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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a scientist and picked an OB that practices evidence based medicine. He is of the opinion that versions aren't worth it. He is a relatively young doctor so he asked his older colleagues (a large network) who was comfortable and had a good success rate. Virtually no one answered in the affirmative and one doctor stopped doing them altogether when a baby died as a result. I was like, yeah, no thanks.[/quote]

OP here - yes, I've heard things like that in the scary part of the internet. Not helpful for my brain. I'm not totally sure I'll go through with the version. I may just schedule a c-section for 39 weeks. I'm talking to the doctor at my practice who does them on Monday to make a decision. I'm fine with having a c-section, if a bit scared as this is my first, my husband won't be allowed in the OR with me, and we, obviously due to COVID, will need to navigate recovery alone. I'm hoping that, if we want to, we're allowed to stay the normal course in Sibley to get some extra help recovering/learning. [/quote]

I was one of the PPs - my version happened at GW and while it wasn't successful (and many aren't) the baby and I were both monitored carefully throughout, we did an ultrasound before so we knew things like where the cord was, etc (and it was not a terrible or particularly painful experience for me). From everything I read, the factors most correlated with success are 1. if you've had a baby before (not in my control), 2. if the baby has been in other positions during other points in the pregnancy (mine hadn't) and 3. how many versions the doctor does.  Someone who doesn't do many is unlikely to be successful and I wouldn't bother.  But GW does a ton of them and many successfully, so I felt it was worth a shot.

If I had it to do again for my first baby, I'd still probably still do it, even though it didn't work - I was just in a mental place where I needed to have tried everything to have peace with the section, so the ECV gave me that.  If I found myself in the same position with a hypothetical second baby, now knowing that a c-section was also just fine, I'd have no regrets at all going straight to the section.  Either is a completely reasonable choice.
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