Ann and I are chatting the baby's heart rate drops from 126 to either 89 or 99 I can’t remember but I can’t see the screen but I can hear the fetal heart rate monitor. I think SHIT! Pete just left 30 seconds ago and now the nurse stands up and I’m trying to stay calm but I’m freaking out a little. She gives me the buzzer and says she’ll be right back, I think, OH SHIT! She’s going to go get the Dr. and I’m gonna have to have an emergency c-section and Pete’s not even here!!! But to my delight Peanut’s heart rate jumps back up and all is good. Ann I talked about it later and she said it freaked her out too.
Doc comes back just over an hour after the last attempt and says baby and I are doing great and to go home and rest and for Pete to take me for lunch, crap almost 12 hours without food, I’m starved.
He said there is a chance that I could go into labor after all this and he’s at the hospital for the next 12 hours so he’ll be there if I do but he looked at the contractions and they where small and I wasn’t feeling them.
Back to the Doctor’s on Monday to get a check up and unless I go into labor before April 30th that will be Peanut’s birthday =)
The next day... all in all I feel great, I do have some bruising right at the top of my bikini line from all the pushing and a little tender on my belly but other then that I’m doing great. It just feels like I did a million sit ups and every time Peanut moves I’m thankful that baby’s moving and ok but crap it hurts. I did not sleep very well last night cause every time Peanut moved it woke me up casue I’m sore.
If you would like to watch Peanut's EVC here is the link as it's not public (not everyone in the world needs to see it =) It's about 5min of video of our 2 hours before and during.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=5lCv4Qdiubs&feature=email
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