visceral manipulation for breech babies? « Back to Group Discussions

[jessmn]

Has anyone ever heard or tried visceral manipulation for flipping breech babies?

In my search for a Webster chiro, I found one that does it but also finds success with this other method. I went ahead and made an appointment but am looking for others' experiences.

Both my babies are breech, with A's butt stuck in my pelvis for the past 4+ weeks :(

[MommyRuth]

I haven't heard of this technique. My baby was breech and I was adjusted with the Webster technique and did acupuncture and moxibustion, and he turned. I already know that acupuncture is extremely effective for me, so I definitely think that helped. The Webster technique helped a lot, too, but it probably can't hurt to do other things either. Good luck!!!

[BeanBean06]

Have you tried the suggested stretches and positions on spinningbabies.com? Idk how they work for twins but the few times this LO has flipped breech as soon as I did the stretches she flipped back. Especially the inversion pose. Good luck!

[jessmn]

Thanks ladies! Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I've been busy at work and researching all my options to get these babies to flip.

I had the 'visceral manipulation' and it sounds way more severe than it is - it's like a light pressure on points of your body to help release tension on the ligaments (I think that's right?) that hold your uterus to your pelvis. It's a similar idea to the Webster Technique, which works on two of these ligaments to get things aligned. So we'll see. I had a NST today and the nurse wasn't too optimistic about either flipping - with Baby A frank breech and Baby B transverse over top of him. *sigh*

[momma-bear]

Bummer that they haven't flipped. But that's great that the manipulation was a gentle process. Sometimes less is more. And things could always happen at the last minute.