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Anyone have success getting baby B if breech turned?

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Baby A is head down, Baby B is breech. I'm 3 cm dilated and A is engaged and ready to come out and play. They will let me try vaginal delivery but if they can't turn B they won't deliver him breech and will require a c-section. As I've gone through my doctor rotations (meeting the different doctors at the practice) i've gotten mixed reports on their "success rate" at turning Baby B.

I don't know why but it's such an odd decision to have to make! I think I'm more scared of the c-section than i should be. My biggest concerns are ability to bond with babies immediately and longer recovery time. Should those be real concerns? I've asked all the docs in my practice and gotten their feedback but none of them have been through it as a patient....

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Re: Anyone have success getting baby B if breech turned?

  • kelandspence2012kelandspence2012
    I got to hold my babies immediately after my csection ! The worst part of the csection for me was the post op swelling! GL!
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  • shaunah816shaunah816 member

    It sounds like the chances of the "double whammy" (vaginal delivery for A, c-section for B) are pretty low, from what I've heard on this board. It's very possible that B will flip to vertex once A is out and he/she has more room, also.

    The possibility of having to recover from both types of labor definitely is not pleasant, but if it were me I'd try for the vaginal. Right now my boys are both breech (bad babies! Bad!) and I'm making my peace with a c-section, but if A flips I'd really like to try for a regular delivery (provided all three of us are in good health for it). 

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  • macchiattomacchiatto member
    My OB was willing to do a breech extraction (which is actually safer than manual version if you have an experienced practitioner) so that's how my Baby B came out. He kept flipping back and forth up until the end though so you *might* get lucky and end up with a vertex Baby B for delivery!
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  • melcassmelcass member
    I had a breech extraction as well, it was really fast.  3 sets of contractions and baby A was out and them they extracted baby B in a second.  However, they will not do breech extraction if baby B is bigger than A.
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