Breech Question

TheMutleys

When does it start to matter that a baby is breech?  Is there a point where one should start attempting to get the baby to flip?

G seemed to be head down from early on, or at least whenever I had an appt.  This one was breech at the a/s and my most recent appointment, but I know that he still has a good amount of time to move around.  I am mainly curious.  However, there is a piece me wanting to know when it is optimal to start baby spinning, acupuncture or other things in order to prevent a c-section.   Yes, I know this might sound crazy. 

Celyn

I had a client's breech baby turn at 41 weeks, but usually I have people start getting proactive about it around 34 weeks.  There's some simple body positioning you can do to encourage baby to turn up on spinningbabies.com.  Moxi/acupuncture is really successful if body positioning doesn't do the trick.

love22

I'd go with T's answer but I know my mom said my sister was head down and at 39 weeks she flipped head up and then head back down.  She always talks about how it was quite the sight.  In addition to acupuncture I've head good things about seeing a chiropractor trained in the Webster technique.

kittylove

We knew at 32 weeks and I was a little worried but weren't actively trying to get him to turn till about 34 weeks, and then did the external version at 36weeks.  I used the spinning babies website a lot and highly recomind it.

skirby

I would start trying a little before 34 weeks. One acupuncturist told me that he likes to see women between 33 and 35 weeks for breech babies.

I didn't start trying to turn our baby until the 35 week mark, and I wish I would have started sooner. I did Moxi/acupuncture, and got a moxi stick for home so we could use it on days I didn't do acupuncture. I tried different positions, spinning babies, even stuck an ipod in my pants since my husband read somewhere that the baby might turn to music. I felt insane, but wanted to try it all. At 36 weeks we did the external version. (If you have to do a version, give yourself permission to stop after two attempts. I tried five times, and in retrospect, if she was going to move, I think she would have done it by the third attempt. Later I was told by our midwife that two-three attempts is the norm)

I'm sure your baby will happily flip soon, unlike our stubborn little girl.

 

TheMutleys

Thanks for the feedback.

 

I know that I do want to be proactive if he does end up being breech later on.  Since I am just 24 weeks, I also know that I have awhile before we'll have any real clue.  He definitely still has plenty room to do somersaults currently.