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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 35 weeks and baby remains frank breech.  Not a candidate for external cephalic version, and I'm already familiar with the spinning babies website.

I'm interested to hear from those who have had a breech baby, especially frank breech.
-Were the baby's legs bent at an odd angle right after birth?  If so how did this affect things and when did the legs look less alarming?

-I've read hip dysplasia can be an issue.  Did your baby do physical therapy?

- Anything else I should know?[/quote]

(1) No, baby's legs were not bent at an odd angle.  She definitely froggied and crossed them for the first few weeks because that is probably how they were in utero.  Same with her arms. Always crossed like she was hugging herself.  I thought it was cute, my mom stressed about it, but once she started stretching/moving more she was totally fine.
(2) Your pediatrician should check in your first few visits to see if the baby's hips are clicking and will likely order an ultrasound to check for hip dysplasia.  My baby had no hip issues.
(3) My baby had torticollis, likely from being breech.  I think this is fairly common, and we're seeing a PT to help with that, it's getting much better.  Because of the Torticollis, she has positional plagiocephaly = a flat spot on one side of her head, which is also getting much better with PT/changing the position of her head a lot/tummy time and now she's almost mobile, so she's always on her hands and knees.  FYI, we're not getting a helmet, everyone tells us it will be barely noticeable in the end.  We've seen two specialists, they agreed.  All of this to say, keep an eye on the baby those first few weeks to see if you notice a head turn preference or head tilt and get on that right away.  I wish we'd started seeing a PT earlier (we started at four months).[/quote]

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