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Breech movements?

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PushkinTheCat · 10/12/2019 19:41

Have been referred today (at 36 weeks) for a presentation scan as midwife thinks baby might be breech. I have suspected that baby’s presentation isn’t quite “right” for months as it all feels so different from my previous pregnancy (with a head down baby) although some of it I put down to not having an anterior placenta this time. I did tell midwife I thought baby was breech a few weeks ago but she wasn’t convinced then.

If you had a breech baby, what did it feel like? I think baby is “sitting” with back to my right hip as it keeps feeling as though he’s pressing on said hip hard, and I have lots of little movements further down which feel like kicks against my bladder rather than headbutting. Nearly all the movements are on one side, although there are some bigger movements higher up across the bump (could be a head or a bottom).

Does this sound like breech?

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Treacletoots · 10/12/2019 19:45

Yep. It's the kicks to your bladder that would tip me off. They are really painful.

DD turned breech at about 36 weeks and stayed there until I was kindly offered an elective c section which went off without a hitch. Good luck!

Fouroutoffour · 10/12/2019 19:49

I've only had one baby, so not much to compare it to. I was really bad at working out how he was lying (and he only turned breech at 36 weeks), but when he was confirmed breech it made a lot of sense. I felt kicks in my cervix and his rather sizable fucking massive head kept poking out by my midriff. It felt like a cat rubbing its head from the inside of my tummy iyswim. So not kicks, more pressure and a wave movement.

Fouroutoffour · 10/12/2019 19:50

Also had an elcs after a failed ecv. Was fine, although not what I had wanted, but hey ho

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PushkinTheCat · 10/12/2019 19:58

Interesting....it has consistently felt as though this baby is too far back and too high, although that has improved since bump dropped a week or two ago. But loads of pressure on my right hip, whereas DS1 was head down, back to my right hip, and it never felt like this.

I had an EMCS last time round and had almost settled on VBAC if I went into labour naturally, but am not really up for an ECV so ELCS it may well be.

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Screaminyourface · 10/12/2019 20:08

What's putting you off about an ecv? I know MN doesn't like them, but they are actually very safe.

hiredandsqueak · 10/12/2019 20:19

For me it was really uncomfortable under my ribs. Ds was a footling breech so think if he stretched his legs he pushed his head into my ribs. I certainly felt more uncomfortable than I did with the babies who were head down. ECV not offered by my consultant so had an ELCS.

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PushkinTheCat · 10/12/2019 21:26

@Screaminyourface, a number of things - one is that I may be a bit superstitious but I think if the baby is breech, that may be for a reason and best not interfered with (based partly on a friend’s experience of a breech baby who turned and got himself in an absolute mess with the cord, resulting in a crash section after labour began.

The other is that I understand a lot of consultants won’t do them if you have had a previous CS.

Basically, if I was really keen for a VBAC, I might consider it more seriously, but I’m not determined to have a vaginal birth and have a fairly low threshold for moving to CS.

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Screaminyourface · 10/12/2019 21:41

Ah, didn't know that about consultants not being keen if you've had a previous section. When they attempted an ecv with me, they monitored me/ baby afterwards to check for complications with the placenta/ cord. At my request, I had additional monitoring the following days too (due to my anxiety). I think those complications are more likely to happen immediately though, so not sure if your friend's were connected to the ecv?

Screaminyourface · 10/12/2019 21:42

But yes, there is a risk of complications, I think it's 1 in 200. I imagine DS was breech as he had a big head and was almost 9lbs. Might not have fit in my pelvis head-down

MrsEG · 10/12/2019 21:57

I have breech twins at the moment and a lot of these comments echo my movements too - a lot of strong pressure by my ribs and I can see heads sticking right out - it’s bloody uncomfortable! And I often feel kicks very low down and quite far back. Desperate for them to turn just so I no longer feel like I have someone sat on my chest anymore!

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PushkinTheCat · 10/12/2019 21:58

That’s my understanding about if you’ve had a previous section, though I could be wrong. I am generally quite anxious anyway!

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Pugsleyaddams · 10/12/2019 22:36

My first was breech all the way through the end, not a problem for me as I'd elected for a CS anyway but when my 2nd wasn't breech it took me quite by surprise because I was absolutely convinced he was going to be born early. With my first the pressure/ big bit was always at the top and the bit at my cervix was kicked but nothing really went on there so I thought that was normal. With my 2nd all the big movements happened much lower and I felt like he was going to bust the sac and fall out quite often from about 30wks. He didn't so it must be the norm for a head down baby, I just had it in reverse to you and your first head down, second breech.

MyCatScaresDogs · 12/12/2019 22:06

Update: turns out DBaby is definitely NOT breech: head so low in the pelvis it couldn’t be measured. So he’s either got the longest legs in the world or he’s been grabbing my bladder.....

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