Wives tale for turning breech babies...

[~ Mylitta ~]

I've heard about a wives tale that is meant to help turn breech babies. I'm 32 weeks pregnant today and my bub is sitting in a frank breech position, so I'd like to help it move if I can.

I heard that if you hop in a relatively hot bath, and then put a bag of frozen peas (I guess any frozen vegie would work, lol) on the top of your abdomen, that the bub will turn to get it's head away from the coldness and go head down.

I'm happy to give it a go, but I was wondering if there is any risk with it? I know that my placenta is up near the top, front of my abdomen so I'd be worried that I'd be making the placenta cold, and then the blood going to the baby would be cooler than it's meant to be...

Maybe I should just stick to laying with my hips in the air to try to encourage bub to turn :/

[Liz]

Don't know about the bath being hot... But the warmth and cold thing is definitely a method to try and turn a breech bub. Check out the spinning babies website. Lots of suggestions there.

[feeb]

There is things that say that cold can help turn a baby, would be worried about an extreme hot bath triggering labour or raising your core temp to much.
Check out spinning babies website.

Also think about moxibustion or Accupuncture.

Good luck

[Kazbah]

Definately try spinning babies - I was in the bath getting ready to push and Quoll was posterier - I went into one of the positions and he turned nicely to the right way round!

[Beach Mama]

I've heard that too and I don't think the cold would penetrate that far into the placenta hun - just don't have the bath too hot! Have heard of lots of success through moxibustion and acupuncture - might be worth a try and you can do the moxi yourself once the TCM has shown you how. Good luck! xoxo

[~ Mylitta ~]

I just gave it a go in a moderately warm bath and I'm pretty sure my bub slept through the entire bath, lol! There was definitely no large I'm-flipping-up-the-other-way-to-escape-the-cold movements. Oh well, there's still plenty of time yet

[HotI]

My midwife used rebozo to successfully move my baby a few times- he was very mobile- and in the end he was in a great position to be born. (google rebozo or i can give more info if you lke). I think you said that you have abdominal muscle seperation too (?), this can give baby more room to move about and choose position. i used tummmy support bands and wraps (like sarongs) to try to hold baby in 'good' position once we had moved him. He had so much room to move though, and turned breech again at 39.5 weeks, and then back to cephalic again.

If you have Braxton Hicks, there is research to show that sitting correctly (optimal fetal positioning- no slouching etc) is most beneficial during BH or prelabour contractions.

[Chrispe]

Maybe try warm bath & eating ice? My babies always ran away from the ice I had to eat (while i was constantly hooked up to the CTG machine in my first pregnancy.)

[NijntjeInkme]

My friend did exactly this at 36 weeks, warm bath and frozen peas on top of bump. Worked for her and her baby was big (9lb 9oz) at birth!