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Don't let the title scare you off, it's just a pregnant belly. On another note, this is Aubyn in her 37th week. The hospital shots are when she's waiting for her ultrasound before her 'External Cephalic Version'. This 'version' procedure is when the Dr. tries to turn the breach baby into the correct position for labor. It was a long day, we got to the Dr's at 8:15 and left at 2:30. The major point was when the Dr. pressed firmly on Aubyn's stomach against the baby with both hands. One hand holding baby's butt up and the other pushing the head over. After 10 seconds or so, baby's heart rate dropped slightly(not uncommon). The Dr. let up and waited for it to rise again. When it came back up, he tried an even firmer round of pushing for 10 or more seconds. The heart rate dropped again, significantly this time, so he let off. After a few seconds of it not coming back up to the correct pace, the dr. asked Aubyn to turn on her side, then the other side, then asked the nurse to get Aubyn some Oxygen. Another nurse left the room quickly and 2 other nurses came quickly in. By this time the heart rate had sped back up quite a bit and after probably only 30 seconds to a minute, but what seemed like 10 minutes, the heart rate(which I was watching on the monitor)was back to a comfortable level(mine was racing). The dr. told the nurses things were fine and everyone calmed back down. Normally the dr. tries 3 times but after that one simply said 'baby doesn't like that, sorry'. The 75% success rate that the doc had was no match for the odds that the baby is a stubborn Hoegh, not doing anything that wasn't his/her idea. Thankfully though he/she is still a very healthy Hoegh. After that experience, we'll gladly deliver by C-section. Aubyn and I are both relieved its over, happy we tried and thankful for baby's healthy beating heart. We also now understand why she was admitted to the hospital, in a gown with an IV ready for a seemingly simple procedure. If the heart rate would have stayed down they would have had the baby out by Emergency C-section in a matter of minutes.