My friend just rung me - she is 36wks preg - had her midwife appt and is now being sent to the hospy for a scan as bub may be breech - this is her first bub - at 36wks does that mean anything? Bub still could turn and all will be fine wont it?
I almost faced this. At 34 weeks bub was breech, and they told me that if he was still breech at my next appointment (yesterday at about 36 weeks), that we would talk about doing ECV at about 37 weeks. An ECV is where they manually, from the outside, turn bub around. If this didn't work there was talk of an elective c/s. A lot of hospitals go straight for a c/s with a breech baby, cause it's easier and safer for mum and bub.
By 36 weeks, midwives and doctors like bub to be head down, but this doesn't necessarily mean that bub won't turn. My midwife said that a lot of the time, a woman will go in for an ECV and bub will have turned. It's all just precaution.
Thank you Selina!
she has just msg'd me to say that head is up - but dosent want to chat atm! for obvious reasons i guess!
im sure all will be okay tho! i told her about the ECV - but dont know as of yet what the doc has said!
Her Jelly Bean is prob just giving mummy a run for her money already! hehe
Hope everything turns out for her.
Not all places do ECVs, and some places might even give the option of attempting a breech birth - every doctor/hospital is different.
Aw poor thing HJ I can imagine her concern, maybe when she is up for a chat you could also mention acupuncture and moxibustion, both have good success rates at turning bub. Also there is the spinning babies website that you could direct her to.
Thanks Tan will check it out now - she said she will ring me tomorrow - but knowing her it will be sooner - i hope its sooner anyway - i wanna chat with her and re-assure her! but than i also dont want to bother her so when she is ready to chat she will ring!
blayne - as much as i love my friend things are a bit of a competition to her (she's one of those ppl) and if she had to have a c-section it would be the end of her world cause i had a natural birth - ive tried telling her it dosent matter how bub comes out as long as its health but nope dosent work!
anyways she rung me last night and she is booked in to have a ECV next friday - so she has been told to be prepared to maybe have bub a little early!
so im off today to help her do some washing and set up nursery!
i have news!!!!
after i spent all day with my friend setting up her nursery (she had done nothing and has nothing) her waters broke at 0230 this morning - so she has gone in for a emergency ceaser!!!!
How exciting she will be a mummy soon - i cried when i got her call this morning - im excited - make u want to go thru it all over again! hehehe
She had a baby girl this morning - 6pds 3oz by ceaser and bth mum and bub are doing great!
bub came out screaming (great set of lungs) and dosent need to go into special care!
No name for bub at this stage!!!!
Thank you Selina!
wow its all happened so fast for her! one minute im posting on here cause im worried - next minute she has her daughter safetly in her arms! its amazing!
Is this a concern?
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