Since birthing dd2 I have been astounded by the number of people shocked that I was "allowed" to to deliver vaginally. With a private obs, no less! And sadly a number of friends were told that they had to have a c/s due to breech presentation. They couldn't tell me if bub had been frank, footling or flex breech, and hadn't even been offered ECV or scans to see if bub would fit. Most tried chiro and/or acupuncture, but didn't question their caregivers about other options.

I'm so glad my obs respected my wish for a vaginal birth. There is now a breech clinic at Westmead so had he pushed for a c/s I would have gone there. But I live in the catchment area for that hospital - it's a shame that so many obs and midwives lack the experience. When I had the ECV (bub turned three times and flipped straight back) and obs gave me paperwork for scans, the midwife wished me luck but said not to turn up on her shift as "breech births are scary" :-(