28 weeks, head up and facing the world... but I don't need to worry right?

[*Belle*]

Leasha - hon, I understand why you are worried. I think its fine though she hasnt turned yet, but Sarah has great advice looking at the website to get ideas on how to get her to the right spot. My bubs only turned about a few days ago, but this is my 2nd pregnancy so totally different. Dont let her scare you into making a decision about a c/s hon, its way to early for that decision.

ETA: I just looked at my pregnancy journal when I had Julia my first pregnancy to term and this is what I wrote - at 28 weeks no mention of turning head down but at 32 weeks this is what I wrote: Julia's head is not engaged as yet, but she is head down bum up but her spine is about 45 degrees to the right of my belly button soo maybe soon she will be engaged. Hope it helps mate.

[paradise lost]

Leasha when i first saw this i remembered that my DD was ALWAYS head down, but when i went and looked in my book i see they didn't even write that down (and never mentioned it to me) until i was 34 weeks. So although they checked before then, it obviously wasn't worth them writing it down, though perhaps she was head-down even before then.

My SIL had an ECV at 38weeks. They scanned the cord and bubs to see where everythng was, then half turned her, re-scanned, completed the turning, then put her on continous foetal monitoring for a few hours to make sure bubs hadn't been stressed out by it all. It was a shock for them to discover the boy they were told they were having at the 15 weeks scan was a GIRL and they spent the next 3 weeks swapping their blue clothes for pink! She was born vaginally at EDD+11 after a medical induction (her ob liked to induce at EDD+10). ECV is not dangerous if it is undertaken by an experienced person with care and they listen to bubs or scan while they're doing it. It has a 60-65% success rate which cuts out ALOT of breeches and depending on who does it you don't have to take any muscle relaxant if you don't want to. SIL's Ob just warmed his hands well!

Go to spinning babies and do a whole lot to help bubs turn now, and practice your labour relaxation techniques so you can use them if needed during any ECV you might have in the future.

It is probably wise for all parents to consider all outcomes, even the rarer possibilities. I was a planned (and successful) homebirth, but i had both hospital and c-section birthplans, JIC. BUT there is a difference between planning and worrying. I wrote them in good humour, feeling 99% positive i wouldn't need them, and in the end, i didn't.

Bx

[Tobily]

It is probably wise for all parents to consider all outcomes, even the rarer possibilities. I was a planned (and successful) homebirth, but i had both hospital and c-section birthplans, JIC. BUT there is a difference between planning and worrying. I wrote them in good humour, feeling 99% positive i wouldn't need them, and in the end, i didn't.

Bx

I agree bec. I get nervous when I work with mums who are birthing in hospital and don't want to think about their wishes for a caesarean in case they have one. I am a realist - and the reality is with our c/s rate it's not a rarity, or a minute possibility. It really is better to at least give it some thought, rather than be totally blindsided by it at the last minute, that's just so much harder

Sorry leasha I still agree too early for you too worry yet, just making a general comment