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To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)

So the baby still hasn't turned and we have three weeks to go before d-day. Nikala is very keen to have the baby naturally, but with a breech baby the NHS rarely let you so it would be a c-section, the prospect of which is understandably scaring Nikala a little. The doctors have suggested to Nikala that we go and have an ECV - endo cephalic version - (thats an external, manual manipulation of the baby to try and get it to turn into position to you and I), but apparently even then there is only a 50% chance of it working. Today was the day and we were both pretty nervous as we had learned that it can be pretty "uncomfortable", which if the internet is to be believed means bloody painful! Arriving at the hospital we are shown to a labour room. Apparently they are really busy and so we cant go to the maternity ward. Fortunately the labour room is quite comfortable and hopefully we  wouldn't  be here long anyway. Fortune however, was not smiling upon us and after sever...