Upside Down

Last week my midwife encouraged me to start taking action to turn the baby upside down. (Last we checked, it was still proudly head-up - and I can't say I blame it for not wanting to hang upside down for eight more weeks). Anyway, one way to turn the baby upside down is to do handstands in the swimming pool. I dutifully went to the pool - a kind of strange 1950s style pool under a huge dome. I informed the lifeguard that I was going to be upside down a lot and not to worry. Then I plugged my nose with my new nose-plugger device and down I went. Well, first of all, it's not as easy doing handstands as it used to be. Second, I still require a lot of oxygen, so I wasn't able to stay under for very long. It seems like you would need to stay under for at least a minute or two to get the baby to consider flipping. I did about 10-15 handstands, but I didn't feel the baby move at all. I did notice some strange looks when a new lifeguard came on duty.

One more thing... when you go swimming it's always nice to bring a towel for drying off. I forgot mine, and had to drip-dry in the changing room.