ECV

Bobbie your gona so think that im the blondest..............I was reading the first page of this as i saw your name and thought oh your just preg wonder what your talking about etc cos i didnt know what ECV was and i was sooooooo confused why someone who was only 4 weeks preg would know which way the baby was up etc..........

LOL

Sorry just had to jump in to say that

Oh I have had two Csections, One emergency, second i waited and had one at 11 days over and this one will be a proper planned early one.....

Hi guys

Just to update:

Have my ECV (I was 37 weeks) on Monday and it was successful - baby is now head down and engaged! The procedure was really quick (a couple of minutes max) and relatively painless. I understand that I also had a lot going for me in that a) baby was in a good position head and feet wise to be able to be turned; b) baby was average size c) lots of amniotic fluid d) cord was in a good position and wasnt likely to get in the way.

Afterwards I felt light headed for most of the afternoon and had a session with my acupuncturist which really helped.

So for me the ECV was a great (after having tried everything else) and I really didnt want to have an elective c-section. So fingers crossed for a "normal" labour and birth now!

yay glad it worked for you - i wonder what a baby flipping that far on inside you would feel like - must of felt weird

mine was done at 39+1wks.....i'm sure most electives are around the 39wk mark

I had an ECV done just before 38 weeks and it was succesful. Not the most fun day out, but not as bad as people made out and I'm glad I did it.

I had some people who tried to talk me out of it, but the alternative was a c-section as was a footling breach so no chance of birthing naturally.

I went into labour two days later and had baby at home (as we had planned). So a great result.

Feeling better for reading this.
Found out yesterday that baby is transverse breech (after being full breech 3 weeks ago).

I really don't want a c-section (due to my own stupid fears).
But reading the posts of those that had them (lulu's in particular) I feel a lot better about it.

I'm seeing my MW again in a fortnight (I'll be 34w+5d) so if he's still breech I'll be off for a scan and to talk about an ECV (which scared the jeepers out of me!).

Nice to see it's worked for some, and those that it didn't work for had a good c-section experience

Yeah I got told the same thing as Bizzy, though thankfully I never needed an ECV as Caleb turned himself at around 35 weeks - phew!

I was booked in for an ECV too, luckily Cooper turned himself at 38 weeks, phew!

I'm booked in for ECV on Friday at 37 weeks. I'm a bit nervous about it because I really don't want a C-Section. I've read the hospital policy on ECV so know what to expect, but also know that there are a few factors that will make it trickier so fingers crossed!

I didn't make my ECV - my waters broke 36 hours before the procedure so I ended up with an emergency c-section!