Encouraging baby in extended breech position to turn?

[SallyMischievo]

I'm 31+5 and was told at a private growth scan on Saturday that our baby is in the extended breech position, with her bottom resting on my bladder and legs stretched upwards. This explains why I constantly need to wee and am feeling lots of pressure in the bladder area! Anxious about the prospect of ECV (if an option) or a possible C section, I'm keen to encourage her to move of her own accord but am not sure what I can try? Have midwife appointment booked for later in the week so I will ask for advice but in the meantime, can anyone with any experience of this suggest one or two exercises that I could try? Many thanks.

The spinning babies website has some positions to try, my baby was breech at 36 weeks but turned after I lay on my back on a board with my head down by the floor and my legs on the sofa, it's definitely worth a try and you still have loads of time, the baby might surprise you and turn by itself :)

The breech tilt is supposed to work well for this, which is basically lying upside down as close to a 45 degree angle as you can manage. I was doing it last night to shift 32+3 transverse DS, and there was a lot of movement, he wasn't happy at all not sure he flipped though, will have to keep trying. I lay on my bed with all of the pillows underneath my bum and my feet up against the wall slightly apart. I must have an odd shaped womb because DD was also in this position until around 38 weeks and must have flipped in my sleep thank god, judging by last nights movements I think I'd faint if I was awake and it happened!

Besides these exercises, keep an eye on your posture. No slouching on the couch, try and sit up straight with your pelvis tilted slightly forwards whenever you can. Sitting on a gym ball or backwards on a dining chair is perfect for this. Not as comfy as the couch but needs must!

Thank you very much for the advice. Will have a look at the Spinning Babies website and also give the breech tilt a try. Thanks for the warning that the baby might not be happy, Naice - I will be prepared for her to dig her heels in

Sorry for the slight hijacking of the thread here, but is it necessary to try to get your baby to turn before 36 or so weeks? Mine's also breech at 32 weeks but I got the impression that there's no need to do anything unless they're still breech at 36/7 weeks.

You are probably right, kusmile. I suppose I was just thinking that if I could persuade her to turn sooner rather than later, she would have a bit more room to move into position! Also, without meaning to convey TMI, with the baby sitting on my bladder, I currently need to pee constantly and I fear that as she grows heavier, this is only going to get worse!

Kusmile, I was told to try and get mine to move now because I have an anterior placenta and so they couldn't do an ECV if a scan at 37 weeks showed that he was still transverse, so then I'd be booked into for a c-section at 38 weeks with no real chance after the scan to get him to move unless he spontaneously did so.

Knowing my luck I will dislodge him from transverse and end up with a breech

I've been wondering about the space issue too SallyMischievo! With the frequent peeing issues (don't worry, it's never TMI for me), I thought that once the head was down the pressure would make it worse, but I guess it can't be any worse than having it sat on. At the moment I do need to pee fairly ofter, but it's only really unpleasant when he's kicking/trampling down there.

NaiceNickname that's useful info, thanks. I've got a posterior placenta, so I suppose the ECV would be an option, but I'd rather he turned on his own. I'm just a bit worried about taking it into my own hands by trying to get him to turn by tilting in case it ends up causing a problem. I'm a bit of a worry wart. Good luck with your turning, fingers crossed your baby decides to turn the right way!