Thanks for the advice and support, everyone.
It really, really helps.
36 hours after the version, I'm feeling more hopeful again. I'm going to try a new chiropractor who specializes in treating breech positions--I see him today. And I'll call the acupuncturist today and try to get in ASAP. She gave us some smokeless moxa, so we're going to keep up with that every night. I don't know if I'll keep up with the tilts--they never seemed to get her to move an inch. And I'll try more swimming this weekend.
I called the doctor's office and told them the version didn't stick. They wanted me to come in ASAP, which would be Friday for them. That seems too soon, when my body is still sore from the first one. But I am 38w1d now, so time is short for having a successful version. If she hasn't turned by Monday, I'll call them and try to get another version scheduled, I guess. Ugh.
The option of inducing labor right after another version isn't one I had considered. I'll talk to my MW about that tomorrow morning at my appt. I'm not sure how I feel about that, though. I want to make sure she's fully cooked! But I also really really really want to avoid a Cesarean birth.
However, last night DH and I talked through the different paths this birth could take, one of which could be Cesarean. I'm so against that path that my body was physically shaking when we started talking about it, and I couldn't control it. But I need to accept that Cesarean is a possible outcome in any birth regardless. So while it sucked to talk about, I feel better about it now. We focused on the good things about that path--that DH and my doula would fight for our baby not to be separated from us, that we would find all the natural remedies we could to cleanse the drugs from my body and help bring my milk in, etc. I still don't want a Cesarean birth, but I can see better how I could cope with one.
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Originally Posted by smokeylo
At the same time, I would also wonder if there was a good reason my kiddo wanted to stay breech.
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Yes, I am wondering this too. The chiro I talked to yesterday said probably it's just not the most comfortable spot for her to be head down, and that's why she turned back. So I'm hopeful his adjustments can help her be more comfortable. He said he has about a 75% success rate.
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Originally Posted by smokeylo
Would you feel better if you had the c/s scheduled for a few weeks from now and still worked to turn the baby before then (sort of setting a deadline, however arbitrary)?
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If I have to go the Cesarean route, I really want to wait til I go into labor first. Then my plan is to go to the birthing center to have them check her position one last time, then transfer to the hospital if necessary.
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Originally Posted by the elyse
i'm assuming your ob/mw (can't remember which one you have) won't catch a breech.
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Yes, there's no doctor or MW in my city who will deliver a breech baby vaginally.
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Originally Posted by Lolafanana
Have you tried Pulsatilla?
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Yep, I had been taking that. I stopped when I got the version, but I'll pick it up again.