If You Flipped A Breech Baby...

[MissMusic]

This kid is being stubborn and simply won't flip. I'm getting desperate and I'm trying all the stuff I don't put much stock in because hey, it can't HURT right?

My main question is: how does the flip actually happen? Does the baby flip over time, all of the sudden, right after doing a spinning babies thing, a while after it...or is it completely unpredictable?

I have a massage scheduled for next week. My insurance doesn't cover a chiropractor for Webster Method. I'm turning myself like on the spinning babies website (its really uncomfy, I hate it); I'm doing the peppermint oil on the top of the belly and rotating that with a cold pack on the top/warming pad on the bottom. I'm doing the inversions right after a shower and after the cold pack. I'm on my feet either standing or walking for several hours per day, and sitting on an exercise ball maybe 1 hr a day.

I feel like the head is moving lower (ie closer to my naval and not up high on the side) but its definitely lodged there. In the morning, the head is right back where it was but by bed time its drifted down. It just won't STAY there!

Help me out here. I'm panicking...!

[britbratjf]

A girl on my 9/15 board had a breech baby. She wasn't successful flipping but she found a doctor that would deliver the baby breech. I'm pretty sure she's actually in the Atlanta area so she may be able to recommend the doc to you. Fearsy

[roo1582]

Kayleigh was a late flipper. I think she flipped somewhere around 37 weeks. I had been doing the spinning baby exercises (feet up on the couch, head down to the floor, weight on my forearms) a couple times a day. I also did the cold pack on the top of the belly and also tried a flashlight on the bottom of my belly. I have no clue if either of those is what caused her to decide to flip. She flipped the middle of the night randomly. I seem to remember sleeping with my hand on the bottom of my belly, so I don't know if it was maybe the heat from my hand or just the fact that she was going to turn on her own...

Try not to freak out just yet. Babies can turn on their own late in the game even though it feels they can't have any room to do it.

[MissMusic]

Mar 10, 2016 12:10:09 GMT -5 britbratjf said:

A girl on my 9/15 board had a breech baby. She wasn't successful flipping but she found a doctor that would deliver the baby breech. I'm pretty sure she's actually in the Atlanta area so she may be able to recommend the doc to you. Fearsy

Yes, there are 2 docs that will deliver breech.  I have their names, but thank you!
I've decided not to do a breech birth based on my own digging, feelings, and what would be needed for the rest of my family (mainly Lillian) since they are very far from me.

[bantyrooster]

I would still call chiropractors. Many in my area give discounts or "pay what you can" for people without chiropractic coverage.

[sarahandeddie]

Both of mine stayed breech but my OB did check right before my c/s because she said some babies flip at the very end. So there is hope. Good luck!

[MissMusic]

Mar 10, 2016 19:21:48 GMT -5 Fearsy said:

Mar 10, 2016 12:19:52 GMT -5 MissMusic said:

Yes, there are 2 docs that will deliver breech.  I have their names, but thank you!
I've decided not to do a breech birth based on my own digging, feelings, and what would be needed for the rest of my family (mainly Lillian) since they are very far from me.

Oh dang. I should have read before posting. I'm always open to talk via PM if you want

Thank you!  I'm 36+ weeks so if things are not flipped by next week, I will definitely take you up on your PM offer!

[USCgirl]

MissMusic, I am so sorry he is being stubborn! R would not flip and like Fearsy, I did not find out until my 39 week appointment. I tried the ECV a few days later, but he was just dead set on staying put. I also tried spinning babies with no success.

I know no one wants to have to have a c-section because let's face it; it's surgery. I was personally crushed when the version didn't work, but I also knew there must have been a reason why he never got the memo to be head down. Since this was my last baby, I really wanted to have it my way (vaginally), but someone else had a different plan for me.

If perhaps your LO misses the memo before your due date too, I can honestly say this...the c-section is not as bad as I had thought and I bounced back pretty quick. The only issue I have now is my incision decided not to heal properly and that has not been fun.

Hang in there and I will be praying that he flips ASAP. Please keep us posted and I can't wait to meet your little guy!!

[MissMusic]

Thank you @uscgirl!

I had a c-section with kid #1, so I know what to expect (which takes the anxiety out of things). I know #2 will be born 1 of 2 ways, and I'll just have to go with whichever way is best, but I was REALLY hoping to avoid surgery. With a 3 yr old at home I didn't want all that recovery time...plus this is our last baby and I was just hoping that my body would cooperate FOR ONCE and I would be a normal female

I'm going to keep up the spinning babies, get a massage and see a chiropractor. If none of that helps, at least I'll know that I did everything I could possible do.

[trixi282]

I'm sorry baby boy is being stubborn, but you do still have time for him to rotate. With E, obviously my situation was way different, but there was one moment when she made this horrible rotation and was basically laying on my spine, for only an afternoon - and a few hours later she turned back to her happy place. Babies like their comfort zones sometimes, but they can and will move at times. Maybe he's just waiting for his moment and he's comfy cozy for the time being, but it's because he knows he's not ready yet.

You have some time, and I'm really, really hoping he cooperates and lets you have the VBAC you want when his time is right!

[aimeefarrahfowler]

I never had a breech, but T kept flipping from transverse to head-down. I had an ultrasound at 37 weeks and he was completely sideways and they checked him again right before my RCS and his head was down.

Good luck, girl - I hope you get your VBAC! I wanted one too but it didn't go that way.

[MissMusic]

I feel like he's transverse right now. Maybe he's going to go to launch position soon! I have a midwife appt tomorrow and an chiro appt, so I'm doing everything I can.