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Breach baby and Peppermint Oil

kbette12kbette12 member
in February 2016 Moms
Hi Ladies,

I have been told my little munchkin is breach.  I have been researching how to turn this little guy and came across an old wives' tale about putting peppermint oil on your tummy.  This supposedly encourages the baby to turn away from the "cool sensation".  Has anyone tried this?  Any other methods that have worked?

Thanks!

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Re: Breach baby and Peppermint Oil

  • Latina211508Latina211508 member
    I would suggest spinning babies. I always hear how much it helps turn babies with all the positions.
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  • MississippiCatfishMississippiCatfish member
    Things that didn't work for me: Peppermint oil, ice packs, music, spinning babies, ECV.

    Things that worked: Webster at chiropractor (just before 38 weeks).
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  • Cheryl ReneeCheryl Renee member
    I liked spinning babies also.  Never heard of peppermint oil.  I also agree that you need to relax.  My first little one turned multiple times over the last 10 weeks.  You've got time :)
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  • MississippiCatfishMississippiCatfish member
    SoSweetTea1124 said:

    I wish everyone would stop freaking out about their "breech" babies..... you still have time. If you are 36 weeks along or more then you can start worrying. Also, there are about 10 other threads here related to this topic and suggestions for corrections.  

    I meant to reply to this earlier and got distracted. First, yes there are a million breech threads. That is true and annoying. But I will say that with my first baby, my dr (not my current dr) starting telling me to mentally prepare for a potential c-section at 28 weeks because baby was breech. For real. So although I agree that there's tons of time (my baby has actually recently flipped back from vertex to breech and I'm not concerned), and it's best to just relax, I totally understand where the fear and panic about what to do comes from, too!
    *E 10/2012, H 7/2014, F 2/2016*
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