Anyone know of an OB in Alexandria who is willing to deliver breach baby?

[Anonymous]

I'm 32 weeks and just learned baby is currently breach. I'm hoping he flips before birth, but am trying to get information in case he doesn't. I'd really love a vaginal delivery and am curious whether anyone knows of a doctor who is skilled in this area.

[Anonymous]

I would do spinning babies and chiropractors instead of delivering breech

[Anonymous]

If the baby is still breech lay at delivery time, would never take the risk of advocating a vaginal delivery. Problem is the biggest part of the baby - the head - is delivering last. Risk is the cervix will clamp down on the neck and strangle the baby. There are reasons medical professionals advise interventions like C-sections when is in the baby’s best interest, and this is one of them. Don’t play around with your baby’s life.

[Anonymous]

try Dr. Malpractice

[Anonymous]

I understand wanting to try to deliver vaginally but it is not worth the risk—you could seriously injure your baby or cause death. I too was upset that I needed a c-section for a breach baby, but once I delivered my baby via c-section, I felt silly for being upset—safety of mom and baby is the most important.

[Anonymous]

Are you a FTM? A couple thoughts. First, do Spinning Babies. Then try chiropractic - someone who knows Webster technique. Dr. Andrino is supposed to be amazing. If given the option you can try for an ECV but they are extremely painful (friends have had them and say it’s horrible - one worked and one didn’t).

If baby doesn’t turn then, go for a scheduled C section. It’s the safest option for you and the baby. If you want to pursue vaginal breech there’s only one provider I know who does them in the DMV but it’s considered very risky, and you have to sign a waiver acknowledging the increased risk of head entrapment and fetal death (aka baby suffocates)

Never forget that Birth is one day - you are having a baby not to have a birth experience but to be the mother of a healthy child. The mode of delivery won’t matter if your baby doesn’t survive. The risk of vaginal breech delivery is small but real and that’s why the standard of care for breech is a scheduled C section. We are lucky in this country to have access to them - women in other countries literally would die for the privilege to not have to attempt a risky vaginal birth and to have the choice for a safe, planned C section.

If you choose a planned C section remember that you are conferring the risks of delivery onto yourself (studies show risks are greater for moms and reduced for infants than vaginally). If you choose vaginal breech you are conferring the delivery risks (head entrapment, suffocation, brain damage, oxygen deprivation) onto your baby. It’s your choice but as a mom I’ll always risk myself first for my kids.

[Anonymous]

I second dr. Andrino for this situation. I saw him during my second pregnancy and he seemed to be very accommodating to people in your position aka he will make time to see you and work to get the baby in the right position. I’d try that first before going down a breech road birth.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks to all. I didn't mean to sound cavalier; if a C-section is necessary I will go that route, but was interested in speaking with a doctor who had some experience so I could make an informed decision. I have been seeing an acupuncturist and am scheduled with a Webster method chiropractor. I am also starting inversions and bridges. Is spinning babies exercises (like inversions or bridges), or is it something else?

[Anonymous]

I had a vaginal birth of a small baby. In the next delivery the baby was larger and breach. It was a teaching hospital and the doc wanted to “teach”. I wasn’t really going to go along with it, but I agreed to the CT scan to measure.

The CT scan told him I could not safely deliver the baby vaginally.

I don’t know if anyone does those scans, but it helped to prove the point that we were going for a C-Section.

We also tried a procedure to turn the baby, but it was not successful. I was fully mentally prepared for a c-section.

[Anonymous]

My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

[Anonymous]

Dr tschabo in Arlington but I’m not sure he still practices

[Anonymous]

GW has just resumed its breech delivery program.

I would honestly pick a section though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr tschabo in Arlington but I’m not sure he still practices

He is now at Inova Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

I had a stillbirth (not from breech). The pain is more than you can ever imagine and it never goes away. Nothing is worth increasing the risk of your baby dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a FTM? A couple thoughts. First, do Spinning Babies. Then try chiropractic - someone who knows Webster technique. Dr. Andrino is supposed to be amazing. If given the option you can try for an ECV but they are extremely painful (friends have had them and say it’s horrible - one worked and one didn’t).

If baby doesn’t turn then, go for a scheduled C section. It’s the safest option for you and the baby. If you want to pursue vaginal breech there’s only one provider I know who does them in the DMV but it’s considered very risky, and you have to sign a waiver acknowledging the increased risk of head entrapment and fetal death (aka baby suffocates)

Never forget that Birth is one day - you are having a baby not to have a birth experience but to be the mother of a healthy child. The mode of delivery won’t matter if your baby doesn’t survive. The risk of vaginal breech delivery is small but real and that’s why the standard of care for breech is a scheduled C section. We are lucky in this country to have access to them - women in other countries literally would die for the privilege to not have to attempt a risky vaginal birth and to have the choice for a safe, planned C section.

If you choose a planned C section remember that you are conferring the risks of delivery onto yourself (studies show risks are greater for moms and reduced for infants than vaginally). If you choose vaginal breech you are conferring the delivery risks (head entrapment, suffocation, brain damage, oxygen deprivation) onto your baby. It’s your choice but as a mom I’ll always risk myself first for my kids.

Yes. My first reaction was to ask if OP was willing to sign a waiver in case of death or severe disability for the child (to take full responsibility herself, and agree not to hold the doctor liable), because I can't see anyone doing this otherwise.