Will my breached baby turn around?

Question

I am currently 25 weeks pregnant and my baby is breached. How good are the chances of the baby turning around? How long would it usually take for the baby to turn?

Answer 1

babies at this gestation will change their lie/position several times your still only in your 2nd trimester babies usually get into the head down position around 32-34 weeks some even later we don't worry about it till 37 weeks along then we give you the old midwifes cures of 2x day lying with your head lower than your hips like on an iron board laid up against your couch. heating pad on your upper body so that babies head is warmer and will irritate baby enough to wanna move on his own if all else falls offer you the option of external version where the Doctor externally moves baby to the right position with the guidance of Ultra sound this also can fail and than it is recommended a c/section birth but there is no reason to worry now

Answer 2

Baby Turn Around

Answer 3

Don't panic. Typically, your baby has plenty of room for tossing and turning until about 36 weeks. When you get to 36 weeks, if the baby is still breech, your doctor may suggest some exercises that you can do at home to help the baby turn. However, if this does not work...your doctor will probably suggest what is called External Cephalic Version.
What is external cephalic version?
External cephalic version is a way to try to turn a baby from breech position to vertex (head-down) position while it's still in the mother's uterus. In other words, external cephalic version means turning the baby from outside of the abdomen so that it's in the head-down position. Your doctor will use his or her hands on the outside of your abdomen to try to turn the baby.


1. Beginning the forward roll. The doctor places his or her hands on the abdomen, moving the baby up out of the pelvic bones.
2. The baby is turned either forward or backward ...
3. ... until the baby is in the vertex (head-down) position.

From what I hear, this is a somewhat uncomfortable procedure...but if it means the difference of having a vaginal or c-section birth...it is worth it.

Overall, this isn't much of a concern until you are in your last month. You have plenty of time...so relax. In the meantime..there is a website called Spinningbabies.com that is dedicated entirely to the topic of fetal positioning and belly mapping to help get your baby into the right position for a more comfortable birth. Unfortunately...our babies do have a mind of their own and at you stage of pregnancy...there is still alot of room to wiggle to turn. I would suggest checking out the website though...and in a few couple of months..see what position your baby is in then.
Good luck and Congratulations!

Answer 4

The baby may still turn before birth. I think that the chances of the baby turning go down around the 8th month when there's much less moving around space. There are ways that doctors can turn the baby before birth if he doesn't do it on his own.

Answer 5

I would say there is a very good chance, since you are only 25 weeks along. The baby has plenty of room to move and turn. I've heard of babies turning around at 38 weeks even, although it is much harder for them to turn then.

Answer 6

My last baby was breech. The doctor told me some things to try. He said to kneel on the floor with a small stereo between my legs and to blast music as close to my stomach as possible for 20 to 30 minutes a time, several times a day. Keep your head on the floor and your bum up high, stay on your knees though. The music is supposed to scare the baby into turning. I didn't think this would work but it did. Keep doing this for as long as you can until your due date or until the baby turns. Another thing he said was to put my knees on the couch and the rest of my body on the floor resting on my elbows. I didn't try this because I was too big and I couldn't support my weight. I would ask your doctor about this before trying it to make sure it is O.K for your circumstances. There is still time for your baby to turn. Good Luck!

Answer 7

Good chance baby will turn around... You're still early in your pregnancy.. baby doesn't usually start making the dive south till about late 7th or 8th month .. then nestles him/herself down there for the plunge.. no worries. Not to say that some dont just get comfortable in the breach position, but like I said, you still have LOTS of time for him/her to turn around. Dont rush it, once he/she is done there you can forget about EVER being able to hold your bladder anymore!! lol Good luck ...

Answer 8

When I was pregnant with my son, I found out early in my pregnancy that my son was in the breech position too. My doctor told me that sometimes as many as 80% of breech babies stay breech at birth, but there was a chance that my son could turn himself around in the correct head-down position by the time I was full-term.

My doctor gave me three choices. One, I could elect to plan a c-section. There was a chance my son could turn himself around before my c-section was scheduled, like around 38 or 39 weeks, but in the event that he remained breech my doctor wanted to prepare me for the possibility of having a c-section. He said that it was better for me to know what a c-section entailed beforehand (he gave me a video to watch and sent me home with information), then waiting until I went into labor and finding out that I would have to have an emergency c-section.

Two, I could wait until I was further along and have an external cephalic version (ECV), where the baby is manipulated into the correct position from the outside. But he said that there were some risks (though small) involved. The ECV could result in cord entanglement (the umbilical cord could possibly wrap around my son's head), it could could cause abruptio placenta, cause premature labor or cause premature rupturing of the membranes (where they would then have to perform an emergency c-section), and it could be quite painful. He also said that the procedure wasn't 100% successful and that there was a chance that the baby could revert back to the breech position after ECV was attempted.

And three, I could wait until I was ready to deliver and hope that my son would turn on his own, and if not, then I'd have to have a c-section anyways.

My doctor recommended that I plan to have a c-section just in case, so I elected to have one right away. My son's position was monitored throughout the rest of my pregnancy, but he never turned. My c-section was scheduled for June 20, 2000, but my water broke the morning of June 19 and I was rushed to the hospital. He still hadn't turned by then, so the c-section went on as scheduled.

Your doctor will continue to monitor your progress and the baby's, and will inform you of the options you have if your baby doesn't turn on his/her own. If the baby doesn't turn, then a c-section is usually the safest way to deliver a breech baby, so you may want to start reading up and asking your doctor about a c-section. Best of luck to you both!

Answer 9

I wouldn't worry too much about it. The baby usually turns in the 7th or 8th month. Just make sure that your doctor is checking your AFI levels. My son never turned head down so I ended up with a C-Section, it wasn't too bad so either way you're gonna be okay. Just relax.

Answer 10

he still has time to turn around. but if he does not sometimes they can turn the baby while in the womb go to babycenter.com and look at the vidoes they have one about a breached baby being turned. it will help you to understand what will happen if the baby does not turn. good luck and congrats on the baby.