Frank breech / Anterior placenta

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I’m a ftm who’s had a pretty horrific pregnancy (MC as was a twin pregnancy, CVS at 13 weeks, not feeling much movement etc) and I’m possibly overly anxious as a result, always worrying for the next thing to go wrong. I’m 28 & 3 with a slightly low lying anterior placenta and on Thursday found out my baby is now in a frank breech position.

I’ve been in hospital a few times over the last few weeks for ctg monitoring as I’ve never really felt much regular movement or kicks with any sort of pattern which others have said could be down to my placenta and they’ve always let me go without concern.

Since finding out she’s frank breech I have read some utterly awful things on the internet - apparently there’s an increased chance of birth defects including cerebral palsy which is also present in babies that don’t move much.

Has anyone experienced similar to me and gone on to have a healthy baby? I’m driving myself mad with worry 😓 she’s an ivf baby and my only chance at being a mum and I’d be devastated if there’s something wrong.

Congratulations on your pregnancy ❤️

My baby is also breech I'm 36 weeks and I too sent my self down the google rabbit hole yesterday to find myself reading similar things to you. But what you do need to realise is they also mention that mostly the birth defects of a breech baby would not be a suprise as would have likely been picked up by 20 week scan.

I think breech babies are quite common and you still have tons of time for your baby to turn. My baby is I think a bit big to turn now, but I'm having a csection anyway (planned before finding he was breech)

Your anterior placenta will be muffling movement, I have an anterior placenta too and my baby has often had super quiet days every few days since around 26 weeks. I think they're his growing days. I've had growth scans every 4 weeks since 28 weeks and he is growing great and I'm sure your baby is too.

My friend has had two breech babies and they're perfect :-)

Please try not to worry I know it's hard and I need to take my own advice. Xxx

My baby was frank breech on every scan I had including two growth scans. I got preeclampsia and that affected her growth at the end of the pregnancy but I don’t think that had anything to do with being breech! She is absolutely fine at 4 months old, no problems.

I didn’t have a breech baby but just to try and reassure you about the movements..I had an anterior placenta and barely felt a thing even at full term! I would only feel ‘downwards’ kicks and the occasional limb coming out the side at the end! I now have a very healthy 20 mth old..it’s only now that I’m pregnant again with a posterior placenta that I’ve realised how much difference the placenta made!

Hello! You are doing just fine and worry comes part of the package!

I have an anterior placenta and went in for reduced movements a fair few times, I didn't really feel proper movements until about 30 weeks if I'm honest and even then I was monitored last week every day.

My little lady was breech up until 37+2 (last week) and only in the past week have I really really noticed her kicks and patterns so I think it's a combination of breech and our front placenta (especially if you are frank and feet down if your placenta is low also)

If you are ever worried about movements just go in to triage.

Don't worry about breech too much yet, you have plenty of time!

Good luck xx

My little guy was frank breech at around 24 weeks. He moved to head down after that and stayed that way until he entered the world 😂
I also had an anterior placenta but it was not low lying. All was fine and my little boy is perfect

If it makes you feel any better, DS managed to get himself into the worst breech position that my consultant had ever seen: back to back, incomplete footling breech if I recall correctly. She advised I skip the ECV and go straight to the c-section.

He's still an awkward sod, but otherwise he's fine . Like pp said, any abnormalities would have been picked up on the scan. Breech babies are pretty common and the vast majority have no issues at all.