“Has the baby turn its head downward?,” the nurse asked after the normal greetings.
“I am not sure. I hope so though”
She checked my tummy, pressing the lower part of my abdomen a little bit.
“Hmmm… It’s difficult to tell isn't it…”
As soon as I laid on the inspection bed, the doctor quickly scanned the lower part of my abdomen…
The baby’s head appeared on the screen.
“Yokatta! Yokatta!” the doctor applauded while clapping her hand cheerfully.
And I heaved a long meaningful “alhamdulillah”…
I’ve been pretty worried about Huzaifah’s adik because baby had been in breech position since week 28 and had remained so during the last two check up (week 30 & 32). The doctor had said that she's giving me until week 36, and if baby remains in breech position, she was going to prescribe c-section for me.
I was scared. Frightened. Terribly alarmed.
Despite being the mountain climber that I am, someone who seeks all kind of adventures through thrilling rides at amusement park, abseiling, rappelling and even once dreamed of bungee jumping – the mere thought of c-section really scared me.
“It’s not that bad,” Tipah who had gone through 2 c-section operations assured me through e-mail. “One minute you knew you were going to have a baby, and the next, your baby is already out,” was another friend’s way of reassuring me. Really, nothing to worry about...
But I was still scared.
So I tried to learn as much as possible about how to encourage the baby to change its position. Tried finding out tips from friends, family members, seniors, juniors – whether online or offline. Tried getting information from various websites on the net.
Hubby prepared air penawar by reading Ayat 54, Surah Al-Anfal.
Both hubby and I tried massaging my tummy, cajoling baby to get back to normal position.
I tried visualizing baby’s head moving down too.
I practiced sujud (knee-chest position) for more than 5 minutes after subuh and before sleeping, and slept on my right side as advised by the doctor.
The sujud is “to make space for the baby to turn back to normal positon”, claimed Ani, a junior who encountered similar problem during her 32nd week and tried the ‘tidur tonggeng’ thingy for 10 days before baby returned to normal position in the 34th week.
Yesterday, as I boarded the bus to go for my 34th week check-up (I have stopped cycling beginning week 32), I prayed fervently that baby had turned to normal position, just like Ani’s baby did. I massaged my tummy gently, asking baby to help me out in this one.
Please, please, pretty please…
No words could exactly describe my joy at seeing baby’s image on the ultra-sound scan monitor – with the head upside down as it should be.
No words could exactly describe my relief of not having to anticipate going through an operation in a foreign country where I can’t speak the local language fluently and English is not used much.
Alhamdulillah…
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