Naughty Didi!

I just saw Dr Anna and had a slight scare. Didi is no longer in the vertex (head down) position. He is in a transverse position with his head on my right.

Dr Anna did a scan to confirm his position and then she moved his head downwards so that he's vertex. Hopefully he stayed this way. Dr Anna advised me to clear my bladder as often as possible and also to keep to a sitting position (so that your chest is very much closer to your knees) as much as possible to "lock" him in the vertex position.

Although it is possible for a breech baby to be safely born vaginally, it is almost always impossible for a transverse baby to be born vaginally. The baby is not able to fold himself in such as way as to fit a doubled up body with the shoulder coming first through the vagina.

Fortunately, from what I read, less than 20% of the babies who are transverse at 37 weeks will remain transverse when labor begins, so another option is to wait for labour to start and attempt to turn the baby. If all else fails, a caesarean is inevitable.

So please Didi, be cooperative, stay vertex OK?