![]() ![]() Because she was having a hard time feeling how low he was, she did an ultrasound to verify and found that my amniotic fluid level was fairly low (AFI of 5, she was hoping for 8 at this stage). Fortunately my baby flipped right before our 35 week appointment, so at that point we were able to proceed as planned, waiting for labor to start spontaneously.Īt my 40 week appointment the midwife noted that my fundal height had decreased. I was pretty devastated at that point about the possibility of having a C-section, cried a lot, but after a few days was able to come to peace with the idea of a C-section after reading a post here where someone had framed it as being among the first of many choices they made that put their baby's interests above their own. it wasn't until 33 weeks that we got the news that he was still transverse, and that first put the idea of a C-section on my radar. My pregnancy was overall uncomplicated and easy going, and i was planning for an unmedicated spontaneous hospital birth with a midwife. Baby came out perfectly healthy and is doing well. ![]() Turned out that there was a bunch of umbilical cord next to his head that was being compressed during every contraction. Baby was not tolerating the contractions well and we were unable to get a blood sample from him because he had not descended far enough yet, so he was delivered by emergency C-section. Tl Dr because this is long: went in for an induction due to low amniotic fluid at 40+3, progressed from 1-5cm within 12h just with the Foley bulb, got to 6cm within the next hour. during my pregnancy i always felt open and flexible about my birth plan "as long as it's not a C-section", so i hope sharing this will make it easier for those who might feel similarly about the idea of having a C-section. I thought I'd share my birth story here that was very far off from what was planned, but still an overall positive experience. ![]()
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