BTDT MOMs- breech babies

JocelynB0911 · July 2013

I am fast approaching 30 weeks and both boys are still breech. The only one that really matters (in terms of being breech, of course) is baby A as my OB is comfortable and has delivered twins vaginally many, many times with baby B being breech.

My question is could you feel them flip? What did it feel like? I know it sounds silly but with space becoming limited I just dont know how they may pull this off without me feeling it. My hope is to be able to deliver them vaginally but since the start of the pregnancy they have always been "bunk bed breech". One was on top of the other (imagine a bunk bed) with A being breech and B going from breech to transverse and sometimes back.

pinkmickey24 · July 2013

My baby A was breech and flipped at 35 weeks. I did not feel it and if I did, I mistaked it for regular movement.

carrotcake06 · July 2013

My A was breech starting at 20w. B would flip breech to vertex every couple of weeks and I could tell when he flipped most of the time, sometimes I just thought it was regular movement.

I had my boys a week ago Wed at 34w [my water broke spontaneously], and A was still breech. His cord actually prolapsed, so the c/s was immediate and non negotiable. I really wanted to try for a vag delivery also, and instead I got a c/s under general. Oh well.

But to answer your Q, yes, most of the time I could tell when one flipped.

[i haven't updated my ticker, obv]

Ruthie04 · July 2013

My baby A was stuck in vertex after 20w. However, baby B flipped between oblique, transverse, vertex, and breech week after week. I never knew. He actually got into vertex in the 24 hours between my last ultrasound and delivery, as the OB said he dropped into position once she pulled baby A out. Who knows when that happened!?

My OB was not okay with breech extractions and we made the decision to move forward with a csection due to IUGR in both boys.

PurrCrasher · July 2013

Mine were flipping constantly up until 36 weeks when they arrived. I could never tell what was a full on flip and what was regular movement. There is still a lot of time for thing to change. FWIW, my c-section (due to baby A being breech) was a breeze and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

raraavis28 · July 2013

carrotcake06:
My A was breech starting at 20w. B would flip breech to vertex every couple of weeks and I could tell when he flipped most of the time, sometimes I just thought it was regular movement.

I had my boys a week ago Wed at 34w [my water broke spontaneously], and A was still breech. His cord actually prolapsed, so the c/s was immediate and non negotiable. I really wanted to try for a vag delivery also, and instead I got a c/s under general. Oh well.

But to answer your Q, yes, most of the time I could tell when one flipped.

[i haven't updated my ticker, obv]

Congrats on your new babies!!

OP, no advice sorry...Baby B flipped breech around 25 weeks and didn't come back. Even though my OB was OK w/ a breech extraction, he wasn't on call when it was time for the babies to be born. Good luck and I hope those LOs turn for you!

macchiatto · July 2013

My A flipped vertex around 27-28w and stayed there. My B kept flipping back and forth between vertex and breech right up till the end. I usually suspected (correctly) when he had flipped but was never positive.

Medmess · July 2013

My OB said something similar. Unfortunately, we are now 36weeks and while baby A has been sitting in the perfect position for awhile, Baby B is bunk bed and at a diagonal and they are huge! B has been trying to turn for weeks. He just ends up transverse for a day or so and then back to frank breech on top of his brother. OB is worried about the space and "entanglement" since they are so big (already over 7lbs) so we are playing it safe with a CS. I am bummed but would rather no drama on delivery day.

Good luck

JocelynB0911 · July 2013

PurrCrasher:
Mine were flipping constantly up until 36 weeks when they arrived. I could never tell what was a full on flip and what was regular movement. There is still a lot of time for thing to change. FWIW, my c-section (due to baby A being breech) was a breeze and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Thanks! I have fully prepared myself for a c-section but it would be a huge plus to be able to give birth vaginally. I am looking to starting the Webster Method and have talked to my chiro about that a few times and will possibly start it in 2-3 weeks depending on a few things. When I talked to my OB about it he said he didnt have much hope that it would work but if I wanted to try to "have at it".

HisGirlCridey · July 2013

For me, Baby A was frank breech and Baby B was oblique and posterior. C-section all the way here. It was a breeze, but I hope that you have the outcome that you want.

Hang in there!

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