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nan199678
nan199678 Posts: 140
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Hi Moms! I need to flip my baby! I just started looking at spinning babies online but am wondering if you have any experience or advice.

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  • lisapr123
    lisapr123 Posts: 863 Member
    I've heard good things about spinning babies!!! A few people I know have had success with it. There is still plenty of time for baby to move on it's own too. Does your OB do the manipulation to turn the baby? Mine doesn't but was willing to send me to someone in his practice that does since it's supposed to be pretty successful.

    Good luck!!
  • sw1498
    sw1498 Posts: 13
    30 weeks is early bub could flip and flip back again! My 3rd was breech til 37 weeks and 4th til 35 weeks. Lots of hand and knees cleaning of floors, I did somersaults in a pool (#3 flipped the day after that!), lots of visualisation, just making sure I was sitting properly (leaning forward not back). Spinning babies website is excellent for this.
  • ajzmann
    ajzmann Posts: 147 Member
    OK, maybe this is a dumb question (but please bear with me, this is my first time), but how do you know if the baby is breach?

    I'm 30 weeks as well, and my doc didn't say anything about it yesterday.
  • michelleepotter
    michelleepotter Posts: 800 Member
    I agree with PP. Do Spinning Babies, and consider an external version if it gets to that point. In the meantime, relax and realize that you still have PLENTY of time. Babies can even turn *in labor*. It can also be safe to deliver a breech baby vaginally (in some positions -- not transverse or footling breech) if you have a practitioner who knows what they are doing.

    If you do end up choosing a c-section for breech, consider waiting for labor to start on its own and then doing the c-section, to give baby maximum time to finish developing and to possibly turn by herself.

    Ajzmann, an experienced doctor or midwife can determine the baby's position through palpation -- feeling your abdomen to locate the head, or butt, or whatever they can feel. It's less trouble and expense than performing another ultrasound (and forestalls the temptation to make guesses about size, which is notoriously inaccurate and can lead to unnecessary interventions).

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