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38 weeks and just found out baby is breech!

sweezy1990sweezy1990 member
in December 2015 Moms
I went in today at 38 weeks and my doctor just now was concerned about position of baby and did an ultrasound. Of course, she is breech! I feel like the version seems to post risks and doesn't exactly sound too pleasant. So my options are running short and I need to decide quickly! I would prefer of course to not have a c section, which would be scheduled for exactly a week from today. Has anyone in the past tried acupuncture to flip their baby? Any advice is appreciated
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Re: 38 weeks and just found out baby is breech!

  • mrsdecember15mrsdecember15 member
    There are dozens of threads about breech babies and flipping babies. Try the search function. Good luck!
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  • rachel10488rachel10488 member
    Search ECV or external version, there's been a lot of posts on the topic lately with tons of feedback
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  • breezypipbreezypip member
    I haven't tried it because my baby isn't breech, but I've been going to acupuncture to conceive and for my entire pregnancy and she said there are things she can try to flip a breech baby. If you do decide to go the acupuncture route make sure you find someone experienced in dealing with pregnancy. I think it's probably one of the safer things to try and it can also help with relaxation (as long as a few needles don't stress you out)
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  • jhander15jhander15 member
    Supposedly the position of all fours helps flip baby and walking alot said my midwife
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  • mltarriomltarrio member
    Lots of posts on this recently where you might get better answers. But a woman in my prenatal yoga class was able to flip hers using some different yoga poses and inversions.
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  • RSB1982RSB1982 member
    Did your doctor have any recommendations?  The previous threads mentioned a website called spinning babies or something like that.  
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  • TomekiaBTomekiaB member
    From reading the other threads over the past month or two--I think most of the less medical methods for spinning or flipping babies are supposed to be most successful at 35-36 weeks. It may be worth letting your doctor do the version since you are already at 38 weeks. Did the baby recently go breech or is the first time they looked?
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  • sweezy1990sweezy1990 member
    Thank you for all your advice!
    My doctor has only ever said "I think she is head down." In the past. I was quite disappointed that she now decided to check and confirm. I have looked on other threads and done some research but everyone else seems to be 35 weeks. With being 38 I was wondering if acupuncture would even be effective after a one time use since im on quite the time limit.
    Again thank you all!
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  • rachel10488rachel10488 member
    sweezy1990 said:

    Thank you for all your advice!
    My doctor has only ever said "I think she is head down." In the past. I was quite disappointed that she now decided to check and confirm. I have looked on other threads and done some research but everyone else seems to be 35 weeks. With being 38 I was wondering if acupuncture would even be effective after a one time use since im on quite the time limit.
    Again thank you all!

    Yes, with how far along you are, if *I* were you I would definitely schedule a version ASAP as that is not only the medically proven method to work but your baby really doesn't have much room to move on her own which the other methods supposedly help with. Of course it's not impossible, people say all the time that their baby flipped the last week, but statistically the chances of that happening are pretty low.
    Versions are performed btwn 37-38 weeks because IF it does put any stress on the baby they can immediately do a c section since the babe is full term and will be healthy. I will be 37 weeks this weekend and have a version scheduled for Monday as my last ditch effort because I've tried everything else...if it doesn't work than c section it is anyways!
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