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becky
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Topic: Breech baby Posted: 17 July 2008 at 3:47pm |
Hi all my midwife told me two weeks ago that my baby was head down. Now she is on holiday and I saw her locum on Monday who checked my stomach and position of bubs she has now informed me that bubs is head up and to see a chiropractor. Im a bit confused because i only feel bubs kicks down low and have ever only felt them low but thats also the only place I feel hiccups.
Has anyone else experienced this?
If bubs is actually head down and I go to the chiro will this turn my baby head up?
As im ony 31 weeks i have a bit of time but would like to know what is going on.
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emz
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 4:44pm |
They don't worry about breech babies till 34 weeks, then they'll book you in to get it seen by a specialist at 36ish weeks, then at 37 you can try to get baby turned (ECV) or at 38 you can have a c/s if you need to.
Most breech babies turn on their own. Jack was transverse breech the whole pregnancy and turned at about 34 weeks (after I'd done all the paperwork for ECV through my private specialist - damn $150 a pop too!)
Sorry don't know about chiropractors and the effect on breech babies. There are a lot of exercises you can do but I think you need to wait a few weeks to do them. Anyway, good luck!
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 5:59pm |
Some babies just won't move but I didn't think referring to a chiro at 34 weeks was a common plan of action! If you feel uncomfortable with that you can do all the leaning forward/on all fours types of exercises!
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 6:02pm |
You could try the old bag of frozen peas trick - they're meant to move away from the cold.
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 7:49pm |
i wouldn't worry about bubs lying breech as there's still plenty of time for bubs to turn......jack was breech but we didn't find that out until 36-37wks...then i had an ECV which failed, so he was born at 39wks by c/s
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 8:18pm |
I got told by my midwife that Rhyley was head down bum up until I went for a growth scan at 36 weeks which told us he was breeched. We had a ECG but was unable to 'flip' - more reason was he was a ig baby, position on placenta and that he was jammed in my ribs, so at 39 weeks I had a c/s
At 31 weeks baby still has plenty of room to move. to encourage baby to move suggested positions were crawling on all floors, sitting backwards on a dining chair, rocking back and forwards on all fours, Put elbows and arms on side of bed while kneeling on the ground. I think someone also used one of those excercise big balls to sit on but not 100% about that and if it helped breeched.
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 8:22pm |
Our bubba was breech until about 34 weeks, and then flipped up the other way all on her own. I was pleased because I was so sick of her head pushing into my ribs, way worse than being kicked there I thought  at least the kicking was transient! Lol.
My midwife said to go on all fours for some time each day, and try not to slouch back in chairs... but she didn't seem overly concerned about it when I was only 31 weeks.
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 9:15pm |
Josh was head down bum up from about 25 weeks and at 37 weeks was half way engaged then at 38 weeks i went into labour and he came out feet first!! He had managed to flip around the day before so your bubs has heaps of time for turn around. I wouldnt be too concerned just wait till ya midwife gets back cos it sounds like odd advice.
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 9:52pm |
TA you're not supposed to post in here! You're labour would put us all off having more kidlets
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:10pm |
Might have to start washing those floors by hand, lol  .
Some info:
A Breech Baby*
As a baby reaches full maturity at about 37 weeks, he becomes heavier and tips head-down. Some babies, however, remain breech until term.
If a baby is in the breech position at term he may be delivered by Caesarean section. If your baby is breech in the last weeks of pregnancy, though, you can be reassured that he will probably turn himself before labour actually begins:
30% of babies are breech at 30 weeks. Over half of these will turn spontaneously during the next two weeks.
14% of babies are still breech at 32 weeks. There is a 60 percent chance that a baby that is bottom-down will turn of his own accord before labour starts.
Less than 5% of babies are still breech at 37 weeks. A quarter of these will turn on their own, although this is less likely if the legs are extended or there isn’t enough room in the uterus, for instance because it is a multiple pregnancy or the baby is too large.
A few babies will kick themselves round once labour starts, as long as there is room.
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Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:49pm |
Hahaha Yeah my labour was proof anything can happen so there is no point stressing about it because what will happen will happen.
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Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:52am |
Thanks for your comments guys. I do hope bubs decides to turn as im sick of the indegestion and vomiting due to bubs head under my ribs. Whatever happens will happen as long as baby is healthy.
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Posted: 18 July 2008 at 3:35pm |
I'm pretty sure Spencer turned at 35 weeks from head down to breech. They wouldn't try to turn him cos my membranes had ruptured and when I had a scan they said he was well and trully stuck, he was extended breech.
I had a cs at 38 weeks, normally they wait till 39 but because of my ruptured membranes and I also I had an irritable uterus and kept going into labour but not active labour they did it earlier.
Doing the downward dog yoga move is suppose to be good as gravity helps them disengage and its also a position that gives them lots of space to turn, just be careful incase it makes you light headed.
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Posted: 19 July 2008 at 10:06am |
Caden was breech at 31 weeks, he turned back head down by my next appointment,
I would get on my hands and knee's a lot and iw ent swimming which helped him turn round.
Usually if you are feeling the hiccups down low that means baby is head down, as when caden was breech I felt the hiccups up high and then when he went back head down I felt them down low again.
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Posted: 31 August 2008 at 12:47pm |
hi becky
how are you getting on? has baby turned?
Im 32 weeks ans have also just beentold that bay is in breech position, this was very upsetting and quite dissapointing as a natural water birth is our plan so far,
I have been told many different things to try to turn baby such as
~prop yourself up on some kind of platform/wedge ( ironing board?) at an 45degree angle so your head is closest to the floor, you do experience blood rushing to your head but if you get up very slowly its ok, another person is needed to help you get into position, i have tried this daily for 4 days now, baby seems to move around alot but not completly all the way.
~on the floor , be in hands and knees position but with elblows and palms of hands on the floor, rest your head on hands with bum in the air, again baby is pointing towards the floor and should want to turn.
~there is a homoepathic remedy called Pulsatilla 200 which people have said to have helped. Im going to try this so will let you know?
~Acupunture on the little toe, point ub67, but can be costly? and more than one visit required.
~swimming as meant to be good also.
Im keen to try anything to help, i know i have heaps of time left for baby to turn and if babys dosent turn then oh well, what will be will be
so if you havnt heard of any of these then thy maybe worth a try
good luck
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Posted: 31 August 2008 at 5:31pm |
Hey mummabrown No my baby has not turned. I tried all the exercises, and also did acupuncture. I used the homeopathic remedy pulsatilla. And was doing swimming also. My baby has now engaged so it is unlikely bubs will turn as seems very settled in this position. I have been penciled in for a csection in 10days. But who knows bubs may decide to turn last minute. good luck hope these things work for you
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Posted: 31 August 2008 at 7:47pm |
Sometimes they don't turn because of other reasons, like a short umbilical cord. A c/s is not the end of the world, especially if you are prepared for it. At the end of the day, healthy babe, healthy mum is really all that matters. (From a mum who has had a c/s)
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Posted: 01 September 2008 at 4:35pm |
Yes i agree, number one importance is healthy mum and healthy bubs, as long as all is good then shouldnt matter too much how baby gets into the world.
Thats a little disheartening thou becky that you went through all that trouble and baby still had its own way of thinking, but you never kow you may go into labour before booked c/s and baby may turn then.
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Posted: 01 September 2008 at 4:46pm |
yea fingers crossed bubs has one week
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Posted: 01 September 2008 at 6:26pm |
mummabrown, my baby was breech at 32 weeks aswell but he turned back head down
I did all the exercises aswell.
I ended up with an emergency c section anyways lol
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