Let me elaborate a little on the ECV I finally received on Friday.
I was seen by a midwife and a doctor in the birthing suites in the afternoon. I was weighed, given a muscle relaxing shot, was hooked up to the foetal heart monitor and had a quick ultrasound to check that the baby was still indeed breech.
I doctor asked a few questions, and upon hearing that this baby had not moved an inch from its current position in over two months she concluded that it was probably going to be difficult to turn but worth a try.
About 20 minutes after the muscle relaxant was given the doctor and midwife together started to turn Booba around. It was utterly unpleasant and quite painful, since the doctor had to dig her fingers in through layers of muscles and tissue right near my pubic bone in order to get a grasp on the little baby bottom. They forced the baby to turn a forward roll, by pushing its head down and its bottom up. The midwife helped hold the baby in position, stopping it from slipping back, and checked every now and then with the ultrasound that each body part was where they thought it was.
Strangely, Booba made very little fuss and turned quite smoothly. The whole procedure only took a few minutes and was drama free. The heart rate went down at one point when they were squeezing the poor baby quite hard, but went straight back up again and stayed strong for the hour of monitoring that took place after the procedure.
On Saturday I went back to the hospital to monitor the heart for another half hour and do another quick ultrasound to confirm that baby hadn't turned back. It hasn't. I can feel a little foot kicking me in the the exact spot the head used to constantly bulge out.
Now we're back to normal, back to just waiting for labour to kick off on its own and not having to make any decisions around it at all. I am battered and bruised, but all is well and it was totally worth it in the end!
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