no idea but i had a lot of pressure in my ribs and my bub was head down the whole pregnancy well at least from 13 weeks when i had my first ultrasound hope u find the answer ur looking for and good luck for your VBAC
The low kicks mainly were the hint in the "20's" Let me know if you want to know more about the later signs. DS stayed breech and DD flicked from transverse to breech at 36w and breech to head down at 38w.
DH was frank breech. He was transverse at 19 weeks. I'm 20 weeks now with #2 and feeling low kicks (ultrasound tomorrow so I'll know where bub is), but didn't ever feel them low with DS. By 30 weeks, you could actually see his head under my ribs, which got really uncomfortable and made it hard to breathe. He wasn't much of a mover and my placenta was anterior, all my kicks were higher than my belly button including 'hiccups'. He ended up 'undiagnosed' because the midwife thought at 36 weeks he turned. Doppler showed the heartbeat down in my pelvis (but it was an echo) and palpation was difficult because of the anterior placenta, but they should have realised the head was too firm to be buttocks Like Sweet Pea they told me not to worry before 36 weeks. They can do an external cephalic version but I couldn't have one because I went into labour at 38 weeks and my waters had broken leaving me with almost no amniotic fluid.
Last edited by *suz1*; July 27th, 2009 at 11:22 PM.
Michelle - when I had my OB appointment at... 19 weeks I think it was, bubs was transverse - which none of my other two had ever been, both of them were head down from the beginning. Does this mean a greater chance of bubs being breech if they are sorta "floating" around instead of being head down from the get go?
Thanks to everyone else for their experiences too
I forgot that I had a midwives appointment this morning (whoops, gotta go get ready I guess!) so I'm sure she will be able to plow through the fat on my belly and let me know.. lol
FWIW, a friend of mine was concerned because her second bub was breech as she approached 37 weeks. She was devastated the day she was going for her check up because she was convinced that bub was still breech and that they would want to book her in for a c-section. But as it turned out bub had most definitely moved and was head down! She couldn't believe it, she was positive bub was still breech!
Babe, dont stress just yet!!! I know, easier said than done..
My last 3 were either breech or transverse up till 36-39 weeks... Harmony was planted VERY deep into my pelvis with her butt, and still turned, (about 38wks?)!!!
Transverse at this stage is better than breech, bub may be headed to "head down" possy! Half way there!! You can rub your belly in the downwards sweep when you massage or moisturise too. If you find where bubs head is, some frozen veg on there can make them head down further too!
eta... I could tell where my bubs were that were breech, transverse... but they were babies # 4,5 & 6!!!
Last edited by Pretty Butterfly; July 28th, 2009 at 09:38 AM.
I was constantly being told by the midwives up until by 37.5 weeks that he was head down and everything was honky dory. I had an obs look at me at my 37 week appt and he said that my bub was breech. Asked if he was kicking up near the ribs or down below and i said that most of the movement was down below. He was constantly kicking me in the bladder and had to go to the loo every 30 mins.
I told the obs, how could that be as my son was always heads down at all my appts. He said that the midwives may have mistaken his bum as being his head. I was send straight out of his office to have an u/s. The u/s showed that he was transverse lie at that point. Went back to his office and he said that i need to go home and come back to the hospital as i was being admitted in that night. He could not risk me going home and waiting weeks before labour onset. I had my son by c/s a few days later. He was born transverse. I count myself lucky that the obs reecognised my son as being breech/transverse otherwise he may not have been alive today if i had gone into labour at home and waited hours for the contractions to get closer together and all the fluid drained out.
DS2 was breech till about 35 weeks and I could feel his head under my right ribcage, very uncomfortable! It was a hard round lump and felt quite different to what it's bottom would have felt like, and I also felt him pushing off on my left hip with his feet!
You could ask your obs or midwife to check the baby's position for you. I asked and was told not to worry that he was breech until after 36 weeks, as it is very common for subsequent babies to 'float' around for longer than first babies.
All the best for you VBA2C!
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Let me know if you want to know more about the later signs. DS stayed breech and DD flicked from transverse to breech at 36w and breech to head down at 38w.
Like Sweet Pea they told me not to worry before 36 weeks. They can do an external cephalic version but I couldn't have one because I went into labour at 38 weeks and my waters had broken leaving me with almost no amniotic fluid.
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