It turned out all fine, and was just scare mongering and bullying I think! I had the follow up scan at 32 weeks to check the position of the placenta, and it was still a little low, but not in the vicinity of the cervix, which was fine. Then the hospital called me 5 weeks later to tell me they thought I might have vasa previa, a horrible thing to happen (especially considering I was then 37 weeks) and the person who called stated quite frankly that while rare it was almost sure death for the baby.....so off I went for another scan, and this was ruled out as well! The man doing the scan could see any evidence of any kind of previa on either the 32 week one, or the 37 week one, so again, I think the hospital were just being mean, my homebirth midwife also works there, and she has experience bullying before!
Then a day later, I went into labour, and birthed a healthy 4kg boy, a posterior (he just wouldn't turn, in spite of all the optimum positioning etc) and brow presentation birth, without much fuss at all! I found out later that apparently that is quite an achievement! It was just lovely, my midwife was so calm and gentle, I couldn't imagine doing it any other way now, although I might stop at 4 kids. We'll see......
How have you gone, you must have nearly had your baby.....I hope all is well!
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Kate
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