By Sara McGinnis
When expecting mom Kristen saw our post about newborn babies showing off how they fit in the womb she just had to share a picture of her daughter Emma. Unlike the little ones we previously featured, her baby girl had been in the womb in the breech position with her feet up next to her ears!
Take a look at the photo the Massachusetts resident shared on our BabyCenter Facebook page with this message: “This was my poor little breech baby! She came out folded in half!!”
Amazed by the photo, I reached out to Kristen to hear a little more about the arrival of her and husband Matthew’s first child.
“When I was pregnant with Emma, I had what I like to refer to as a ‘dream pregnancy,'” she explained to BabyCenter. “I was never sick, tired, or all that uncomfortable. I just adored being pregnant! Much to my surprise, around 34 weeks I was in for a routine appointment and asked if we could take a sneak peak (by ultrasound) and discovered I had low fluid and a breech baby girl!
“I tried everything from ‘Spinning Babies’ to acupuncture to get her to turn. No such luck. My doctor then scheduled a c-section for 39 weeks. Fortunately, the c-section and the recovery went very smoothly and I had a healthy baby in my arms!”
What happened next came as a surprise.
“Immediately after taking Emma from my belly, my husband had our ‘fancy’ camera ready to go,” Kristen went on to explain. “He got the crazy shot that I now have framed in my living room. Never have I seen a baby that was literally folded in half. The doctors said she seemed fine but that we would have to soon see a specialist at Mass General Hospital to examine her hips to make sure there was no hip dysplasia.”
Thankfully, the little girl, who is now 2, had no such issues.
