Would you have moxibustion to turn breech baby before scan to confirm position?

[BushyKate]

Quite a specific question! Wonder if anyone can help or has any experiences or advice?

I am 35+1 and at my 34 week appointment the MW thought the baby (my 2nd) was breech. She is still definitely in the same position - as far as I can tell swinging between breech and transverse- with big hard lump of head (or bum??) at the top.

Anyway, I will have another appointment on Thursday and if the MW still thinks baby is breech she will arrange a scan. My plan had been to wait and see that baby is definitely breech, then arrange moxibustion. It's kind of my only hope, as I have terrible SPD and bad knees that make the funny positions on spinning babies pretty impossible and am not keen on ECV.

I read somewhere that the ideal time to do moxibustion was 34 weeks - so will 36ish weeks be too late? BUT I don't want to turn the baby if she's not in the wrong position anyway! Hard head could be a bum after all... Arrrgh

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I did moxi for my breech baby and hated it. We started it at 36 weeks when I had it done professionally; and were advised to do it at home for 10 mins every night for at least five days. As you can't do it to yourself without sitting in a very contorted position, your partner or a willing friend needs to be involved. They may or may not be enthusiastic! The main reason we hated it so much was the smell - it was effectively like you'd been smoking a huge cigar in the house. So the house smelled, everything we were wearing smelled, and my hair stank too. I am far from convinced of the evidence for it - proponents will cite very high 'success rates' but when you look at the size of the clinical trials involved, the so-called success rate is not very credible. (one of the main trials involved about 80 patients! )
At 38 weeks, my baby was still breech, so I went for an ECV. It did involve a long morning in hospital, but the actual procedure was quick and painless. The doctor turned him/her in about five minutes! I wondered why I'd bothered with all the hocus pocus, when the ECV was so quick and easy. I'd really recommend the ECV if you're still breech at 38 weeks.