Pregnancy: V is for Version

V is for Version. An external version is a procedure that is done when the baby is breech and the doctors push on the mother's stomach and try to flip the baby into the head down position. It is done at around 37 weeks and works about 50% of the time. Sometimes a version can induce labor and other times can result in a c-section.

That last bit, about the c-section, that's what my external version resulted in on June 30. The doctors were able to move the head just a bit, but then it seemed stuck. When his heart rate dipped very low the doctors took it as an indication that there could be something else going on inside and recommended taking him out rather than taking a chance on something going wrong during the last couple of weeks.

So Little Nate was born 9:34 AM, June 30. 6 lb, 2 oz. 18 inches.