What’s been happening with the baby you might ask? Well he’s been growing, and Jessica says that he’s quite the little Monkey. Most recently at our 36 week appointment we discovered that he is not in the correct “head down” position. Therefore we had a consultation appointment about a procedure called the External Cephalic Version. This procedure is where trained doctors place their hands on Jessica’s belly and forcibly maneuver the baby to a head down position. After weighing all of our options we decided to go ahead with this procedure. After all it has a 60% success rate, and 93% of the maneuvered babies remain in that position until birth. They did another ultrasound to verify that he still was in the breech (not head down) position and placed some oil on Jessica’s belly to reduce the friction. The doctor asked her if she was ready and she said that she was. Let me say that we were warned of the discomfort of this procedure. There’s a reason why it is commonly referred to as Barbaric Massage. All right back to the story. The basics are, 2 doctors repositioned the baby using force on the belly all the while monitoring Mother and Child. It’s a good thing we had already taken our Preparation For Childbirth class where they taught us some pain management techniques because Jessica testifies that this was a 10 out of 10 on the pain scale After roughly 5 minutes the procedure was successful and Jessica and the baby were monitored for an hour and then released because they were both stellar performers. I am very proud of her excellent attitude throughout the procedure.
Daddy MAK
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