i didn't experience that.

are they going to try to turn him or are they giving him more time to turn on his own?

I dont have a breech baby but I saw in a couple of my baby books where you can try doing some kind of tilt thing to try to turn the baby. I'll have to look it up in the book but I know it's something like, you have your feet up on a couch or something and your head down lower and it sometimes helps to turn the baby. My cousin's first baby was breech until just before the delivery. I remember walking into her bedroom and she was on all fours hunching her back and talking to the baby saying "turn over". Eventually he did and was delivered normally.

Yeah, it was in my birthing from within book. You can try googling "breech tilt" and see what it comes up with.

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I'll write some of what it says in here.

""If between 32 and 35 weeks...lie on the floor and use cushions to elevate your hips to about a 30 degree angle. the inverted position can help the baby's bottom fall away from the pelvic brim so that when you stand up, the floating baby can turn, because the baby's head is heavier than it's bottom. Tilt for 10-15 minutes, two to three times a day until the baby flips. simultaneously, try playing music or buzzing your electric tooth brush against your abdomen to try to get the baby moving. If your baby is still breech at 36-37 weeks, your doctor may suggest external version to manually turn the baby (70-90 % success rate). Your breech tilt can be even more effective if you practice deep abdominal-pelvic relaxation through visualization or hypnosis. ""

That's pretty much what the book says. Maybe your doc can tell you if it sounds like a good idea but it doesn't really sound very dangerous to me.

I read about those tilting exercises. I may have to try it out. I am worried about possible side effects if the cord is wrapped around the neck. I read too much on the internet about those things and am a bit frantic now about doing anything. I have heard of the external version as well but that freaks me out just the same. Again, it's because of everything I have read of the internet. Horrible! I will probably just wait to see what the doctor says. If he feels strongly that I am a candidate for the external version, then I will do it if it's best for the baby.

My mom stated that her first child, my brother, was breech until she was in the hospital in hard labor. My brother finally flipped. That's cute about your cousin. I can visualize her practically begging for the little one to flip over. Glad he did.

before you let your dr try to manually turn the baby i would make sure that you have done some research on it.. if i was in the situation now i would not let them do it.

When are you seeing the doctor again? I wouldn't wait too long because there will be less room to maneuver for the baby the longer you wait. The breech tilt thing seems a lot less invasive and a lot more gentle than version by the doctor later on since you aren't really doing anything besides laying with your feet higher than your head. There isn't any other manipulation of the baby going on. If the baby isn't able to turn safely it likely won't, whereas with external version the doctor is actually trying to force the baby to turn.

Going swimming or soaking in the tub for a while is also a gentle way of encouraging the baby to turn. When I go in the tub or pool I get the feeling that my uterus us lifting out of my abdomen a little and baby just goes nutso moving around. It just feels like there is more room to move without gravity holding my uterus down in my pelvis.

Of course I'm not a doctor and you should call and check with the doctor but I would be worried about waiting too long for the doctor to do something whether it's tilting or version.

My nephew was breech. My sister-in-law said it was really painful when they tried to turn him. She had a lot of bruises on her stomach afterwards. It didn't work so she ended up having to have a c-section.

i'd try the tilting. i've heard that versions are very uncomfortable and painful.

turn, bryan, turn!

you can also have your hubby massage your belly in a counter clockwise direction.

Another tip, put frozen veggies where you feel his head. He will instinctively move from the cold and try to flip.

The tilting excercise goes great with the massage techniques.

I saw this on "house of babies". It's a 100% drug free birthing show on .t.l.c. It helped me *tons* to get courage to go drug free.

Sarah

isn't there also a "wrapping" technique? i have a good friend who's a doula and when i was pregnant she told me she had just learned a new technique to try to turn the baby and wanted to try it on me, it had to do with a long shawl type wrap. finn turned on his own so we never got to try it.