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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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 [b]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)[/b]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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