Breech baby tips?

[Anonymous]

Baby 1: head down, unmedicated vaginal
Baby 2: head down, unmedicated vaginal
Baby 3: breech, did ECV complete surgical spinal, didn't feel a thing. Got induced at 41.2 weeks, unmedicated vaginal
Baby 4: transverse, opted for scheduled c-section at 39 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Reading all of these painful ECV stories. My MD does a complete spinal so if something happens, you're ready for a crash c section. Literally felt nada.

[Anonymous]

Remember that for every person that the ECV did or did not work is the person whose baby died from it.

My very science-based OBGyn had that advice. So I never considered a version. Good thing, definitely hugh chance it would have resulted in the death of #3. C-section protected him from the knots in his cord compressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Baby 1: head down, unmedicated vaginal
Baby 2: head down, unmedicated vaginal
Baby 3: breech, did ECV complete surgical spinal, didn't feel a thing. Got induced at 41.2 weeks, unmedicated vaginal
Baby 4: transverse, opted for scheduled c-section at 39 weeks.

How do you push with a complete spinal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was your first baby? Did you deliver vaginally? My kids were late turners.

I know people say you can feel when they turn, but I didn’t. Obviously could feel kicks in my ribs after that though.

OP here: she was a vaginal birth and was head down pretty much the entire pregnancy. So this one has been very different!

That's good news then. I read that many babies who were breech were that way due to mom's anatomy, which is why many women have multiple breech babies. Hopefully your baby will turn. As a 2nd baby they likely have more room and don't feel the need to turn yet.

There are plenty that are breech due to cord issues.

[Anonymous]

I had two ECVs, as both my babies were breech. Both were successful. The first was about 10 seconds and completely painless. They offered an epidural for the second but I was cocky from my easy past procedure. It was agonizing. But it worked, and I had an easy vaginal delivery.

Wishing you luck!