Tell me about an "Almost Breech"

lorist202 · March 2011

Has anyone experienced a pregnancy with a breech presentation of the baby, where prior to labor, you made an effort to successfully turn the baby?

My baby is currently breech, and I have read that it is proven that you can put music at your pelvic bone or even lay upside down for 20 min. a day to turn the baby. It sounds ridiculous to me that either of these could work.

Any personal experience on this matter would be appreciated!

julyjennifer · March 2011

Check out www.spinningbabies.com for lots of info on fetal positioning.

LaurenSweat · March 2011

My baby turned on his own at 37 weeks. I did sit on a balance ball a lot though so I think it may have helped.

ArcadianDreams · March 2011

Yes, my coworker had a baby just a few months ago that was breech up until the day she went into labor. She desperately wanted the baby to flip and tried a transduction (I think that's what it's called)...didn't work...the next day she went to a chiropractor. She went into labor just hours after the appointment and it turned out the baby had flipped! So yes, it can happen.

lily225 · April 2011

My son flipped to breech at 37 weeks. My dr. would not try to flip him manually since I was being monitored for a clot on my placenta. So I was scheduled for a c-section the following week. I decided to try everything I could.

I played music to my crotch, I swayed while on all fours, I layed with my hips elevated up on pillows, I laid inverted using the couch, I did handstands in a swimming pool. What I think did it for me, though, was putting peppermint essential oil on my lower belly. A friend of mine told me about it that it's thought that the baby can smell the peppermint and doesn't like it so he/she wants to get away from it, turning him back to head down.

After 2 days of everything else, I put the oil on my belly before bed and in the morning he was head down!!! I was ecstatic!! It sounds weird and not everyone really believes that that's what happened, but I tell everyone I can because hey, if you're trying to avoid a c-section, you'll do anything you can!!!!

Good luck!!!