Oh and My birth center will take me!!!!!!! I am barely at the cut off for pregnancies (18 months) and they will have an u/s at 34 weeks to evaluate the placenta and scar placement and make sure the scar area isn't thinned but I'm ok otherwise. Their only "restrictions" are that they take fetal heart tones in labor and mother's abdominal pain much more seriously right away in a VBAC And she didn't like the TOLAC contract I had been given either, she agreed it was leaning heavily towards "we want you to have a RCS" and that the risks were put in a scary way vs just being fact.
And they DO require a BMI below a 38 due to evidence of more complications in that high of a BMI with a VBAC. I'm not even 30 so she said we are ok!!
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Post by grapefruits on Feb 17, 2015 21:21:08 GMT -5
We got into the midwife practice!!! And they think I'm a great candidate for the birthing center. They are completely booked through August, but for some reason had room for a May delivery, so I feel like it's all very serendipitous. Thank you all so much for the inspiration and encouragement to do this. I feel so much more empowered and in control of my birthing process now.
On the subject of turning a baby, have any of you heard of the acupuncture point Bladder 67? It's famous for turning babies, Though I did hear it's better if baby is in a transverse position. The point is not needled to flip baby but it is stimulated with a technique called Moxabustion, it is where mugwort is burned on the point (or nearby) until the heat is too much. This is repeated a few times and possibly over several days. The point is locate on the tip of your little toe. I would love to know if any of you have tried it, and if it worked.
On the subject of turning a baby, have any of you heard of the acupuncture point Bladder 67? It's famous for turning babies, Though I did hear it's better if baby is in a transverse position. The point is not needled to flip baby but it is stimulated with a technique called Moxabustion, it is where mugwort is burned on the point (or nearby) until the heat is too much. This is repeated a few times and possibly over several days. The point is locate on the tip of your little toe. I would love to know if any of you have tried it, and if it worked.
I have heard of it, but not tried it.
Ditto. Although, a chiro certified in Webster technique is more effective now than moxibustion or acu. Plus is feels awesome.
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How did your first doula interview go? We interviewed three before we chose but went with the one I thought we would. Good luck with the others tomorrow! Sounds like this is an exciting week
The first doula interview went well. She was very nice, and our first impression was that maybe she was too nice and wouldn't advocate for us as much as we would like. Now that we're working with the midwives, though, I feel like our doula won't need to advocate as much. We're meeting with the other two tomorrow. One specializes in Rebozo and the other in Spinning Babies. DH's main concern is that the baby will be breech, so I could see us going with one of them. I think it's just a matter of who we click with the most and who we most want in our home with us during early labor (which seems like such an intimate thing).
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