I'm 31 weeks and my baby is breech is there anything i can do ?

Question

i'm just really worried i want her to turn.

thanks for all answers

Answer 1

You still have plenty of time for your baby to turn. My baby turned head down around 33 weeks. Just be patient. You don't have to start worrying about his/her position until the very end.

Answer 2

You still have a lot of time for the baby to move. But if the baby doesn't they may try to turn the baby from the outside. I've seen it done on TV and heard it is quite uncomfortable. It has a small success rate. Try yoga, swimming, and lots of walking to get the baby to move.

Good luck!

Answer 3

hey my daughter was breech for 9 months and i tried the whole them turning her but it hurts like h**l (don't put your self though that it hurts so much and your in pain for days) so they just scheduled me for a c-section so many that's an option for you. i hope this helps

Answer 4

you still have time for her to turn, it's ok

you know babies have a mind of there own, she can turn at the last minut  

Answer 5

IDK if this is a wive's tale or not, but it's worth a try...standing on your hands in a pool.

Answer 6

http://www.spinningbabies.com/index.php?...

31 weeks is still a little early. Your baby has a bit of time to turn. But the above website will give you some tips on helping him get there. My first baby was breech until 36 weeks, but she finally turned.

Good luck!

Answer 7

there is still time for your baby to turn.

my last son was head down until week 32, at week 35 he was back to head down so my doc didn't worry.

then when i went in to be induced (due to diabetes, asthma and group b strep) they found out he was breech.

i tried everything, rocking my hips in a circle, laying w/my body head down off the bed onto a stool to see if he would flip the other way since he liked to be upright, s*x, yoga positions, massage, pressure points, spicy food, etc. they let me wait a couple days and the farthest we got was him laying sideways. lol so the decided that i would need a C section. i fought like a pit bull against that ( i have a fear of surgery).

i told them to try an External Version.

this is where they give you a medication to relax you, then a medication to relax your uterus...then your doctor and a nurse or another OB or peds doc physically turns the baby from the outside.

i am told that it's supposed to be very painful. i was given something that really made me "drunk" feeling. i felt a TON of pressure but no pain. baby was flipped  head down and they broke my water. 13 1/2 hrs of natural labor later i was giving birth.

because they had to turn him...he didn't quite rotate his shoulers into the correct position. so he was coming out at an angel in my pelvis...(towards the BACK- if you get my drift) that was painful. he was terribly bruised as well from the pressure of being forced into the pelvis face first. he had broken blood vessels in his eyes from the pressure, and i was SO scared when i looked at him. he was purple, but he was fine..just a bit beat up from the experience...as was i.

most babies turn over before the 37th week. as my doc told me..."i cant believe he flipped over! they just dont do that after the 37th week" it was the hardest pregnancy i've had...long story.

none of my other babies were near as difficult and ALL of them were late to flip over. all after the 34th week.

http://health.yahoo.com/pregnancy-birth/...

Answer 8

Not really.  They can admit you to the hospital..put you up to IVs and all of that and them try to physically turn him/her.  Heard it was painful.  They press on your stomach and try to move the baby.  Other then that you just gotta hope they turn!

Answer 9

theres many things u can try

i tried - prenatal yoga ; acupuncture ; chiropractor

and my baby STILL didnt budge ...

i wish you luck.

if your comfortable; they can try to internally move your baby (but i dont suggest it) .. and i hear it hurts.

Answer 10

http://www.mother-care.ca/breech.htm#1

Weeks of Pregnancy   % of Breech

28                                 25%

30                                  17%

32                                  11%

34                                   5%

36                                   5%

37 - 40                            3.7%

from Holistic Midwifery by Anne Frye

http://www.prematureoptimism.com/linkBlo...

Turning a breech baby

Things you can do at home:

    * Play music low on your belly

    * Put cold high on your belly

    * Light low on your belly

    * Breech tilts

    * Headstands in water

    * Meditation

    * PulsAtilla (homeopathy)

Other methods:

    * Webster’s technique (Chiropractic Care) -Around 80% effective, chiropractic care has also been shown to shorten labour

    * Moxibustion (acupressure with a burning herb)

Baby Is Breech, Now What?

http://www.mother-care.ca/breech.htm

Alternatives for Breech

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/enews/enew...

Prenatal Breech Issues

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/bree...

Breech Births

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/labornb...

Other approaches to turning the breech baby

http://www.breechbaby.info/approaches.ht...

All about Babies and Breech Birth

http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/...

5 Ways to Turn a Breech Baby - Breech Babies

http://pregnancy.about.com/od/breechbabi...

Breech Presentation Fact Sheet

http://www.ican-online.org/resources/whi...

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http://crunchy.blogsome.com/2006/05/03/t...

From Pub Med:Five years to the term breech trial: the rise and fall of a randomized controlled trial.

Glezerman M.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wolfson Medical Center, The Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Holon, Israel.

OBJECTIVE: On the basis of the end points of neonatal morbidity and death, the authors of the term breech trial concluded unequivocally that cesarean delivery was safer for breech babies.

STUDY DESIGN: Analysis of the original and new data gives rise to serious concerns as far as study design, methods, and conclusions are concerned. In a substantial number of cases, there was a lack of adherence to the inclusion criteria. There was a large interinstitutional variation of standard of care; inadequate methods of antepartum and intrapartum fetal assessment were used, and a large proportion of women were recruited during active labor. In many instances of planned vaginal delivery, there was no attendance of a clinician with adequate expertise. RESULTS: Most cases of neonatal death and morbidity in the term breech trial cannot be attributed to the mode of delivery. Moreover, analysis of outcome after 2 years has shown no difference between vaginal and abdominal deliveries of breech babies.

CONCLUSION: The original term breech trial recommendations should be withdrawn.

How many of you have heard about this? Probably very few. This is probably one of the most significant findings in the world of birth in recent years, and I don’t think it made even a mild ripple outside of the birth community.

That pisses me off.

Research studies that support the current birth paradigm - regardless of how flawed the methodology or how harsh the criticism drawn (see the Pang homebirth study or the 2002 JAMA study on VBAC) are splashed across the mainstream press with enough sensationalistic headlines, partial information, incorrect conclusions, and utterly mind-boggling gaps in information to make me want to puke. The media machine that is ACOG has powerful influence over national media. (That ain’t conspiracy theory folks - them’s just the facts).

On the other hand - studies and new information that fall in line with the other side of the birthin’ coin seem to be swept under the rug faster than you can say ‘Obstetrician-Gynecologist’. ACOG finally released a practice bulletin recommending against episiotomy (hooray, sometimes I really, really do like ACOG) – but when the JAMA episiotomy study was released last year, I watched in vain for widespread media coverage – it didn’t come. Likewise for the BMJ “Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives”. Although the poorly designed Pang study mentioned above gave the mainstream press plenty of dead baby sound bites – this comprehensive and well-designed research (the best data the North American homebirth community has probably had since the 1977 Mehl study) captured comparatively little attention. I suppose healthy babies born at home just don’t make the news.

Answer 11

First, don't panic.  This early there is still plenty of time for baby to turn.  Some don't turn until the last minute.  There are some studies out there that suggest that relaxed moms are more likely to have a baby head down and stressed out moms are more likely to have breech babies.  Second, at 31 weeks, baby may still flip back and forth before settling, especially if this is your first one.  

Try some of these websites for more information:

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/hypn...

http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/t...

http://lovingbirth.net/Documents/TURNING...

http://lovingbirth.net/Documents/TURNING...

http://www.birthsource.com/scripts/artic...

Answer 12

I've heard that you can get on your hands and knees (like a dog) and do back arches...what do they call those in...cat something's.