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Is there anything to help make sure I have a VBAC???
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I am really wanting a VBAC this time around, I had to have a CS with my first because he was breech and low fluid at 39 weeks. I was checked last week and nothing, so I am worried that I will end in a CS this time too. Is there anything I can do to help the baby drop??
I am scared this baby is breech but the drs keep telling me that its head down, But they told me that with my son was head down too and he was breech. I go back on tuesday and going to ask for an ultrasound to check and make sure its head down. Sorry this is so long I am just really wanting to try and have a VBAC. Thanks!
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Re: Is there anything to help make sure I have a VBAC???
I think the only thing any of us can do is try. Educate yourself, and make sure your doctor is on board 100%, or have a plan of what to do if s/he isn't. If you're worried about your baby being breech, do the suggested exercises (google it, or check out spinningbabies.com) to get your baby to turn (and to stay head down). Seeing a chiropractor can help with optimal pelvic alignment, which can help get/keep the baby in a head-down position.
Hope that helps, and I hope your baby stays head down--it's pretty rare for them to flip so late. Good luck with your VBAC!
You were checked at 36 weeks? It's not surprising that you were closed and the baby was high--you weren't even due for nearly a month! Try not to read anything into it, cervical checks before labor don't mean anything, especially that far ahead of your EDD.
Staying active during the last weeks of pregnancy can help promote good fetal positioning and get your body ready for labor. Is your doctor supportive of you having a VBAC? Do you know what their VBAC success rate is?
My dr is very supportive of me trying for a VBAC. I do not know what their Seccess rate is. I am also going to go to my Chiropractor next week. And hope for the best. I am just getting a little worried because my BP is starting to go up a little and scared they are going to want to take the baby. Fingers crossed everythings works out.
Ok this may be dumb to ask, But where I feel the hiccups is that where the head is? Because just last night I was feeling hiccups very low so maybe it is head down.
Yes, you know how your head kind of bops when you hiccup? Babies are the same so if you feel the hiccups low it's a pretty good indication that the baby is head down. If you feel around the bum feels different from the head so you can also get a decent idea from that.
I could definitely tell DD was breech and feel the hardness of her head compared to her bum.
Spinningbabies has some great info on belly mapping to figure out your baby's position if you want to try that as well.
My acupuncturist suggested doing cat/cow pose and trying to spend about 30 minutes essentially in the on all fours position. I usually put a pillow under my chest and sorta lay with my booty in the air. I feel like it's helped the baby stay head down. He was quite the spinner.
He's be head down at the start of monitoring and by the time we got to the US to check fluid, he was head up.
Good luck!
Hate to disagree about the hiccups thing...but my son was breech (found out at 32 wks and the kid didn't move). I had nearly weekly u/s to confirm he was still breech from the time I was 36-40 wks. I could feel hiccups really low every morning at 5 AM for weeks before he was born. So, just be careful and get the u/s b/c that is the only way to know. My mid-wife (who has over 30 yrs of experience) thought his rear was his head when she felt my belly.