After the last appointment where the doc told me that Caleb is breech and only has an 8% chance of turning, I didn't let it discourage me. I sprang into action. Starting with the simpliest and cheapest option, spinningbabies.com. The one I tried had you get down on all four and walk 2 steps down the stairs. I did that for two days, 2 minutes each. The blood rushing to my head was not fun. So then I did the modified version of it, getting on all four on my bed, then laid my head completely down on the mattress, spread my arms and wiggled my butt. Did that for 5 minutes a day for about a week. Then one day last week, I noticed how much the baby was moving. It was just the one day but from what everyone told me, that's usually a sign that he's turned. Since it was another 4 days until my next appointment and when the doc could use the ultrasound to check for position, I decided to go for option two, "breech presentation massage". Apparently, you can get this massage that relaxes your muscles and encourage the baby to turn. Not to be confused with external versioning. Also in the works? I scheduled an acupuncture session. Apparently, people swear by this process. But it was the most expensive so I decided that if the baby is still breech then I would pay the $185 a session for three sessions which would be a lot cheaper than a c-section and a whole lot less painful.
What do you know, I didn't need the massage or the acupuncture, Caleb has turned. Not sure the butt waggles did the trick, but I'm glad that's one less thing for me to worry about. Let's hope he stays that way or I'm gonna ground him for the next 5 years.
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