30 weeks, breech & back to back!

[emily82]

I'm 30 weeks preg with DD and after seeing the midwife this morning, I have been cheerfully informed that she is not only back to back, but breech. Should I be overly concerned at this point? Let nature do it's thing? Or try and get her to turn as best I can? On measuring, I'm on the 88th centile so she's quite the whopper and I'm wondering if she'll run out of space sooner so might not turn? Had no probs whatsoever when pregnant with my DS so well and truly out of my comfort zone with this one. Any ideas??

My first was footling breech and back to back, he turned just after 30 weeks I think (it hurt!!! lol) but stayed BTB.

I still had a quick, easy labout though :)

Investigate trying to get her turned. You are right to think that if she is big you may run out of room soon, although my DS was turned when I was 38wks. He was firmly breech and engaged but they managed to pop his butt out and turn him. 6lb10oz when born.

You may also want to try accupressure massage (mine was on the toes done by a Shiatsu practitioner who then showed DH how to do it at home). Worked a treat for me in keeping DS the right way round till he was born.

Don't know about the back to back except that my DD was born this way (not sure when she became back to back) and it was bloody painful but still had a home birth with no pain relief except accupressure.

Luckily you have some time to investigate the options. A c/s is not the automatic conclusion.

Mine was breech and back to back until a few days ago, but just turned (at just under 33 weeks). He is over the 95th centile so also huge! I did some inversions and a lot of yoga-type all 4s exercises, not sure if this helped or if he would have turned anyway - I wasn't really trying very hard to turn him as am having a section anyway (just trying in a half-hearted sort of way as I think being breech can lead to things like clicky hips and even is section it's better for them to have been head down).

Thanks all - will have a look into the shiatsu and the exercises. I'm just putting off googling it through fear of stumbling across some horror stories ... It certainly explains why I have a ridiculous amount of back niggles. A section isn't on the cards yet - as far as I know - but I'm keen to keep it that way.

GrumpyFish Were you aware when baby turned? Will I know do you think?

Ta again :)

Yes I was pretty sure that he had turned - there was some MASSIVE movement and it felt different afterwards (I have needed the loo constantly ever since!). I had a growth scan booked for a couple of days afterwards anyway, so that confirmed it.

Oooh well fingers crossed then. I'll have a chat with her tonight and then all systems go. It's of course the same old adage of me being on fours that got me into this pickle in the first place

Good luck for the remainder