Hi all
My first baby was breech pretty much all the way through. I'm now pregnant with my second baby and just wondered if those of you who have had a breech baby would talk to me about your experiences.
If your first (or any subsequent) baby was breech, did you go on to have another baby presenting breech?
I went in to spontaneous labour with DD. My waters broke, contractions started immediately thereafter and I was fully dilated 2 to 2 and half hours later (could have been sooner - the hospital failed to check me until 2 hours after I arrived). My contractions really weren't that painful at all and I attributed this to the fact that there was no head or bum pushing down into the birth canal (DD was in some weird side-on position). Has anyone else experienced this or am I putting 2 and 2 together to make 5?
Also, before my waters broke and I started feeling contractions, I had been put on a monitor which showed tightenings. The consultant at the time asked if I could feel them and seemed suprised when I said I couldn't feel anything. Does that mean they were definitely Braxton Hicks or could they have been proper contractions that I wasn't feeling. Again, has anyone experienced this with a non-engaged breech baby?
I'm curious as I want to try and stand up for myself with the hospital to be allowed into the midwife led unit for a VBAC (hopefully waterbirth) but I suspect I will struggle against them. I don't know whether its worth the fight if number 2 is also likely to be breech or if it is worth arguing that I would be a good candidate because of the spontaneous labour and speed to full dilation if, actually, that was just because of DD's position and others of you who have experienced this have then found a subsequent labour to be slower, more painful etc.
All anecdotes gratefully received :)