Breech but hopeful

[Cyathea]

I know a few women who have birthed breech bubs at home, homebirth is your best bet for a vaginal birth, most hospitals do not have the knowledge, and will pressure a c/s on you...

[AnnaBelle]

Hi AJ,

No advice on the breech question - just wanted to say hi and wish u all the best.

Anna (TTC Older Mother's group)

[Nelle]

If you google the Spinning Babies website, I think they have some ideas and positions to try and move bub before and during birth.

If bub stays breech, what will your midwife/ob do? Will they let you birth a breech baby vaginally? Is there anyone who's experienced at that there?

[BellyBelly]

When I was a bubs, I was born 9 days past EDD - and turned 8 days before EDD - so the day before I was born. Most babies these days - actually all in hospital - are not given the luxury or trust to do that. The problem is not the safety of breech birth, but the lack of skills and lack of motivation for the Obs to learn how to do this. They don't do it because they don't teach it. Traditional midwives had these skills and now birth is dominated by Obs and the role of midwifery in hospitals is practically forcing midwives to be nurses to the doctors, we're losing vital skills.

[angelicdragon]

Thank you everyone for the replies. My O has said nothing at all about having a c sec due to breech. He is pretty sure daniel wil turn but prob not even ebfore labour is established. He says I am so stretched with such loose ligaments etc that there i splety of time.. but I gather he has no worreid with a breech birth or the midwives at the hospital being able to handle it.
Having had a stillbrith though I am wary that there is more can go wrong if there is to much delay in delivering his head so long after his body so.... I would rather he turned.
I'll look up the spinning babies website tomorrow.
hugs nite
Jude

[Michelle71]

Jude - DS was a vaginal breech attempt but his head was stuck so an emergency c-section DD was transverse to 37w, then breech then head down at 38w and a VBAC. You have time but spinning babies is still a good option!!