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33 week appt and Baby A still breech :-(

SkatcatSkatcat
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The good news is that both babies look great, are 4lbs 3oz or so and my cervix is still closed and long enough, so they aren't going anywhere.


The bummer is that my Baby girl is still  stubbornly breech. The peri gave me about a 15% chance she'll turn, but that if she is still breech at 36 weeks, she's not going to turn and to prepare myself for a c-section at 38 weeks. 

I'm pretty horribly disappointed. I've been doing literally everything I can think of to get her to turn (chiro, acu, yoga positions, music and lights, you name it) and nothing is working. I'm feeling my dream of a drug-free, natural birth slip away. :-(

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Re: 33 week appt and Baby A still breech :-(

  • FaeryStarGazerFaeryStarGazer member
    My Lilly was breech the entire pregnancy-- I'm not even kidding. Then, at my 36w5d appt- she was down and ready to go. You never know what could happen. Keep in mind too, that a birth plan is just that- a plan. It's not carved in stone and no matter what happens, the end result is always the same. Babies come out, one way or another.
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  • JustaKidAtHeartJustaKidAtHeart
    I found out yesterday that mine are both breech now though one is more diagonal (not really breech or transverse).   They are telling me that my chances are like 5%.  SO I hope for you 15% is enough.  Get to turning baby. 
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  • weemodinweemodin

    I'm sorry baby A's still breech.  FWIW, breech presentation is much more common with twins.  I hope A turns, but if not, really, the planned C-section is not that bad at all -- I was able to enjoy the birth of my babies, and my pain post-delivery was minimal.

    I know it's not how you pictured it, but with twins, you've got so many variables that it's just that much harder to go natural.  Don't beat yourself up about it.

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  • fancycatfancycat
    I'm right there with ya!  Don't give up yet, heck 15% odds is pretty good at this poin, I would've thought it'd be less.  Stubborn little kids. 
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  • macchiattomacchiatto member
    I'm sorry. :( I'm really hoping for drug-free and natural, too, so I feel your pain. My B is still breech, which--depending on which OB is on call when I deliver--may force me into a C-section, too. :( I'll have my A (who is very solidly head-down, right against my cervix) send head-down vibes to your A if your B will send head-down vibes to my B. ;)
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  • jooliagoolia2jooliagoolia2

    I hear ya! ?I took 10 weeks of Bradley classes only to learn about 32 weeks that DD was breech. ?I tried everything. ?swam almost every other day, etc. ?Nothing. ?I cried the whole day we scheduled the c/s...the whole day. ?Everyone tried to make me feel better by making me feel guilty--"don't you want a healthy baby?" ?"It doesn't matter how they get here, just that they're healthy" ?"C/s are better anyway" blah blah blah. ?STFU.

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    I grieved. ?I did. ?For more than a week. ?And then I resigned myself to the c/s and prepared for it. ?More than anything I wanted to be empowered during the birth. ?I wanted to be in control of the process, not a victim of it. ?It was my body after all. ?anyway, I read everything I could; sought out advice about other's experiences, etc.

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    And almost a year ago, I went in for my c/s. ?Dr did a quick u/s just to make sure the c was necessary. ?She found that BOTH babies were breech. ?I delivered at 37 weeks without ever going into labor. ?And because I was well informed, I was able to ask for exactly what I wanted. ?I got to hold one of the babies in the OR, DH held the other. ?They stayed in the OR for the first 10 minutes and then DH carried them to the nursery to get checked (not bathed); joined me in recovery where I BF; and then went straight to the pp room and met me there. ?I felt calm during the c/s; never needed any calming meds or anything ?I was sitting up within 20 minutes in recovery and eating 8 hours later.

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    I'm sorry. ?Don't let people make you feel bad about feeling disappointed in the C/S. ?It's major surgery. ?It's not the picture you wanted for your birth. ?And that sucks.

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    GL!!! ?I'm sending baby turning vibes your way!?

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  • jooliagoolia2jooliagoolia2
    Oh and I should say that the drs say that I was able to carry them for so long (and keep working) BECAUSE baby A's butt was against my cervix and not her head, which causes more pressure.
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  • macchiattomacchiatto member

    Joolia, that's really encouraging; thanks. I've gotten the same messages about a C-section. I know people mean well, but I agree with you that it's OK to be disappointed/sad/whatever; you have to process those emotions first.

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  • lajolla09.30.06lajolla09.30.06
    So sorry to hear it!  I know how much you want to have a natural birth, I'll be sending baby flipping vibes your way.  At least they're staying put!  I would have LOVED to have carried mine longer and I'd definitely have traded my vaginal delivery for a few more weeks of cookin' time for the babies.  I hope everything works out for you!
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