Has anyone got any idea's on how to turn a breech baby i'm 34 and a half weeks pregnant with my 4th baby and he's breech, i've never had this before my 3 girls were all head down and ready by now so i'm terrified he's not going to turn. If anyone has any idea's on what to do i'd love to here them :thumbsup:

I wouldn't worry you've still got plenty of time yet. :thumbsup:

Plus he's a boy so he won't do as he's told anyway

My twins were both breech and one piece of advice I was given was to get down on my knees and scrub floors to maximise the pelvic space for the babies to turn.
Since there were two it was kind of a foregone conclusion that there was no room left to party but there's time yet for your little fella.
If I can find the threads I started I shall post you a link, otherwise, Lizzmobile was a font of knowledge to me and then several months after the event, gave birth to surprise twin boys herself.

You've still got plenty of time for baby to turn, but you could try out some acupuncture or shiatsu massage. Also, not sure how true this is but I have heard that if you go swimming and go upside down under water it can help the baby to turn!

Crawling round on all fours, or kneeling to scrub the kitchen floor is supposed to help get baby into the right position. By leaning forward in this way you allow baby to fall away from the spine and give him/her room to move.

dont worry,mine didnt turn until a couple of days before birth,:thumbsup:

My 4th was also breech, but wasn't detected until i was actually in labour and in the hospital, i still gave birth normally, and my gorgeous little lad is still showing his bottom at any chance he can. Sometimes the hospital use to turn them for you internally, but not so sure nowadays so much has changed even in lastfew years. but dont worry either way if its known your baby is breech the hospital will do everything to make sure your ok. All the best and good luck.

I hope you find this website of some use! :) Good on you too, for actively trying to prepare both you and baby for birth rather than lounging around ;)

http://www.spinningbabies.com/

xxx

p.s. quote from the website "The longer you wait to help baby head down the less chance it can happen" :)

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get on all fours, my 4th was breech also (midwife said 4th babys play silly beggers) they were gonna book me in near due date to try and turn her, if not c-section, but when i got there shed turned right way and and was engaged:huh:

thanks for all the tips i'll give them a try i see the mw on 20th so fingers crossed :thumbsup:

We read about all of the above when my daughter was due with Freya (now 14 months). She was 34 weeks and also thought ... plenty of time. We also found something on the net about how to lie in bed to help the process, but I think it was crouching over with your knees up, face down. None of the above worked. At 38 weeks she was offered (at Jessops) external version i.e. turning and the doc was recommending this. She was a little scared of this and also read that it isnt always successful. She opted for a caesarian.

Funnily enough, our little one sleeps with her bum in the air now!

when my mum had my sister, her 2nd child, they turned her in hospital, long time ago not sure if they still do it, but it took quite a while and was very painful, as soon as my mum got outside the hospital she just turned straight back around. made her feel really sick and all the messing around was pointless. in the end she turned herself when she was ready and all was fine.

Yes they still do it, but they warn you its painful and there's no guarantee of success.

My son was back to back not breech but I was told to scrub floors " women dont do it like they did in the old days" as my midwife kindly informed me. she also advised to get a gym ball and lean over it forwards and rock.

My baby turned during labour.

This thread so reminds me of the birth of my second daughter. From about 32 weeks she started spinning like a top: you never knew from one check-up to the next which way up she was going to be. I'd be sat on a bus or something and would see strangers staring at this great alien bump in front of me doing heaving somersaults!

When I went into labour at 36 weeks the scene in the delivery room was like something out of that fairy tale where the farmer tries to pull a turnip out of the ground. The junior midwife who examined me thought the baby was breech but wasn't sure so fetched her supervisor. She also wasn't sure so she fetched the junior doctor on call - who in turn summoned her superior -and so on right up to the top of the hierarchy until there were so many medical staff in the room they could hardly move. The big boss man (chief registrar??) eventually decreed the baby was the right way round, which proved to be correct.

All this to say that if my experience is anything to go by, there's still time for the baby to turn even almost to the last minute. And no, I'm sorry, I don't know what I did to cause the somersaulting but it certainly wasn't scrubbing floors. :hihi:

The majority of difficult or complicated labours stem from the baby being in the wrong position when it begins to descend.. baby's ultimate position typically results from the mother's positioning and activity during pregnancy.

Awareness of your baby's positioning during pregnancy could make the difference between a reasonable natural birth and a torturous 40 hour labour resulting in an emergency Caesar - perhaps its best not to err on the side of 'plenty of time to let baby do it itself'

Doing what you can, when you can, rather than hoping for the best surely is more proactive and makes a positive outcome more likely, surely

Knowledge is power! :) To be forewarned is to be forearmed, or something

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My attitude is, if its going to turn, it will of its own free will. Joshua my 2nd was transverse up until very late on and I was panicking like mad. He turned at the last minute

Just a quick update for all of those that have given me advice , been to the hospital today to decide on the next move and it turns out its good news the little monster has turned ! He's now head down and ready to go , thanks to everyone who offered their advise i'll keep you posted on our progress :thumbsup:

Congratulations, you must be so relieved! I hope this is a good sign for an easier labour xx

He's here ! My little man arrived at 7.49am on the 6th weighing a healthy 7lb 2oz things were a bit sticky for a moment at the birth but it all worked out well in the end .:thumbsup:

:clap: :clap: :banana: :banana: Congratulations love to you both.

By the way what have you called him?

Ethan Luke :thumbsup:

CONGRATULATIONS! Welcome to the world, little man!!!