Guest guest Posted September 21, 2000 Report Share Posted September 21, 2000 > > Well, I've just discovered this morning that my baby has turned breech and > my due date is this Saturday> > > > Helen > Helen - hope everything goes well for you. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2000 Report Share Posted September 21, 2000 >Well, I've just discovered this morning that my baby has turned breech and >my due date is this Saturday > >I've spent the rest of the day discussing what to do about this with various >people and have decided to try my best to turn it again (acupuncture, lying >upside down and ECV) Homeopathic remedy, pulsatilla. Lynda, NAKing, so not much typing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2000 Report Share Posted September 21, 2000 Hope things " turn around " for you, Helen! Alison > > Well, I've just discovered this morning that my baby has turned breech and > my due date is this Saturday!!!! In hindsight I know it happened a couple of > nights ago as I commented to my husband that the baby was heaving about all > night and since then it's felt different but I didn't realise quite how much > it had been shifting! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2000 Report Share Posted September 21, 2000 On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:20:46 +0100, " Helen Bates " wrote: >I don't think I could get any more controversial - home breech VBAC! Keep >fingers crossed for me. At least with the support I have I know that if I do >need another c/s it is for good reason and not just due to procedure or >mismanaged labour. I'm sure there will be plenty of people who think I'm >being irresponsible but fortunately everyone close to me is supportive of my >decision. So sorry to hear it's gone bottoms up for you at this late stage ! I really hope baby turns and you have a wonderful homebirth ! They can turn right at the last minute, so I've heard, and I know of women to whom this has happened at the onset of labour. Try getting DH to tell baby very sternly to turn again - this has been known to work ! Oh, found these, but prolly not much help: http://www.geocities.com/gentlebirthalt/breech.html http://parentsplace.com/pregnancy/trimester3/qa/0,3105,13627,00.html http://www.4icpa.org/research/prenatal.htm http://images.babycenter.com/tips/158.html Cheers, -- Clare Lusher. SAHM to Ruairí (24.10.99). www.yum.org/clare " The newborn baby will have only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three. " - Dr. Grantly Dick-Read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 Best Wishes, Helen, you are in good hands - will be thinking of you all - I went to a presentation Andrya did for Cronk (who was guess what, unable to come cos she was delivering a baby!) at the Homebirth Study day in Chichester last year. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 >Well, I've just discovered this morning that my baby has turned breech and >my due date is this Saturday!!!! >I have the expert support of my independent midwife Andrya Grubb who >will have back up from Cronk and another midwife all of whom are very >experienced in home breech deliveries. I had a fantastic lunch today with a midwife I met through UKMidwifery. Actually, I could have spent all afternoon and evening with her, I enjoyed her company so much. If I ever get pregnant again I would like her to be there - how's that for hitting it off?! She was telling me how she is sometimes told that she is lucky she gets all the women with easy deliveries. I suspect(!) she is just a great midwife. It sounds as though you will have fantastic support Helen and that all will go well. I look forward to hearing what an amazing experience you have. -- Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > >Well, I've just discovered this morning that my baby has turned breech and > >my due date is this Saturday The physiotherapist I know told me that increasingly there are breech births these days because women generally (not you I mean) tend to spend more time recumbent such as watching TV. She suggested doing things on hands and knees eg weediing, scrubbing the kitchen floor as the weight of the baby's head will tend to make him want to turn the right way round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 >The physiotherapist I know told me that increasingly there are breech >births these days because women generally (not you I mean) tend to spend >more time recumbent such as watching TV. Thought this was more likely to cause posterior than breech? -- Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 Last night I wrote (following a cheese and wine evening, I add by way of mitigation!) > If I ever get pregnant again I would like >her to be there - how's that for hitting it off?! Ooops - that isn't quite what I meant! -- Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 In a message dated 21/09/00 19:23:39 GMT Daylight Time, lrgarland@... writes: << >> Hope everything goes ok. Ley me know if the pulsatilla works. Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 Good Luck Helen Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > >Well, I've just discovered this morning that my baby has turned breech and >my due date is this Saturday!!!! little wotsit!! I am still going to try for a home >birth. I have the expert support of my independent midwife Andrya Grubb sound like you are in good hands...i had a few chats with Andrya when i was getting grief from the hospital about my " big " (!!) baby, and my friend had just lost her daughter at 36 weeks. She was really helpful, especially since there was only about 1% chance of us actually employing her at that time. I'm not sure if she comes this far south but i'd be calling her again " if....... " !!! ( I chnage my mind daily about Nuttkin3....) Will be thinking of you Helen, hope it goes really well! Angi __________________________________________ Angi,Tim, Georgiana (1 Nov 97) & na (28 Jul 99) Nutt http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=695377 password: twickenham __________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > > Best Wishes, Helen, you are in good hands - will be thinking of you all - I > went to a presentation Andrya did for Cronk (who was guess what, unable > to come cos she was delivering a baby!) at the Homebirth Study day in > Chichester last year. I agree with Barbara and I hope it goes as you wish. I heard speak at the homebirth day in Chichester 2 years ago and what stuck in my mind was her saying that as long as the baby was vertical there was no reason why it shouldn't be born vaginally whichever part of it was presenting. You are in very good hands, and they're not going to say " oh she's one of those mad NCT types " either. Cerys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 Hope it all goes well, Helen. For your sake I hope for a turn, but it would be something to show that a home breech VBAC can go well. I was interested that when there was a suspicion of a breech in my second pregnancy (plenty early enough to await natural turning) the midwife just asked me how I would feel about a home birth if the baby stayed breech, instead of the usual weighing in with " Oh well, this changes everything " -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > The physiotherapist I know told me that increasingly there are breech > births these days because women generally (not you I mean) tend to spend > more time recumbent such as watching TV. She suggested doing things on > hands and knees eg weediing, scrubbing the kitchen floor as the weight of > the baby's head will tend to make him want to turn the right way round. This is the same theory as why there are more posterior presentation babies. My last was OP so I've been doing everything recommended for optimum foetal positioning anyway as this was my biggest worry - no one seems to have informed the baby of this though! Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > I'm not sure if she comes this far south but i'd be calling her again > " if....... " !!! ( I chnage my mind daily about Nuttkin3....) Thanks Angi, but I think Andrya is nearer you than me as she lives in Hampshire near sfield. It takes her about 1 hour to get to me from home and she travels up as far as London to see clients. So if Nuttkin 3 came along I'm sure she'd love to hear from you! After being upside down for 1/2h last night and then lots of talking to and stroking the bump there was a large amount of activity down there but of course I don't know if it was enough or not or what position it's in now! I went and had my accupuncture this morning which was interesting and I'm sure DH will laugh when I ask him to put a burning moxa stick next to my little toe for 5 mins this evening! But hey, I'll try anything :-) Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > I >went and had my accupuncture this morning which was interesting and I'm sure >DH will laugh when I ask him to put a burning moxa stick next to my little >toe for 5 mins this evening! But hey, I'll try anything :-) > >Helen I had loads of moxa some years back - usually my toes but once they filled my navel with salt and did it there. The therapist would always say to tell her when it started to hurt, but she always seemed to whip it off before, couldn't quite believe I wasn't feeling pain yet. I was also needled in some pretty fun places like my gums and my perineum! -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > Thanks Angi, but I think Andrya is nearer you than me as she lives in > Hampshire near sfield. It takes her about 1 hour to get to me from home > and she travels up as far as London to see clients. So if Nuttkin 3 came > along I'm sure she'd love to hear from you! Andrya lives very near me in Steep. Easy peasy for you Angi. Sue S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 > >Andrya lives very near me in Steep. Easy peasy for you Angi. >Sue S > OOH don't tell dh! i could be very persuaded to have another.... (he though might not be so keen.....) Angi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 I don't know if it was enough or not or what position it's in now! I > went and had my accupuncture this morning which was interesting and I'm sure > DH will laugh when I ask him to put a burning moxa stick next to my little > toe for 5 mins this evening! But hey, I'll try anything :-) > > Helen > 5 days before I was due to go for my CS preop with DD2 (transverse lie!) I had a pedicure. My therapist also did reflexology and manipulated my little toe as that is supposed to help. Lo and behold, by the time I got to preop she was in the right position and CS cancelled! As you say, anythings worth a try!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2000 Report Share Posted September 23, 2000 > > > > >My excellent community midwife once told me of a lady who had a breech baby at the onset of labur and del norm, head down.Helen, I really hopes this happens for you. It sounds as if you have wonderful support, you are a very brave and very lucky lady - all the best, I'll be thinking of you Saturday!! katie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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