Thank you for sharing your story Sally, how sad for your friends but equally how wonderful their child survived against the odds. However it may interest you to know that those care providers who support breech birth usually do not usually support it in preterm infants, as their head is so much bigger than their bum, making the risk of injury or death much much higher. A preterm baby who was expected to survive would usually (even with pro breech obstetrician) be delivered by caesarean.
In this case the VB was probably supported to maximise your friends chance of using her uterus again, which is a common practice when a baby dies in utero or is not expected to survive long term. A caesarean at 24 weeks is more complicated that a full term one, as the uterus is so much smaller, and makes a future pregnancy much riskier.
Last edited by Traveller; March 16th, 2010 at 08:16 AM.
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