<p>I've just had an emotionally charged up and down week. I had an ultrasound last week for position and babe was sideways. With the full moon that weekend, the babe was moving around a lot. It got to the point that the movement was very painful at time. Wednesday came and midwife had me booked for another positional ultrasound for Friday with a consult with an OB if the baby was not head down. Midwife checked position herself and found that the baby was breech and I had 2 days to change that. I lost my mind. I've had 2 VBACs one being at home with my third. Having a possible consult with an OB scared me because not all are midwife friendly and none of them are homebirth friendly and it would have been in my file about the homebirth with my third. This pregnancy was an emotional one for me from the start and this seemed to be the last straw. I wanted to give up. I had a 3 hour nap when I got back from the midwife. I got a bit of fight back into me. </p>
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<p>The chiro I have been using had been doing Webster technique on me for the past little bit to make sure that everything was in place and because he was closer to me I felt I was in good care. A voice in my head to me to phone up a chiro I had used in previous pregnancies who had also done the Webster on me because her manipulations were just different. She fit me in at the end of the day on Thursday. </p>
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<p>Thursday comes and I'm an emotional wreck. The end of the day couldn't come quick enough. I went to see the chiro, we had a chat before she started her thing. She started with her releasing technique, thumped on my chest and pushed away energy.....I started bawling. She told me to let it out and she kept going. Next she pulled up on my cheekbones and with her fingers stretched out the back of my head. Then she went to work to turn this babe. She put her finger in my belly button, pushed in a little and said that there was some tension but it wasn't coming from my uterus. Keep in mind I'm still weeping and crying. She felt around in my groin area under my belly, and said there was tension coming from within my pelvis. She got in position and started to push on the tension knot. This really hurt, but in a good way! I cried, but it wasn't from the uncomfortable feeling. It was more that this was where the emotional tension from this pregnancy was hiding. Within a minute, I stopped crying and I felt rejuvenated. She kept pushing and I could feel things shifting and the baby started shifting. She pushed some more and kept getting deeper in the pelvis. All this hurt and burned, but still in that good and productive way. When she finished, baby was still breech but had changed position. My belly was softer, there was no more pointy belly!</p>
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<p>On the way home, I felt on the moon. My hubby told me I looked like I was high. I was floating. I know that sounds so crazy, but something within me was released. I was able to have a conversation with my hubby, without crying, about what we wanted to come out of our talk with the OB if we had to see him. He told me he hasn't been able to have a conversation like that with me for awhile. I took some pulsatilla before bed watched the baby move transverse then fell asleep. Woke up the next morning to the baby punching/kicking me on the right side. I wasn't sure if the baby had turned all the way around because the movement was similar to what I had been feeling when babe was breech. Off to the ultrasound. The tech was not the best. He said that a breech changing position is statistically rare from what he has seen especially at 38 weeks. He pretty much laid it out that there was no hope. So he started the scan. After having 3 other pregnancies one would think I could pick something out. No way, the images were all blurry and the tech was saying nothing. NOTHING AT ALL! After about 5 minutes and me thinking that we're seeing the OB since he was taking different panoramic scans with the machine, he said, "Well, that would be the head....back is on your left....bum up here and legs with the feet on your right." The baby was head down!!!!!! He said that he was surprised and that we were free to leave since we didn't need the consult. I couldn't leave the hospital fast enough. </p>
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<p>I had another appt with the chiro that afternoon and she was just as happy as I was. She worked on the tension spot some more and I have another appt with her next week. Another homebirth is back on track! I am so grateful that I listened to my little voice that told me to call the other chiro. </p>
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<p>Thanks for reading this, I know that it's long winded. I needed to share out open with others that will get it. </p>
I do love to feel the kicks and wiggles, but I am ready for him to finish rotating.</p>
