Thing 1:<\/p>\n
As of my 36-week midwife appointment yesterday, baby is now, once again, HEAD DOWN! \u00a0Hallelujah! \u00a0Midwife Sarah (who always seems to have good news for me, although I am still a little mad at her for accidentally knowing the gender of our baby) thinks that at this stage, baby will probably stay put. \u00a0She also encouraged me that the fact that it is head-down now is a good indication that we could persuade it to get that way again should it have another moment of stubbornness later on. \u00a0A very happy visit all around.<\/p>\n
If anyone happens to have stumbled onto my blog for baby flipping advice, I can’t really say for sure if anything we did worked or if baby just got its act together. \u00a0We did try the main position for the transverse lie\u00a0from Spinning Babies<\/a>, which involves kneeling on the sofa with your elbows on the floor. \u00a0Are you getting a mental picture here? \u00a0Yeah. \u00a0I know from a video the kids like to watch that giraffes have an intricate system of valves in their heads to keep them from exploding as they bend down to drink water. \u00a0Very impressive stuff. \u00a0I’m pretty sure now that I have no such mechanism in my head. Owwy. \u00a0In any case, baby cooperated, and it is my firm belief that it had an awful lot more to do with many prayers on my behalf and a gracious Heavenly Father who knows just how small my plate is than with my baby spinning skills.<\/p>\n Thing 2:<\/p>\n