So… remember how I was feeling pretty happy that both babies were in a good position for birth and also feeling pretty happy about the fact that we were so far along that that fact was unlikely to change. Guess what? At our ultrasound appointment this week, we found out that not one, but BOTH of our babies had flipped positions. Baby B (our presenting twin) is now breech and Baby A is head down. Which would be great if Baby A were first but as of now that is not the case. Can you even believe it?
We’re very blessed in that we found a wonderful doctor who is very against c-sections if there is any way to avoid it. Even she has said that if both babies stay where they currently are, she would advise delivering them by c-section. The chance of neurological damage by delivering the first twin breech is too high for her to be able to recommend that. Especially in our situation because according to ultrasound, Baby B is larger than Baby A. She even went as far to say as there is no doctor in our hospital that would consider attempting a natural delivery given these conditions either. It’s not like I disagree with her. Neurological damage is not something that I would mess around with given the choice either.
Sigh. I can’t even believe it. Unfortunately with twins, we can’t attempt to manually turn the babies (ECV) because it’s too dangerous. You better believe that I have attempted and will continue to attempt all natural methods of turning babies that she recommended to me including twisting my body into strange positions! You never know, right? If they managed to turn themselves at this late date, they could turn themselves back?
So while I work on that…. I’m also soaking up all the time I can with these crazies!
We’re trying to prepare them for life with two newborns but truthfully we probably aren’t prepared ourselves either! Savoring these last weeks as a family of 4. Their extreme and utter excitement at the prospect of these two monkeys joining our family is so sweet and makes me excited too! I’m glad that they are such good friends and love to play together. They will have each other when things are crazy those first few weeks!
For now though, we play and laugh and use my giant twin belly for it’s true purpose. A car garage of course.
