I'm not surprised this baby is so stubborn...I've met his parents.

This week was a whirlwind of work (lots of work for my amazing hubby, he took 2 overtimes and worked 62 hours...ugh), doctors appointment and yard sale prep.

My 35 week appointment yesterday went as follows:

Doc (walks in to room): So, how are you feeling? Any concerns this week?
Me: Yes, my concern is that his head is right here (pointing to my upper right belly by my ribs), and he feet are down here (low- very, very, low in my pelvic area).
Doc: Hmmm, let's take a look. (Dr. then palpates my giant belly all around. He actually had his hand secure on a part of the baby. Very strange feeling). Well, your totally right...wow, that's pretty amazing that you knew exactly where he was! Yes, it seems we have a BREECH situation here.

I wanted to yell- DUH! THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR WEEKS! But, I didn't, I kindly asked what that means, what do we do, and so forth.

He started talking about extra ultrasounds, appointments, and then aversion (where the Doctor will physically try to turn the baby around at an appt. in the hospital) and the dreaded C-section. And, I promptly started to have an anxiety zone out. This is not what I imagined the end of my super easy, super fun pregnancy to go like! So, since yesterday, I've been, well, kind of freaking out. In my own, research til I drop sort of way. I found out only 3-4% of babies are breech at birth...so it seems like I won some kind of crappy lottery.
Although I have an ultrasound in a week and a half to see if baby has turned on his own...I do not forsee this happening, because he has been in this position my entire pregancy. This means that at this ultrasound, if they find that baby is still breech, they will want to send me for aversion right then and there. And I do not want to do that. There are some risks that come with aversion (and it is super painful)- the worst being that they could break my amniotic sac, and they would have to do an emergency C-section. Matt is very concerned about them "squishing the baby around" (he is so cute), And I kind of agree. I don't really want them grabbing onto baby's little, soft head and squishing him in a circle.

So, I am taking action. I am not sure if this action will work, but it's worth a try...and I always like to try a holistic approach before the medical anyway.

I am getting moxibustion & accupuncture on Monday. Yes, I, who squirms at the very sight of needles will have dozens of them stuck into my body and feet (eeeeeeeek) while they are buring some strange Harry Potter sounding herb by my pressure points in my feet.

Here is the actual scientific description of this treatment:
Accupuncture
Using disposable needles, a practitioner will insert them just into the skin to release qi, prevent it from being blocked or help it move. This release of energy is said to help the baby find a better position by allowing mom's body to move freely and the baby to have the room he/she needs to be well placed in the uterus for birth.
 Moxibustion
This form of traditional Chinese medicine involves burning a moxa (mugwort) stick near a certain point on the small toe of the foot (bladder 67). You can find practitioners in a variety of settings including the acupuncture clinic and other practitioners.

 Meanwhile, this weekend, I will putting an icepack on my belly by baby's head, doing pelvic tilts, and some downward dog to help get baby to budge.

Doc also said "Wow you must be having some back pain because of how this baby is positioned! Hate to tell you, but it will get worse!". Yay. Something to look forward to! Thanks Doc.

Now, I just pray that in the next week and a half, this child will decide not to be stubborn and turn the hell around. If not, it may be to the OR I go.... {sigh...}.