'BREECH WATCH' !!

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So who's breech at the moment and how many weeks are you?

I'm 33+1 and I don't reckon this LO will turn!

Will keep you updated

Excellent, congrats to Holly !!
I've only got 4 days to go now. Hope everyone is ok!!

Congrats Holly!

Right then. So i'm 30+3 and baby is breech. I'm not too concerned coz there's plenty of time but she's making me very uncomfortable in the pelvis. It feels really "heavy". Also, her head in my diaphragm is making breathing slightly uncomfortable too so would like to turn her around ASAP.

I've heard something about going on all fours..... can anyone elaborate?

Thanx!

Rgpargy- I reckon it's prob pretty early yet for you to worry about the little one being breech...but in answer to your question....It's all about optimal positioning....Go on all fours, with your arse in the air and your shoulders and head lower than your bum...you may want to do that on the sofa with a pillow under your head and watch TV. You are meant to do it for 15 mins a couple to a few times a day.
scrubbing floors is meant to help
as is lying on your back with cushions under the small of your back..with your legs against the ironing board (!) Don't slouch in the chair but sit on a physio ball or upright in a chair...
Don't cross your legs or raise them ( unless your limbs are puffy of course)
Here's a link : www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm

Great, thanx Alfie!

No probs at all !!

Hi guys - don't know if you remember me from near the beginning of the thread. I am home at last have been in hospital with my unstable lie for 3 weeks then induction on Tuesday - was going really well until baby turned again despite painful contractions so was whisked of the theatre for a caesarean. Alls well that ends well though and little Amy was born at 6.26 on Tuesday afternoon.

will catch up with some of you news now...

Yes, I remember you Nettee, this thread is a monster one now isn't it !!
Many congratulations and welcome Amy.
Hope you are bearing up ok after your section.
I have an elective in 3 days time and the nerves and the excitement have set in now.
Thers' some good reports on the thread and some new additions too !!

Am watching this thread with interest as although I am only 26+1 I am certain this baby is feet down or transverse but facing downwards (as at 20 week scan) most of the time. 85% of movement is below the knicker line and a lot of that feels directly into the cervix (very odd feeling!). Baby does seem to flip round in the late evening but that is the only time I get movement at the top.

MW have not checked bump at all so far, not even fundal height so don't know their opinion. What stage did you know/suspect your LO preferred to be feet down and did they stay that way once they started running out of room?

Hi all

Alfie - Monday for you. how you feeling?

Got another text from Holly yesterday. They have named their lovely baby boy George Maxwell...and is very loved up. She sounds as though she is doing really well.

I am zonked today, had a very restless baby most the night....who then slept for 6 hours....have stopped trying to figure out any sort of routine, boy does Ryan dictate my days and nights!
But on the plus side, we went shopping yesterday followed by lunch at one of my fave restuarants and he was very well behaved whilst mummy had bellinis and prawns for the first time in 9 months! yum yum!

Hope everyone else is doing well!

Becklespeckle- my LO has been breech since the 12 week scan, I have also had the dancing in the pelvis sensation and felt the head ( large and hard) in my ribs since about 26 weeks.
I would ask your M/w to maybe check the position for you. I seem to recall they did not start checking mine til I was about 30 weeks.
Babies generally twist and turn alot of the time and I guess you'll start getting used to feeling body parts as you progress.
There's loads of things to do to get babies to turn and you have plenty of time so I wouldn't fret about it too much yet.

Hi Dal,
Good to hear from you and pleased to hear that you managed a lovely little social whirl...Bellinis eh ? mmm. I am craving sashimi and scallops !! I had a glass of bubbly with my girlfriends last night to mark the end of era and a new beginning..
Must say I am a big bag of emotions- excited about meeting our baby and intrigued as to whether it'll be a girl or a boy but also aware that I am having surgery and that makes me a little anxious. I shall focus on the +ve though and I have heard such good reports which have been a reassurance.
That's cool news about Holly. I am loving all the more traditional names coming out again this year.
Ryan seems to be a bit of a night owl eh ? Cheeky boy !! Must sense that his mum needs some sleep but wants to party !! I am sure he'll soon settle into a routine, especially when the Autumn sets in and the nights get darker earlier, they are very perceptive these babies !!
Will chat to you very soon and take care and hi to Ryan !

alfie,

I've only really just got my act together to post, and I REALLY wanted to post before today, but anyway you are in my thoughts and I hope your section went well today. post as soon as you can, x

Hi everyone,

I'm 37 weeks today, and at my 28 and 32 week MW app's they put down on my notes that the baby was breech.
Went for hosp app. at 34 weeks and doctor said baby felt like it was head down and not breech, so breathed a sigh of relief!

Now last Thurs I had another MW app, there were two of them, and both said it felt to be breech, and they'd better refer me for a scan. They couldn't feel much of whichever end was in my pelvis, as it was really deeply in (they put 3/5 engaged on my notes)Then they decided to listen to where the heartbeat was (slightly lower than my belly button on my right side), and decided it was head down after all.

I came out of there fine, but have been worrying about it ever since, as I don't have another appointment until I'm 38+3 to get another opinion, and if they decide to send me for a scan then, it's all going to be a bit last minute - I feel I need time to prepare myself mentally for a section if that's what's going to happen.

I just think out of 4 appointments, 4 different MW's have all thought it was breech, and only the doctor has thought it was head down. I'm more inclined to trust what the MW's say, as they feel lots of babies' positions every day. I do feel more uncomfortable with this baby than I did with my 2 ds's - I've been able to feel something really hard and round under my ribs sometimes, and I can't bend forward to put my socks/shoes on at all. I do feel a lot of movement under my ribs, elbows/knees in my sides, and not that much low down, so... I don't know.

I've thought about phoning the ante-natal day unit to ask them if I can come in and see what they think - I'd really like a scan asap to put my mind at rest - but feel like I might come across a bit neurotic!
But the alternative is to wait until a week on Thurs, and I don't want to spend the last few weeks of my pregnancy worrying.

What do you think?

Alfie - thinking of you today! Hope all is well.

JonATB - dont worry about being neurotic. Insist on the scan if I were you and hassle, hassle, hassle.

Joandtheboys.... i'd push for a scan, don't worry about seeming pushy or anything. i had everyone telling me my baby was ceph, but my instinct said he was breech. i had a hard lump under my sternum and all my kicks were down low and to the sides (they were his hands as it turned out) My gp insisted he was ceph, but then said "I'm not very good at this, midwives are the real experts" when he was examining me. The midwives disagreed, they both thought he was ceph, but then one found the heartbeat above my tummy button, so she decided he was breech. With all this faffing around I was getting increasingly frustrated, as by 37 weeks no one had made a decision, so I insisted on a scan, which they gave me at 38 weeks, and lo and behold he was breech. Go with your instincts, insist on a scan, it's the only way to be sure.

Good luck

Hello there Dal and fellow breech watchers Just a quickie to say that Lola was delivered safe and sound by elective section on 24/9/07. I am newly on love and have only posutive thoughts to share re- my midwifery careand the procedure itself. My beautiful girl needs a feed so I will post more tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for their kind thoughts and words

Congrats on the birth of Lola Alfie! Thanks also for your advice further up the thread! I remember being able to feel body parts easily with my DSs but not sure this bubs is big enough yet! Am fairly sure that LO is mainly transverse rather than breech though as bump has 'moved' upwards (now have a flattish bit at the bottom and no room between bump and boobs) but kicks are still very low and either in my pelvis or out to the side, sometimes both sides at once. First MW appt since 16 weeks is next week so hopefully MW will check position then - although bet baby decides to turn around just at that point!

hey congrats alfie - come find us on the sept postnatal thread!

Hi everyone, hope all ok. My baby was breech from 28 weeks then when I went to hospital last week for position checking he had turned and so they said that I could just carry on as normal. I have been for my midwife appointment today and the baby has turned back round!! She has booked me in to go back to the hospital tomorrow to see the consultant. I am now 36 weeks and had my dd at 34 weeks. If the baby is still breech tomorrow will I be able to ask to be booked in for a c section?
Thanks and congratulations to those of you that have your babies.x

ale233 - they may suggest trying to turn your baby first via ecv. did you have dd vb or via cs? if via vb, then i reckon they may give you option for ecv.

Hi, I went back to the hospital yesterday and the baby had turned head down again. I said I was worried about going into labour and the baby being breech, the consultant said not to worry as they would just do an emergency cs. She has booked me in to go back next week for another scan and said that whatever the position is next week should be the position the baby will stay in. Is it usual for it to keep changing position at this late stage? Its really uncomfy when he's moving round.

Sorry dal21, I didnt reply, I had my dd by vb.