Breech question

You won't have to worry about it until you get much closer. You've still got lots of time at 27 weeks. Mine was breech just a couple weeks ago but she turned around on her own. I think it's around 36 weeks that they usually turn themselves around to get ready. And with each pregnancy there is more room for them to turn. Don't worry about it now, I'm sure little one will turn when it's time!

I was just curious yesterday at the appointment and asked my doctor . I never heard about it. She said two doctors doing with their hands (after 36 weeks).

Personally i would never have agreed to an external version, i believe that babies are in those positions for a reason. I wouldnt plan a c-section either, there is no reason at all to plan one.

I have been in this situation with both my babies, my first was transverse and turned on his own at 39 weeks, my second was going from breech to head down and back up until labor. In the case of the transverse baby the plan was always to wait for labor and take it from there, i wanted to give him every chance of turning on his own and in my opinion you are not doing that when you plan a c-section. With the second one i would have done a breech natural birth so a c-section wasnt even discussed.

If this were me, I would not choose an ECV if baby was breech at term.

I would first try a few exercises, then try The Webster Technique, and then try Moxibustion.   If baby were still breech then I would trust the pre & early labor contractions that commonly turn baby vertex.  

But if labor progressed and baby was still breech then I would have a vaginal breech delivery.   That is the most common way breech babies have been born through history, and around the world today (simply a variation of normal, after all).    :-)

Quoting doulala:

If this were me, I would not choose an ECV if baby was breech at term.

I would first try a few exercises, then try The Webster Technique, and then try Moxibustion.   If baby were still breech then I would trust the pre & early labor contractions that commonly turn baby vertex.  

But if labor progressed and baby was still breech then I would have a vaginal breech delivery.   That is the most common way breech babies have been born through history, and around the world today (simply a variation of normal, after all).    :-)

I was thinking the same when my OB told me that if my baby does not turn he will do a c-section. I will NOT have a c-section  but my s/o is also saying that if I choose to deliver him vaginally in a breech position and if something happens to him because I didnt want to be cut open then he will leave me. Gah! I dont want a section.

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i am in a similar position, but just a few weeks farther along than you and my baby is transverse. i am doing some of the exercises the pp had mentioned plus some inversions and the "washboard technique". and i have been talking to baby and i am trusting her to move when she feels comfortable. check out spinningbabies.com. my doctor's want to make a decision at 36 weeks but i am going to try and push them back a few weeks. i don't feel comfortable with an ECV, though my husband is pushing me to do it. but, i also don't feel comfortable with a c-section. my concerns with the ECV is the chance they may move back to breech or transverse on their own after the ECV, the risk of placental abruption and cord entanglement which would result in an emergency c-section.

actually all these ladies are right, sometimes they are breech or transverse the whole time and the week before they start turning, there are things you can do, if you want to try, I read that with music if you put soft music near your pubic bone that might cause the reaction of the baby and try to follow that or a recording with your voice also, and some yoga movements that anybody can do, however, in case the baby doesn't turn is not really a problem, most of the doctors do the c-section because they are afraid they can do something wrong during the vaginal delivery and you know just to avoid a lawsuit, they go on "their safe side" however if the doctor has experience they will know how to deliver the baby in a breech position, the ECV is not recommended at all, so I think is something you should talk about with your doctor and family and take a decision,however you still got plenty of time to let the baby turn on its own.

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My transverse baby turned on his own at 39 weeks!! Like you i wouldnt even consider a version, there are many risks involved. There is no reason why you have to plan a c-section, it is perfectly safe to wait for labor to start and take it from there!

I was never pressured into planning anything, it was always the plan to wait for labor to start and take it from there!

Quoting lacylulu:

i am in a similar position, but just a few weeks farther along than you and my baby is transverse. i am doing some of the exercises the pp had mentioned plus some inversions and the "washboard technique". and i have been talking to baby and i am trusting her to move when she feels comfortable. check out spinningbabies.com. my doctor's want to make a decision at 36 weeks but i am going to try and push them back a few weeks. i don't feel comfortable with an ECV, though my husband is pushing me to do it. but, i also don't feel comfortable with a c-section. my concerns with the ECV is the chance they may move back to breech or transverse on their own after the ECV, the risk of placental abruption and cord entanglement which would result in an emergency c-section.

i went through the same thing.  i had the version done friday. it was more uncomfortable than anything. and yes it's not pain free but not horrible.  i had one dr and an u/s tech doing it. the u/s tech was watching the heartrate of baby the whole time, and checking position to make sure they were doing what they thought they was.  the dr put the gel stuff on and pushed up and around.  took two tries. one try they went one way and she wouldn't go so they went the other and she went.  you can tell them to stop at any point.  i was then monitored for aobut 20 mins to make sure things were alright.

my dr wouldn't do it until 37 or 38 weeks just in case it sent me into labor or caused problems and she had to come out.  i had tried all the positons to get her to turn and it didn't work.  i could have went 3 hours away to a hospital that would deliever a breech baby, they wouldn't do that here, they would do a c section. 

afterwards i was sore, and had a few contractions but nothing horrible,i just didntdo anything the rest of that day and took it easy the next

I am 33 weeks right now and my baby is breech.  My doctor told me not to worry until we are much further along, she might just turn when whe is ready.  Then he told me this story of a women he had that the baby had be breech all along, they did one final ultrasound, he walked her to the OR for a c section and had the spinal block put in and all ready to go.  When he did the c section which was only 20 minutes later he pulled the baby out and it was head down.  That baby had turned in that 20 minutes so you see anything is possible, it can happen right at the end.