Breech at 36 weeks-turning baby?

lazygal

I'm 36 weeks. I was told baby had turned breech at 34 week scan and is still breech after another scan this Monday. What are the chances baby will turn and how can I help things along? Any advice on whether I should start considering the outcomes of a c-section yet?

Squiggler

I have heard great things about this website - http://www.spinningbabies.com/

Fingers crossed for you!

Mink

A friend of mine is a chiropractor and she's done training on treating pregnant women & techniques for getting babies to turn. She did actually get a breech to turn the other week!

If you want the number of her clinic PM me, it's across road from Rotunda - I don't know if you are in Dublin or not.

seamus

Mink wrote: »

A friend of mine is a chiropractor and she's done training on treating pregnant women & techniques for getting babies to turn. She did actually get a breech to turn the other week!

If you want the number of her clinic PM me, it's across road from Rotunda - I don't know if you are in Dublin or not.

Chiropractors are not doctors. They don't even have a medical qualification.

No offence to your friend, but unless the person doing this has a medicial qualification or you've been referred by your own prenatal specialist, it would not be advisable to have them performing this manipulation.

Mink

Not going to get into the arguement re this subject. Each to their own.

TRISHKA

I remember reading once that reflexology can be used to turn breech babies, might be worth looking into?

Mink

lazygal wrote: »

I'm 36 weeks. I was told baby had turned breech at 34 week scan and is still breech after another scan this Monday. What are the chances baby will turn and how can I help things along? Any advice on whether I should start considering the outcomes of a c-section yet?

Also, ask your midwife if there are positions/excercises for this. I have a feeling there are as I remember the What to Expect When You're Expecting book going over this and I think there were diagrams - something involving a birthing ball & going on all fours?? Anyway, ask the midwife. Chiropractic & acupuncture are mentioned in the What to Expect book as well as alternative ways to get babs to move.

Hopwfully you won't need a C-section, but remember, it's not the end of the world if you do, you'll still have a fantastic outcome. Also, elective sections for cases like this tend to be a much more chilled out affair than emergency ones as you are prepared for it and can get your head around it.

lazygal

Thanks all, had done some inversion as seen on spinning babies. I've also been on an exercise ball a fair bit, as well as going on all fours whenever I can. A physio in hospital said some people got good results with an acupuncture treatment called Moxibustion. Not sure if I really want to go the alternative medicine route but also sure I want to avoid a c section if at all passible.

How Strange

+1 for spinning babies. I told my friend about that website, she did some of the exercises and the baby turned.

A lot of post hoc ergo propter hoc in this thread.

Neyite

I was still breech at 32 weeks, but baby turned and has been head down since. A friend gave me a homeopathy remedy to turn baby at that time in case I needed it. I'm a tad skeptical about that but I would willingly give it a shot if it turned baby and meant I avoided a likely C-section.

I just had a look at what she gave me: Puils 200 or Puls 200 I think is written on the little envelope, to be taken a couple of weeks before due date.

The way I saw it, at worst it was a sugar tablet that did nothing, at best baby turned and it did what it was supposed to do.

January

JamesL85 wrote: »

A lot of post hoc ergo propter hoc in this thread.

If you've a problem, report the posts.

Mink

Was watching Portland Babies the other evening (love that show) and there was a lady that got acupuncture and the baby turned that night. I think she was either 32 wks or 35 wks.

There's not really anything a med doctor can do or obstetrician other than recommend things. I have heard where they manually try to turn the baby with hand manipulation but it looks rough & painful and there is a slight risk of the placenta pulling away.

I think only certain doctors will try it and only in certain circumstances and if that baby is favourable for it after checking with ultrasound.

TwoMums2Be

Your right Mink, they won't just do it. Variables have to be right & they have to be ready to do an emergency c-section if problems occur but it can be done although the baby can flip back to breech just as easily

January

January wrote: »

If you've a problem, report the posts.

Logical fallacies are not in contravention of boards.ie rules, therefore there is nothing to report about said posts.

Women should bear in mind that many breeches turn by themselves. 20% of babies are breech at 28 weeks, but only 3% are at term.

The correlation between undergoing some treatment or method such as the ones on spinningbabies.com and the baby turning is not proof of causation.

One could just as easily reason "I watched an episode of East Enders and the next day my baby was turned, therefore EastEnders turns breech babies."

I am very skeptical of some of the methods advocated on spinningbabies.com, that site reeks of pseudoscience.

Mink

TwoMums2Be wrote: »

Your right Mink, they won't just do it. Variables have to be right & they have to be ready to do an emergency c-section if problems occur but it can be done although the baby can flip back to breech just as easily

It's true, after all that effort haha.

They can also correct at the last minute as JamesL says. I know a couple people whose babies were breech for weeks and they turned to the correct position an hour before delivery! My sis had a homebirth on her last and as soon as she got in the warm water of the birthing pool, baby turned and it was all systems go!

lazygal

Thanks all. Still breech unfortunately, but I am determined to resist an elective c-section until I reach my due date. I've another appointment with consultant tomorrow so going to discuss my options.

lazygal

Baby seems to have settled into an awkward position for the moment and shows no inclination to turn. I've resisted a scheduled section at 39 weeks and will go full term. If baby still no co-operating I'll have to decided between attempting a natural breech birth with the strong likelihood of an emergency section or going for an elective section.

Mink

lazygal wrote: »

Baby seems to have settled into an awkward position for the moment and shows no inclination to turn. I've resisted a scheduled section at 39 weeks and will go full term. If baby still no co-operating I'll have to decided between attempting a natural breech birth with the strong likelihood of an emergency section or going for an elective section.

Obviously it's completely up to you but it might be an idea to lean towards an elective if you go full term & baby still breech. It would probably be a much more calm affair - you'll know when it's scheduled, you'll be ready (as much as you can be) for it. With an emergency, if you've already been in labour ages, you could already be pretty stressed out.

It would be pretty mad knowing exactly when your baby will arrive! As a control freak, I would probably enjoy that