Vaginal Breech

I'm delighted to see that the last baby was delivered sefely by a skilled Midwife. My mums second was a breech delivery - at home as my mum didn't want to another hospital birth and only the midwife there to deliver my brother into the world. I am in the UK and for my mums generation it was not unusual to have your first in hospital and providing that all went smoothly any future births could be managed at home by the midwife. I should add that the Medics would rather she had delivered in hospital but didn't object when she requested she be allowed to deliver at home. The Midwife who helped mum with my 4 siblings was also my midwife (post natal) when I had my son.

I know the hospital I'm delivering at in a couple of months is letting me labour if I'm breech. That's in Australia and there's a rather high chance of me being breech.

A woman in my area delivered a footling breech en route to the hospital a few weeks ago. None of the ambulance personnel had ever seen one.

LOL - I am in a snow storm in the great lakes area and saw this title as Virginia Beach - guess I want outta the snow. Sorry to hijack the thread.

I was a lady partsl breech delivery. I was also my mom's first child, although that was in 1980. I think I was basically already coming by the time my parents got to the hospital though. If my mom would have been there longer, who knows? Anyway, I turned out OK. Its nice to hear things are maybe beginning to lean this way.

Unfortunately I don't see this changing in most facilities anytime soon.

I would also love to be a fly on the wall when a doc who previously told his patients that lady partsl breech was too dangerous now says it is perfectly safe.

I did a project on this for school and the term breech trial authors actually came back with another article saying that c/s for frank breech would not improve outcomes. Interesting how that never made it to practice!

I got changed to having a c-section today as the Doctor that was originally going to deliver for me has been ordered to take 3 months leave as he has too much accumulated and he's the only Dr in the Hospital that uses forceps. On the plus side they're going to get a decent look at my uterii whilst they're in there.

Only our old school docs know how to delivery breech and will only do so if we can't get them back in time for a c/s.

I can only say from personal experience that I wish that they would at least give you the option! My 1st was breech and I ended up having to have all 3 of my by section. I was trying for a VBAC with my 2nd and did not work because I had to go in to labor naturally no later that 2 weeks before my due date (which did not happen). I think it would be nice if you had a say in it. I had a your breech and he wont turn so as soon as your blood work comes back you well have a c-section.