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VBAC'ing a breech baby?
Sorry, I don't lurk on this board much, so I don't know if this has been discussed recently. Has anyone vbac'd a breech baby? Does anyone know what their MW's/Ob's/hopsital's or birth centre's policy is on this? With my first, I would've tried to vag birth a breech baby (it it was breech), but I don't know if I'd try to vbac a breech baby.
bfp#4 3/19/2014 edd 12/1/2014 please let this be the one!
beta @ 5w0d = 12,026! u/s 4/22/14 @ 8w1d it's twins!
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Re: VBAC'ing a breech baby?
My guess is that you would have one heck of a time finding a provider to help with a VBAC breech. I think you'll find a lot of hospital and practice restrictions against it.
I would try everything on https://spinningbabies.com/ to try to avoid that situation.
That's what I'm thinking too. I'm not even pg yet. Something just got me wondering today.
bfp#4 3/19/2014 edd 12/1/2014 please let this be the one!
beta @ 5w0d = 12,026! u/s 4/22/14 @ 8w1d it's twins!
There are two OBs here in Denver that would do it and I bet a homebirth midwife would do it too. My last was breech and I'm now 17 weeks and hoping this time's different, but I have looked into the options just in case. Breech is so hard because you have to wait so long to know whether it's going to be an issue. I am reminding myself that the chance a baby is breech is less than 5%, and although it's slightly higher if you had a breech before, it's still minimal. Statistically, there's a greater chance you'll have a cesarean due to other issues.
ETA: I almost had a breech birth with my first because I was 9.5 centimeters when they are prepping me for the cesarean. I remember their biggest concern (other than not being a practice that does a lot of breech deliveries) was that I was a first time mom so my pelvis width hadn't been "proven" yet. Obviously that's a concern with breech because you don't want the body out and the head to get stuck. So that may be an issue with a VBAC breech if you've never had a vaginal birth. But that's just me guessing, nothing I've actually heard.
Talk to your doctor but I'm guessing you'd have a pretty tough time finding a provider/doctor who would agree to try it. But, if you're not even pregnant yet hopefully it's not something you'll ever have to worry about.
DS1 born June 2008 | m/c at 9w March 2011 | DS2 born April 2012
I'm pretty new here too. Looking and lurking in prep for pregnancy #3.
But I had a scheduled c-section with DD2 because of her being breech after a failed external version and doing all the crazy things on spinningbabies. My OB is very pro-VBAC but I can't imagine her doing a VBAC breech.
TTC #3: BFP 4/27/12, Ectopic 5/16/12 Expectant Management, 8/15/12 Cleared to TTC
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