Planned c-section if baby turns?

[mia1972]

Hello ladies,
I have a cesarean booked for Tuesday. The baby is a flexed breech and it seems the safest option. After having tried to turn him with ECV act I have now accepted and looking forward to meeting my baby in a couple of days.
It just occurred to me, what if the baby turns on his own...will they send me home or will they proceed? I think i would be devastated if they sent me home on tuesday ...
What is common practice ?
Thanks Mia

Hi,

Yes. Common practice is to scan on the day of surgery, and home if baby has turned, to await labour :) unless there are other reasons why a c/s would be required.

omg ...that would be awful after i had this date in mind for ages....
thanks for the advice

You can decline the scan. They would have to proceed with c section in that case. Good luck!

i don't think you can decline the scan - consultant told me on wednsday (lorin lakasing) that it is a legal requirement before putting knife to flesh. i am 39 weeks with a footling breech and booked for an ELCS on friday.

good luck with your ELCS laughinglemons, i am on tuesday and cannot wait ! hopefully all is going to be well

I'm not sure about a scan being a legal requirement before a CS? I had a scan at 36 weeks and then a section at 38+1 with no scans in between (reason for CS was one breach twin).

I don't know whether they will send you home if your baby had turned round, but I am excited for you that you'll meet your baby soon one way or the other

I am not sure about scan being a legal requirement either. we have an eLcs last Tuesday due to a transverse lie- I was in theatre all prepped and the consultant thought it would be funny to tell me that the baby had turned and I could deliver normally- little did I know that he had already begun at this point and was trying to take my mind of him making the incision!! we didn't have a scan before we began either.

Twins is enough reason for section anyway, so probably no reason for scan.

Transverse lie is pretty obvious on palpation, and also even if baby had turned, it would be an unstable lie, requiring possible inpatient observation etc, so a section may be a better option especially if baby keeps turning.

A singleton breech presentation will be scanned, unless there is a damn good reason not to ;)

The section wasn't because I was carrying twins - they encourage a vaginal delivery with non-identical twins unless there are other factors at play (such as twin 1 bring breach). They encouraged me to have a vaginal delivery because it was only twin 2 who was breach - they said they would be able to turn her between deliveries or deliver her breach - I didn't like the likely outcomes of trying to labour, so talked them into a section.

I really don't think there is a legal requirement to scan before a section. I can see why many surgeons might do it, but I think it is wrong to say it is a legal requirement.

"legal requirement" is nonsense. Utter nonsense.