Hi ladies!
So, I have posted about this before in some of the other boards but I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience. Right now my baby is breech (butt down) and I have an opportunity to get a version tomorrow. At this point, I believe that I am going to turn it down. The complications that they tell you about just make it really hard for me to say yes. I would rather not have the version and if the baby turns, that is great. If not, then I made the decision and I have a fine, healthy baby after a c-section. If there are complications and the baby is having issues (umbilical cord wrapped strangely, bp dropping, etc.) and I have to have an emergency c-section that day OR if something worse happens to him/her, I would never be able to forgive myself. Plus, there is a 50% change that he/she will flip right back around.
I guess what I am asking is if anyone has tried a version and had a c-section because of complications or had a version and it didn't take? I just wanted to hear some experiences that I could possibly relate to. And also, if your baby didn't turn and was still breech, do they schedule you for a c-section before 40 weeks or do they let you go into labor and go from there?
Thank you!!
Re: Breech baby - c section?
My baby was breech from 25 weeks on. My OB talked to me about a version but the risks seem to high for me and there was a chance the baby might flip back to breech so I passed. My ob schedules c-sections at 39 weeks and not a day before. She said 40 weeks would be pushing it. Unfortunatly, I had to deliver a little earlier (38 weeks) because at my second to last visit she noticed my amniotic fluid was really low.
My first baby was breech at 30 weeks and never flipped, I declined a version and she never flipped. I had a scheduled c-section at 38w6d and she is a perfectly healthy 2 year old.
This baby is transverse as of 28 weeks, we'll see if she flips, I was going to attempt a VBAC but I'm starting to feel like a RCS is in my future.
My baby was breech. We tried a version at 38 weeks and it did not work, but I didn't really expect it to work. Trying it made me feel better about the c-section. Also, both my doc and the perinatologist really recommended it, as the risks are still lower than risks of actual surgery (i.e. the c-section). The baby tolerated it just fine and I didn't find it to be painful, more just uncomfortable. I really don't know who these doctors are who are making it soo painful. Mine was fine and my doctor said she would stop if baby or I showed any distress. My SIL also just tried a version that did not work, but she also felt fine about having tried the version.
My doctor said that they have never had a version turn into an emergency c-section, but she knows someday it will happen. SIL's doctor had one once turn into an emergency c-section.
I had a great experience overall with my scheduled c-section for the breech baby.