37 Weeks - Turn baby, turn!

37 weeks on the dot! The fantastic news is that the baby is full term, which means that he should be fully baked by now and ready for the outside world, although there are 3 more weeks to go. We took this picture at midnight, exactly at the point when the new week started, so this is my excitement about Lil Bobs being full term :)

The not so fantastic news is that Lil Bobs is still breech, with his head up in my ribs and his bum down low. In this past week I've tried absolutely everything to turn him: acupuncture, exercises which involved inversions, tilts, hand stands, swiss ball exercises, hot/cold therapy, swimming, hand stands and flips in the water, hypnosis, tried talking to the baby begging him to move, Moxibustion (chineese medicine, involves burning Moxa close to my toes, supposed to have up to 90% success rate of turning breech babies). Even  the most ridiculous methods - playing music and shining a light near the bottom of my belly, because babies are naturally curious and are supposed to turn towards it (crazy!). Well, none of it really worked, he is just a little stubborn Bobs.

We also tried a procedure called ECV - External Cephalic Version, is when the doctors try to turn the baby manually by applying pressure on the belly externally. I was a but nervous about it, since there are risks. After looking at the scan, the doctor said there is only a 10-20% chance of it working based on the position lil Bobs is in, he gave it a go for a few minutes - ouchie! - and it didn't work. So...we are most likely looking at a c-section, unless a miracle happens before that! Really not thrilled at the prospect of it, because we were gearing up for a completely natural hypnobirth, but that's one of the first examples that kids are so unpredictable and throw your plans off! :) This is the position he is in at the moment.