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Mitchell

It was my second pregnancy and everything was going fantastic. This time I had morning sickness, though and a two year old to keep me busy. I decided I would go with a midwife instead of a OB Doctor. During the 7th month they noted that the baby was in a frank breech position (bottom first with legs bent up toward head), but was not concerned because there was still plenty of time and room for the baby to turn. The baby never turned. The midwife needed to transfered me to the doctor in the office and we scheduled a version to try to manually turn the baby. That morning my husband and I went to the hospital early and was put into a labor room. The nurse administered a drug to keep my uterus soft and twenty minutes later the doctor arrived to try to turn the baby. I have to admit I was very nervous. I was hooked up to the monitors to keep track of the baby's heartrate. The doctor just put his hands on my stomache and started pushing and squeezing to move the baby. The doctor apologized before hand saying that it was going to hurt - having to wrench on my stomache. One of the nurses said "You can hold on to my hand if you need to" and the doctor said "Are you talking to me?" Ha. It wasn't that bad - but nothing happened. The version didn't work. So I had to return home with the baby still in the breech position. My doctor said I needed to think about scheduling a c-section or having the baby vaginally. He was the only doctor in town who is practiced and willing to deliver babies in the breech position - as long as they weren't footling breech (feet or 1 foot first). I believed that God allowed me to find the only doctor in town that delivered breech to be my doctor when I just happened to have a baby breech.

Two weeks left until my due date. At my check up the doctor said he was going on vacation the week I was due. I decided to schedule to be induced the Monday of the week he was leaving and deliver vaginally. The big day arrived. My husband and I arrived at the hospital early 6:45 a.m. The labor department was so busy and there weren't any available rooms when I arrived. We had to wait in the waiting room to see what was going to happen. I didn't know if I should cry or be relieved. I wasn't sure I was going to have the baby after all that day. Then a nurse came in and got me and directed me to an overflow room. Soon after the doctor came in and broke my water (I was already dialated to 1cm on my own). At 8:30 a.m. they had me walk down the hall to another labor & delivery room and started me on a pitocin drip i.v. This speeded my labor up but I was still fairly comfortable. By the time I was dialated to 4 c.m. I asked for an epidural. This was so great!!!!! Since it was a breech delivery I had to deliver in the operating room just incase I needed an emergency C-section. At 1:00 p.m. they wheeled me in and my labor nurse was so funny she kept me laughing and the doctor told us to get serious - this was a serious situation getting the baby out and we needed to concentrate on pushing. By 1:27 p.m. the baby was born - perfectly healthy and butt first.

We were so happy. It was a little weird knowing it was a little boy even before we were able to see what he looked like. He had a perfectly shaped head - but his little bottom was all black and blue from the pushing.

He was gorgeous!!! God gave us a beautiful gift in Mitchell.

Andrea