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If your baby was breech at term please could you tell me about your DC now?

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TurnbabyTurn · 25/09/2020 08:05

Bit of time for mine to turn but I don't think they will. I happened to know breech babies have a slightly higher chance of being born with birth defects or developmental conditions, including autism, although correlation obviously isn't causation. Unfortunately anecdotally the only child I know who was breech at term does have significant SEN.

Of course, rationally I know there will be millions of breech at term babies who went on to be very happy, healthy children at adults. Please could you reassure me with your stories?

For context, we have a wonderful DC born with a rare condition and we don't know the origin so have been carefully monitored in this pregnancy and can't help jumping to conclusions!

Thank you

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Enterthewolves · 25/09/2020 08:10

Is it just breach at term you are interested in?

aSofaNearYou · 25/09/2020 08:16

My DD and sister were both breech. Both very bright with no signs of SEN.

CurseryKinkajoo · 25/09/2020 08:17

DC1 was a footling breech born by ELCS at 39 weeks and is now 19 and in 2nd year at uni.

Within 24 hours of birth she’d had an MRI due to a ‘deformed’ head, this was dismissed at a 6 week appt with the consultant as being purely down to the position she’d been in and the relative softness of the skull. By the 6 week check, her head shape was normal and no fused plates or anything.

As breech she was also on the hip scan pathway. Several scans over first year but discharged again as perfectly normal hips.

She does have ongoing ENT problems - intermittent deafness and repeat tonsillitis (3-5 times a year). This did mean she struggled with spelling when younger as she couldn’t hear the letter sounds (she learnt phonetic spellings with Jolly Phonics). I don’t think that has anything to do with breech though!

All in all a healthy, happy young woman

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Ginfilledcats · 25/09/2020 08:27

My sisters both breech at term. Both wonderful functioning adults (in their 20s)with great jobs, lives and no signs of SEN. One may have dyslexia but never diagnosed.

I think if there was a known link between breech and SEN the doctors would be keen to do more about it, or it would be more well known.

I've literally never heard of this link, I'm sure you're worrying over nothing. Hope that's reassuring

turnitonagain · 25/09/2020 08:29

Frank breech DD is 5, no physical or development health issues at all. Very clever and very cheeky

2020wumben · 25/09/2020 08:30

My DD was frank breech. Took her a few days to get her legs straight. She also had a funny shaped head from being jammed under my ribs for the last 3 months of the pregnancy but that sorted itself out. She's now 3 and all ok. Very bright and talkative (never stops in fact 😂). Seems comparable to any peers we meet in parks and groups etc. As she was breech she had a hip scan and was found to have hip dysplasia so was in a harness for three months but she still crawled and walked at the normal times.

52andblue · 25/09/2020 08:49

I've had one footling breech baby and one transverse baby

both have Autism and both are dyslexic. Also very bright lovely kids in mainstream (though it's a struggle for them). The ASD and Dyslexia are due to their Father having both, not the birth presentation I believe.

Mariposa123 · 25/09/2020 08:53

My DD was breech, and it was only discovered at 39 weeks.
She is now 17 months and no signs on any problems. She has always had strong legs and walked quite early, and has always been a bright and alert baby.

How this reassures you a bit

TheSchuylerSisters · 25/09/2020 08:54

My 5 year old was breech, delivered by ELCS at 38 weeks due to reduced fluid. She is neuro typical and I'd say (granted I might be biased) that she's above average for her age with speech etc.
She did have to wear a hip harness for 12 weeks as a small baby as her hip joints were slightly dislocated but that's all resolved now.

UselessTrees · 25/09/2020 09:00

Two breech babies here, now 11 and 8 and doing very well academically and socially with no SEN or physical issues. DD1 was a bum-shuffler and late walker but was checked out and nothing abnormal found. She got there eventually and is now not the sportiest, but enjoys PE (more than I ever did!), likes swimming, riding her bike etc.

Ilovewillow · 25/09/2020 09:03

My sister (45) was a breech homebirth, no issues at all. Good luck

backaftera2yearbreak · 25/09/2020 09:06

Ds, 11, breech not discovered till I was in active labour and had an emergency cesarian. He’s you average, football playing x box loving 11 year old who funny and cheeky but delightful with no health issues. I seem to remember having to get his hips checked after he was born but that’s it.

NotEvenTheKing · 25/09/2020 09:12

My niece was breech. My sister had a section. She is 15 now, a very clever, ordinary girl.

My friend had a similar situation. Her daughter is 7. Bright and ordinary. She does have asthma. But I highly doubt that is related.

One of my good friends was born breech, her mum is a warrior, gave birth 'naturally' she is almost 30, a nurse and also ordinary.

Alittleodd · 25/09/2020 09:23

My son was breech, discovered after they had bloody well induced me and I was in active labour. No painkillers for me. Bastards. Although it did mean I got to be awake to hear the consultant tell me that we could "definitely be sure he's a boy!" just as I started pushing. Helpful.

I do like the description of "warrior" above though and I'm going to claim it for my own.

His wasn't an ideal delivery even for being breech, he was severely oxygen deprived at birth and spent his first week in special care.

He's now just shy of six and has no developmental issues either physically or intellectually - he's smart and hilarious and super active (I mean, I think he's super bright but I'm probably biased because he's my favourite thing).

More anecdata for you: a good friend's son was also breech, no issues there. I was also breech and I'm awesome. (My mum's older brother was breech too, as was my grandma - apparently all the first born children down the maternal line have been breech)

DoneAdulting · 25/09/2020 09:30

My son was breech, had a planned csection at 39 weeks. He is now 8 and is very bright, active and sociable. No issues at birth or beyond, he is a totally average kid!

FedUpAtHomeTroels · 25/09/2020 09:41

Two breach babies for me, both born by c-section full term.
1st frank breach checked his hips a few times but no issues there. Now adult had a few sensory things going on when little with clothes and food but seems to have learned to deal with it all and is a fully funtioning adult.
2nd no issues, now adult, NT in all areas.

Bearfrills · 25/09/2020 09:46

DD1 was a complete footing breech, position wise she was pretty much standing up in there. No one realised until I was in the early stages of labour and I had an EMCS at 40+2. She's 9 now and no issues at all.

DD2 was transverse then breech, then transverse, then turned back to breech then transverse again - unstable lie they called it. I had a scan in theatre to check her position before they began my section and she was transverse, when they took her out twenty minutes later she was breech again and was delivered bum first. She's 3 now and also no problems although she did have hip dysplasia so was in a harness for a few months and has had a yearly xray to check her hip development.

TotallyKerplunked · 25/09/2020 10:00

DS2 (almost 3) was breech, we discovered it early on and he stayed that way throughout.

Planned C-section, he spent a week in special care as he wouldn't feed. He had hip scans which were fine. He had lots of issues with his ears (infections and blockages) which affected his balance and speech but that seems to have settled down. He's started talking in the last 2 months and is a loving and fantastic little boy but very different to his siblings!

Witchend · 25/09/2020 11:03

I was breech and turned twice-the second time it worked [grin[

I have no issues, except recently it was discovered my left leg is about 1cm shorter. I survived over 40 years with no ill effects from that.

LittleMissEngineer · 25/09/2020 12:02

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mistermagpie · 25/09/2020 12:06

My friends daughter was beech at term, they attempted an ECV I think it's called but that failed so she was born by c section.

She is now 4 and is developmentally quite a bit ahead of my niece who is the same age. She did have a problem with her hips though and had to ear a harness for the first 6 months of her life. This was tough but they coped and you would never know now, she walked before she was one.

CormoranStrike · 25/09/2020 12:07

DD was breech at term and tuned at 6 days overdue, which was remarkable to watch.

She had some congenital conditions but these are hereditary. Her brother, non breech, had the same issues.

Powerfulpam · 25/09/2020 12:12

Ds1 is 11 today. Undiagnosed vaginal breach birth. He is intelligent, articulate, sociable and sporty. Perfect in every way (although he did have testicles the size of tennis balls And the colour of aubergines when he was born As they’d been so squished)

Luxembourgmama · 25/09/2020 12:31

My hubby was breech. He's marvellous and went to uni and works as a lawyer so ticks those "achievement" boxes if thays what you mean.

GalOopNorth · 25/09/2020 12:34

DS2 was breech
Now 11, bright, sporty, lovely

DS 3 was breech
Now 6, cheeky, active, gorgeous

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