Breech due to misaligned pelvis?

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I am 36wks pg with DS2, who is currently breech. I had a scan 2 weeks ago and he was head up, spine curving along my left side. I think he's moved a wee bit and now feels to me like he's transverse. I'm seeing the obstertrician after the weekend and if still breech, then I will probably have an ECV at some stage. I've read some old threads on ECV's and came across the spinning babies website, which mentions that a baby may be breech due to a misaligned pelvis: eg baby can't get head down as it can't physically move that way because of the shape of the pelvis.
I had back problems after having DS1 and went to an osteopath, who discovered that I had one leg shorter than the other. I think this is because my pelvis was out of alignment. Have also recently seen a physio who told me I have a curved spine (eg sideways curve, not front to back IYSWIM).
Anyway, I think that my dodgy pelvis might be to blame for this baby being breech. Has anyone seen a physio to have this corrected late in pregnancy? Or is my theory total rubbish?

Very few of us are perfectly symmetrical and slightly curved spines and leg length differences are so common they are probably the norm.

hi there, just wanted to say its perfectly possible to have a breach birth, you dont have to section,you just need a very experanced midwife as more care is needed delivering the babys head.your pelvis is not to blame, its the baby just looking for the most comfortable position. dont worry too much some babys turn all by themselves right at the last minute/begining of labour.(more likely with multiparas)it DOES sound like baby is making their way around to the correct position,ask your midwife about positions for you to encourage baby to turn( birthing balls are good for this! youve got a few weeks left so got plenty of time to try ! good luck with the birth!

Your pelvis isn't to blame, but the concept that the shape of the woman's pelvis and/or a misalignment of the mother's pelvis and/or spine being related to a breech baby isn't unheard of.

There's a thing called the Webster Technique, which some chiropractors will be good at, that starts from the position that if the mother has a misalignment it will set up a torsion in the uterus that will make it harder for the baby to turn - if you can correct the misalignment then you should release the torsion and thereby create more space.

I don't know how late its been shown to work, but a good practitioner should be able to give you advice on that. A good physio / osteo / etc, may also be able to help.

Incidently, DD was born as a breech baby at home with IMs. I'm more than happy to talk about my experience (if you haven't seen it in your trawl already!)

I'm a bit wonky! I wear orthotics in my shoes to help correct a misaligned pelvis and dodgy back. I gave birth naturally (although dd was spine to spine).

My third baby was breech all the way through. Then my next baby was also breech so I guessed that it may have had something to do with the shape of my pelvis or something similar. However, as I was so keen to have a VBAC rather than another CS, (and as ECV wasn't recommended after previous sections) I tried loads of things to get my baby to turn. I had moxabustion and acupuncture at 37 weeks and by the next day she was in the perfect head down position! Coincidence? Maybe. But I really believe it worked. And she was a big baby too so don't think that it's too late to do anything about it.