Has anyone had a c-section due to baby being breech?
Hi everyone,
Just wondered if anyone on here has got to around 37 weeks and baby was stilll breech and therefore had a planned c-section?
I've still got loads of time for baby to move but it's just got me thinking.
If she is still breech at 37 weeks I really dont want them to try and turn her as have heard awful stories about it!
Thank you,
Amy xxx
Just wondered if anyone on here has got to around 37 weeks and baby was stilll breech and therefore had a planned c-section?
I've still got loads of time for baby to move but it's just got me thinking.
If she is still breech at 37 weeks I really dont want them to try and turn her as have heard awful stories about it!
Thank you,
Amy xxx
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My baby was still breech at 37+2 and the consultant decided it was best in my case to have planned C-section in week 38. My baby was predicted to be large, over 9 pound, plus they thought I had pregnancy related diabetes. All these factors made it safer for baby and me to have C-section. The baby's birth weight turned out to be higher than the scan showed. He was 10 pound 6.
I did have plans for natural birth, TENS, water bath etc. But under the circumstances, I had to do what was best for baby.
Hope this helps you.
Gina
He was quite a bit bigger than what they estimated then!
I hope everything went well with your c-section.
Babydevil, your friend was lucky! The night before! Wow!
There is lots of time for mine to move yet. Just wondered how it works if she was to stay breech xx
He was quite a bit bigger than what they estimated then!
I hope everything went well with your c-section.
Hi Amy,
Thank you for your compliment about my baby. His large size astonished all family members on both sides - I am only 5 foot nothing.
I did ask whether the consultant could do my C-section, but in the end it was a registrar (not yet a consultant) who did the surgery. He was a humble man and seems like he's done a good job. Having accepted that C-section is major surgery and that I should expect some discomfort etc, my only gripe is that on the recovery ward, the bed I was in had no grab rail and it was a nightmare trying to get out of bed. The lady in the next bed had a bed with grab rail and she had no trouble getting out of bed. The MW asked me to remove the wound dressing in the shower the next day, but the shower was not a walk in shower. It was one over a bath. Getting in and out of that made me really dizzy. They also put the breakfast down just out of reach so I struggled to heave myself into sitting position in order to eat. Anyway those are small things to put up with and long forgotten, now I have a healthy baby to keep me occupied.
Gina xxx
Well I think my baby is getting comfy as she is still in the breech position. I'm going for a scan in 2 weeks to see if she is still breech then.
Thank you for all your replys, you've all be really helpful!
Amy xxx
bailey_b
Good luck x
Its been a while since anyone posted on this website! My son was breech at 37 weeks, I also had the complication of placenta previa. I started to bleed in the afternoon and was delivered by c-section by 8pm. It was very quick, with no stress involved, the staff at the hospital where fantastic and I was not worried at all. My son will be 20 this year. Medicine has advanced greatly since my son was born. There is no need to worry, don't stress, if there are any compictions, they are dealt with swiftly. C-section is nothing to worry about, don't feel cheated, you still have a baby at the end of it ;0)
Hi ladies,
I am 34 weeks today and my baby is breech. My doctor wants me to schedule c section a week BEFORE the due date. I read that some babies turn last moment, so I a don't understand why a week earlier. Doctor said to avoid emergancy C-section, as the cord may be delivered first when/if water brakes and I go in labor. How common is that and did any of you have their c-sections a week before due date?
hi i went to my midwife on tuesday and she thinks my baby is breech cause when she was feeling were my pubic bone was she said it felt squidegey she didn't no if it was his head or bum because at top of my belly is hard so shes booked me in for a scan on monday and she said my baby hasn't got much room to move i was 36 weeks and 5 days measuring 38 weeks now im 37 weeks today will they see how much he weighs when i go for my scan and how long is it till they book you inn for c sec if it is babys bum in my canal will they try and move him
HI guys,
Im 37 weeks today and am booked in for a c section next wednesday @ 38 weeks, Im ok with the c section. My boy has been breech for months and months now and wondering if there is any chance of him turning before next week? To be realy honest with you I really hope he doesnt turn.
Every movement i feel i stress that hes turning. What are yo opinoins on him turning before next week?
@Kylie69...
I'm in a similar situation (36 weeks and breech). The odds of your babe turning go down every day. After 37 weeks, the odds are pretty slim. It also depends on the size of the baby in comparison to you (does he have room to turn?) and how much amnio fluid you have (I'm low, so my baby doesn't have the fluidity to turn). You will know if he turns though...my friends who've gone through it say it's very dramatic and you will probably vomit if you've eaten recently.
I totally agree that it's stressful to have a c-section planned and then worry that the baby will turn. Now that I'm scheduled for a c in 3 weeks, I don't want him to turn...I just want to know what to expect!
Regardless, if both you and he are healthy, that's all that matters. Good luck!!