External cephalic version - Anyone?

Twilo

Sorry if it has already been discussed but the search function brought up nothing.  Has anyone done the ECV to turn your breech baby?  Please give some details.  My dr. is recommending it if baby is still breech at 36 week appt.  There are some risks involved, and I want to know why if there are risks one just doesn't opt for a c-section?  I'd much rather deliver vaginally, but am willing to do whatever is safest.  I've done a ton of research but would like any firrst hand knwoledge or real life thoughts and opinions on the ECV.  Thanks SO much and Happy Holidays to all!

soonerqt

Have you seen a chiropractor at all? See if you can find one in your area that knows how to do Webster technique. It's an adjustment to the pelvis that generally allows the baby to turn. It's way safer than ECV and definitely worth a try!

proudarmywife08

Not my firsthand experience but a friend had that done. She said it hurt like he11 and she had to have an epidural for it AND it failed and she had a c-section anyway.

mmkerr

our little guy is breech, too. my ob did talk about this with me, but he also said he doesn't do them. from the research i've done, ecv only has like a 58 percent success rate in actually turning breech babies and it's more likely to work if it isn't your first baby. and it can have complications, like dropping the baby's heartrate or causing the placenta to separate from the ute. and i heard it hurts. a lot.

all that being said, i don't think, personally, i would choose to do it even if my ob recommended it. we found out at my first internal at 36 weeks and as of today, he still hasn't turned..so it looks like a c-section for me.

SapphyrEyes

I tried to have one done with DS.  He did not turn however and I still wound up with a c/s two weeks later.  The doc stopped though when she realized he was engaged because she could only get his head to move and inch in either direction.  And it hurts like nothing I've ever felt before.  I was bruised for a couple days.  And the c/s is something I really didn't want and the recovery was no breeze either for me.  This time baby is again frank breech and I have a doula who is recommending a Chiro that does the Webster technique which I will be trying this time because I didn't know about it last time.

Twilo

Thanks for all your responses!  I used to have a great chiropractor that I will ask about the webster technique.  Thanks so much for the tip.  Glad to hear there are others in a similar boat and those who have had pefectly healthy breech babies....sometimes the internet is not your friend and can give you annoyingly scary info.!  Thanks again.

Twilo

mmkerr:

our little guy is breech, too. my ob did talk about this with me, but he also said he doesn't do them. from the research i've done, ecv only has like a 58 percent success rate in actually turning breech babies and it's more likely to work if it isn't your first baby. and it can have complications, like dropping the baby's heartrate or causing the placenta to separate from the ute. and i heard it hurts. a lot.

all that being said, i don't think, personally, i would choose to do it even if my ob recommended it. we found out at my first internal at 36 weeks and as of today, he still hasn't turned..so it looks like a c-section for me.

Are you trying any exercises or accupuncture (moxibustion) or chiropractors?  Or are you just going with the c-section? I'm not so anti c-section I just am feeling sad that I may not experience contractions and what labor is like.  Feels like a kinda loss I guess. Plus the recovery sounds kinda rough, although my sister had one with her twins and she took it like a champ and seemed to recover very well. 

Mrs.KLF

Twilo:

There are some risks involved, and I want to know why if there are risks one just doesn't opt for a c-section? 

 

You do realize that a c-section comes with risks too, right?  And I'm sure major surgery poses a higher risk than an ECV.

Twilo

Mrs.KLF:

Twilo:

There are some risks involved, and I want to know why if there are risks one just doesn't opt for a c-section? 

 

You do realize that a c-section comes with risks too, right?  And I'm sure major surgery poses a higher risk than an ECV.

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