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Angelfanmom

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Posted: 06-15-06 23:28pm

Hi,

i am 37 weeks on sunday and my little guy is still lying sideways.

I find out tommorow through ultra sound if he has moved.

Anyone know the chance of him moving?

If it is a c section, do they do the up and down cut? Read online they did

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Posted: 06-15-06 23:30pm

I had a c-section not to long ago and they didn't do an up and down cut. I've never personally heard of them doing it that way, or anyone who had it done that way.
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Posted: 06-15-06 23:32pm

Friends of mine have had them done that way because they were heavier girls I believe.

I have no problems having a c section.

I have read about how they can try and move the baby and I am not too sure about having that done
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Posted: 06-15-06 23:35pm

I think i've seen that done on television shows before. I think all they do is push on the stomach in certain ways to try to get the baby to move. I've never seen it actually work. I could be completely off though, so don't go by what I say.
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Posted: 06-16-06 09:36am

If they are telling you that you will need a c-section with a vertical incision it will not be thru the skin. You will still be cut along the pubic bone but when they cut into your uterus they will do a vertical incision in order to get the baby out. Now a days they won't leave a scar from your belly button down....Unless there is something else wrong but I dont' think they would.
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Re: Baby Lying Transverse
Posted: 06-16-06 10:55am

angelfanmom wrote:
hi,

i am 37 weeks on sunday and my little guy is still lying sideways.


I find out tommorow through ultra sound if he has moved.


Anyone know the chance of him moving?


If it is a c section, do they do the up and down cut? Read online they did

thanks



having a c-section done up , down is the old method.They stopped doing it that way internationally in the late 80's. They started doing the way we know c-section now below the naval for esthetic purposes. But I am guessing youre will be done the usual way.
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Posted: 06-16-06 12:33pm

No they didn't stop doing them like that internally, at least mine was done that way and mine was 2 years ago.
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Posted: 06-16-06 12:38pm

Hmm yes they have stopped doing them internationally ....But like mentioned above there are exceptions ..No one ruled anything out.
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Posted: 06-16-06 12:42pm

I believe emergency c-sections are up and down, other than that it's the "bikini cut" by the pubic bone.
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Posted: 06-16-06 12:42pm

Oh I see what she was saying......She probibly will not be having a vertical incision if it comes down to a c-section.....I just read her question wrong.

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Posted: 06-16-06 12:48pm

hopefulmjz wrote:
i believe emergency c-sections are up and down, other than that it's the "bikini cut" by the pubic bone.



hey there....Actually my sister had an emergency c-sec and she is the standard horizontal way. I beleive depending on the circumstances they cut differently...But for the most part vertically is not commonly done much these days.
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Posted: 06-16-06 12:52pm

The reason they said that they did mine was because my skoot was too small and for his well being it was safer to deliver him that way. I was only 26.5 weeks along.
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Re: Baby Lying Transverse
Posted: 06-16-06 12:57pm

angelfanmom wrote:
hi,
i am 37 weeks on sunday and my little guy is still lying sideways.
I find out tommorow through ultra sound if he has moved.
Anyone know the chance of him moving?
If it is a c section, do they do the up and down cut? Read online they did

thanks


you still have time for the baby to change position before even considering a c-section. There are things you can do to coax the baby into a head down position, you just have to be willing to try them.

1. Get down on your hands and knees on the floor 2 or 3 times a day leaning on your elbows with your arse in the air. Stay like that for about 10-15 minutes each time, if you can handle it.

2. Get a really bright flash light, and while you're sitting on the couch hold the flash light in your lower abdomen. The light will actually shine through your body and the baby will be able to see it, and out of "curiosity" may change position to find out what it is. Do this regularly.

3. If you can get a recording of a heartbeat, play it loudly pressed up against your lower abdoment. You can also try playing music "down there" as well with similar results.

There's a web site called spinningbabies http://www.Spinningbabies.Com/ that you should check out. It has some great advice for coaxing the baby into the best birthing positions. If trying to "spin" the baby doesn't work, then your ob will most likely try to physically turn the baby from outside the womb by manipulating your belly. Sometimes the baby turns back into a transverse position after being turned successfully, but only after that should you consider allowing them to perform a c-section.
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Posted: 06-16-06 12:59pm

sunflower_pie81 wrote:
the reason they said that they did mine was because my skoot was too small and for his well being it was safer to deliver him that way. I was only 26.5 weeks along.




awweee thats a pre-premiee.....Hows the bub doing now?
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Posted: 06-16-06 13:14pm

I had eclamptic seizures so they had to deliver him to make them stop. He didnt' make it. He had hypoplastic left heart syndrom and being so little they couldn't even attempt to do surgery to correct it. He only lived for three days. He was born on tax day. April 15, 2004
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Posted: 06-16-06 13:16pm

Oh I am so sorry to hear that! Yickes...I feel stupid for asking now...Sorry
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Posted: 06-16-06 13:40pm

emma2 wrote:
oh I am so sorry to hear that! Yickes...I feel stupid for asking now...Sorry


that's ok. If I didnt' feel like sharing I wouldn't have told you. He's my little angel and my husband is now holding him and they are looking down on me and amelia. Really I don't mind talking about it....I just have a hard time looking at picts and belongings like that you know?
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Posted: 06-16-06 13:52pm

Yeah I hear you. Its great that you can talk about it.....But pics are a different story. Hes def. In heaven and not suffering there.. Hang in there !
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Posted: 06-16-06 14:56pm

sunflower_pie81 wrote:

that's ok. If I didnt' feel like sharing I wouldn't have told you. He's my little angel and my husband is now holding him and they are looking down on me and amelia.


you just gave me major goosebumps!



As for the whole c-sec thing, it all depends onthe baby's position and how much of an emergency it is and what not. I had an emerg c-sec and my scar is so faded and well done no one can see it even when I am showing it to them-lol. But my sis had a scheduled c-sec cause my niece was butt first and they did it up down (my niece is 7)
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Posted: 06-16-06 15:10pm

Did they do the external incision vertical too......Ack!!!!!!

Yeah my little skoot is being held by his daddy now. That is how I have been coping with the whole death of my husband. It gives me goosebumps to think about it too.
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