Breech-Freaked Out-Need Encouragement

jsanfordfamily

At my 35 wk app't yesterday I found out that this baby is in a breech position. The OB said that they don't really worry until about 37 weeks and at that point if baby is still breech they will do a fetal assessment to see what kind of breech and how everything else is looking. My OB practice routinely does vaginal deliveries for breech babies so that isn't a concern. My concern is that I am really freaking out about the prospect of vaginally delivering a breech baby.

My first baby was a c/s and my second was a VBAC that included a forceps delivery and a very bad tear.  I healed faster and better from my c/s than I did from that tear (4th degree, up to the cervix). I am so worried that I will tear again or need an episiotomy or end up needing an emergency c/s. I am at the point where I almost want to ask about having a c/s because I know that I recovered so well last time, either that or an epidural because I remember the pain from last time and can only imagine that a breech will be worse (plus baby seems bigger this time).

This is really bothering me as I would love to have a natural birth again (since I did it with the last one) but I also know that if I go into this with a lot of fear and trepidation that can actually hinder things. 

 I need some encouragement for sure. I need to know that women can do this and have done this. I need to know that it is no big thing. Please help set me back on the right mental track I need to be on for a successful natural birth. 

bea0422

Check out www.spinningbabies.com , also call around and see if their is a chiropracter that does prenatal care. There is an adjustment that they do that will give baby more room and very often they will flip afterwards. I can't remember what it is called. Other things that help is cold packs put towards the top of your stomach sometimes will make them turn. They will try to move away from the cold. Is your OB at all interested in considering breech delivery? It is completely possible! If that is something they are at least willing to try, then there is no reason you couldn't have a successfull vaginal birth. GL!

abell77

try to find a chiropractor trained in the webster technique.  my chiro has had a high rate of success turning babies with this technique.  she said it's about manipulating pressure points on your body, and less jarring than a regular chiropractic adjustment.

Texas77again

first of all i'm so excited that your ob does vag breech births!!  that is awesome, breech deliveries are a dying art. 

most all of the women that i have talked to that have had a breech birth said that it was less painful than their head-first births.  i suppose it does depend on the type of breech. 

you can totally do this!!  just have faith in your body and in the process.  start educating yourself on vag breech births and talk to other moms who have been successful.  surround yourself with positivity, clear out the negativity! 

PaprikaBug

My mother, sister and sister-in-law have all had natural breech births, and my mom said my brother(the breech one) was the easiest labor and delivery. My mom had him naturally in a hospital, but my sister and sister-in-law's births were both at home, and there were no complications.... I guess what I'm saying is... You can do it!!!! Lots of women have done it before! That's awesome that your OB is willing to deliver vaginally... Breech births are really a lost art...

agreenaffair

My LO was breech between 28- and 35 weeks - I did the exercises on spinning babies, and I also took pulsatilla (recommended by my doula) and something worked! Good luck!