Breech at 35+5... all options slightly unappealing!

[katiegolightly]

Hi mumsnetters. I've been for a scan this morning and baby is happily in breech and I'm told not all that likely to move by herself now (but possible). I'm going to discuss options tomorrow at the hospital, which my midwife says will likely be an ECV or an ELCS. Or both if the first doesn't work/she turns back again.

I'd been hoping that I could put all my lovely hypnobirthing into practice and had been looking forward to using the birthing pool (I know I know... but I'd felt quite strongly about this :-/ Whilst I fully understand a birth cannot be planned I feel as though I'd rather attempt as natural as possible or the other extreme of an ELCS. Anything in the middle is not appealing!!

I'm worried about trying the ECV and then her reverting back or not being able to attempt a natural delivery and ending up going into labour and having an EMCS when I could just make the decision now to go for an ELCS and be done with it.

I know it's a very personal preference, but has anyone else found themselves in a similar quandry? I'm not sure what I should be asking the obs tomorrow but my head is spinning and I'm not sure what I need to know to make a decision about the next step .

Thanks everyone. Lac365 wow sounds like you had a bit of an epic birth, am so sorry to hear that it caused difficulties for you. Hope things are much improved now?

After today's midwife appt (37+1) still in breech and so going ahead with ELCS at 39. Still trying the acupuncture, yoga and moxibustion in the meantime but giving she's been in the same place all the way through, I'm losing optimism for her turning herself.

And given my cousin (who is a GP) and the midwife today both said 'God no avoid ECV' - I'm not really feeling like anyone is selling it to me!! I know it's the right choice for some ladies, but I'm feeling confident that I've made the right call for me on this one, and that she must be breech for a reason, even if we never know what!