I am 31 weeks and baby is/has been breech pretty much the whole time. She was transverse at my 20 week ultrasound and since then she seemed to be either breech or transverse (transverse is painful, and this being my 4th, I could tell she was breech). I had another ultrasound last week for a study I am in (National Children's Study does an extra 3rd trimester u/s) and yep, she is breech. She also showed me I have been right as she went to transverse and then back to breech during the u/s.
So here's the background. I had a c-section with my 1st (unnecessary - my current OB lists the cause as "physician laziness"), an 8 hour VBAC with my 2nd - 6 pushes, a 2 hour VBAC with my 3rd - 1 push. All were in the 60th-70th percentile... where this baby measures by u/s (inaccurate, yes... but with my history of size, it is believable), and both 2nd and 3rd had about 15" heads.
My OB is not concerned at all about a vaginal breech birth with my delivery history. I was "made for birthing babies" as he puts it. He is trained and experienced with breech births, and prefers them over c-sections (he has a very low c-section rate). The only concern is that the hospital has weight limits, so I may end up being induced around 38 weeks, depending on u/s sizing (which is of course not accurate and he agrees with that 100%, but it isn't his rule, although he will fight it as much as he can to push induction out to at least 38-39 weeks). I have been induced with all so far for various reasons, so I am not concerned about that at all.
I am also trying some positions/exercises to encourage her to turn. But as I have an anterior placenta and the u/s showed a great deal of cord in her facial region, I worry/wonder if she isn't getting caught up in the cord when she starts turning down and thus doesn't get past transverse. I'd rather have a breech birth than a cord around the neck. If she is still breech at 34 weeks (we will check by u/s) I am going to begin treatment with my chiropractor and try acupuncture as well.
I guess what I am looking for are personal experiences and stories about either vaginal breech births or getting babies to turn. I am fairly confident I can do this either way, without a c-section, but can sure use some positive stories!
So here's the background. I had a c-section with my 1st (unnecessary - my current OB lists the cause as "physician laziness"), an 8 hour VBAC with my 2nd - 6 pushes, a 2 hour VBAC with my 3rd - 1 push. All were in the 60th-70th percentile... where this baby measures by u/s (inaccurate, yes... but with my history of size, it is believable), and both 2nd and 3rd had about 15" heads.
My OB is not concerned at all about a vaginal breech birth with my delivery history. I was "made for birthing babies" as he puts it. He is trained and experienced with breech births, and prefers them over c-sections (he has a very low c-section rate). The only concern is that the hospital has weight limits, so I may end up being induced around 38 weeks, depending on u/s sizing (which is of course not accurate and he agrees with that 100%, but it isn't his rule, although he will fight it as much as he can to push induction out to at least 38-39 weeks). I have been induced with all so far for various reasons, so I am not concerned about that at all.
I am also trying some positions/exercises to encourage her to turn. But as I have an anterior placenta and the u/s showed a great deal of cord in her facial region, I worry/wonder if she isn't getting caught up in the cord when she starts turning down and thus doesn't get past transverse. I'd rather have a breech birth than a cord around the neck. If she is still breech at 34 weeks (we will check by u/s) I am going to begin treatment with my chiropractor and try acupuncture as well.
I guess what I am looking for are personal experiences and stories about either vaginal breech births or getting babies to turn. I am fairly confident I can do this either way, without a c-section, but can sure use some positive stories!
