baby breech at 28 weeks ?

Question

i just had an ultrasound and the soc said the baby is breech with its head on the right side below my ribs. i have a fibroid on the left side lower abdomen.
the doc said it ok, there is still a lot of time for the baby to turn around.
i found some articles that say that babies with congental diseases tend to breech at birth, beacause their heads are not heavy enough to cause the turn around.
i am not very worried right now, but i want your opinion on this issue, if anyone had been in a similar situation, please share your experiences.
and is there any exercise i can do to cause the baby to turn around ?
thank you all !

Answer 1

my doctor told me not to worry until the last month of pregnancy
so you still have time and babies are always moving
don't worry
and if your doctor is not worried then relax!

Answer 2

Baby Breech At 28 Weeks

Answer 3

Breech Baby At 28 Weeks

Answer 4

Don't worry about it. Many babies don't turn until a few weeks or days before labor, and some babies don't turn until after labor has started!

The vast majority of breech babies do NOT have congenital conditions, and just because you have a breech baby doesn't mean you are at an increased risk for defects. It's just the opposite - if you have a baby with congenital defects, you are at risk for breech - not the other way around.

Wait it out and be patient. If you get to be 36+ weeks and baby hasn't turned, then try getting down on elbows and knees, put your head down on a pillow with your butt up in the air, and rock that pelvis around. It might work.

Answer 5

Wife and I had baby that fliiped at 30 weeks to breech and doc said same thing... give it time... the baby in breech position will continue to grow at a normal rate provide you continue to take care of yourself.

If your baby stays breech than you will have a few options:

C-section... (which is what my wife wound up doing)... eleminates the chance for baby's head getting stuck on way out. Many hospitals will not even attempt to deliver naturally if baby is in breech.

Manual flip... Our doctor presented this as an option. Basically he equated it to kneading dough and manually attempting to turn the baby by putting pressure on your abdomen and working the baby down to normal position. The problem with this is that is only works 40% of the time, can be quite uncomfortable for both ouf you and many times it can actually cause an emergency c-section.

There are old wives tales about putting ice on your belly, or sleeping in different positions or shining a light in you tummy, but none of these are PROVEN to work.

Best of luck and remember that it doesn't matter how the get out, as long as they get out...

Answer 6

hi hon, do no longer hassle approximately it too a lot. With my boys one became at 24 weeks and the different became into nevertheless turning until eventually 31 weeks. It extremely harm too. There wasn't a lot room left and he may well be kicking and pushing my aspects all day and all night!! :D wish it would not take place to you!! i'm 22 weeks and nevertheless breech on the 2d. It would not surely count number in the event that they're breech. My God-son became into breech and born certainly. all of them come out infants :D

Answer 7

At 28 weeks 25% of babies are breech, at term less than 4% are breech. It is perfectly normal for a baby to be breech at 28 weeks.

Also the fibroid is a more likely cause of persistent breech than a congenital abnormality. If there isn't enough room they won't turn heard down, and if it there is even just *more* room when not head down that can delay turning head down.

However you can start some of the safe things to encourage baby to turn:

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

Answer 8

There are some exercises you can do however I can't help much, I don't know what they are. I don't think a breach baby means anything. My brother was breech all the way up until my mom's water broke. He was born by c-section and is just fine. I will say that my brother is a stubborn person that doesn't like change. Maybe it was just an early sign of his personality.

Your doctor is right, there is still plenty of time for your baby to turn.

Answer 9

lot of my friends had breech babies and ALL are healthy. My father in law was breech at that time, he is an intelligent man. so was my friends daughter..she was born breech with C-section. Even my baby was breech at 28 weeks. Now i am in 32 weeks, doc didnt tell me anything about congental defects. He just said wait till 9 mnths are over...some babies turn even at last 15 days..dont worry, your chances of C-section increase with breech babies, nothing else. Good luck

Following is what I got in my email from what toexpect.com..please do read...

Week 32: Breech Baby
"If my baby doesn't flip on his own , what will my doctor do?"
Even as his accommodations become ever more cramped, your baby will still manage to perform some pretty remarkable gymnastics during the last weeks of his uterine stay. In fact, although most fetuses settle into a head-down position between weeks 32 and 38 (breeches occur only in about three to four percent of term pregnancies), some don't let on which end will ultimately be up until a few days before birth. Which means that just because your baby is bottoms down now doesn't mean that he or she will be breech when it comes time for delivery.

There are several ways to try to coax a bottoms-down baby heads up. On the low tech side, your practitioner may recommend doing exercises (such as the pelvic tilt or assuming the knee-chest position by kneeling on the floor and bending over) to encourage your breech baby to turn. Another option comes from the CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) camp, which uses a form of acupuncture (moxibustion) to help turn a recalcitrant fetus.

If your baby still seems determined not to budge, your doctor may go a little more high tech by attempting to flip your baby using a procedure called external version. This is best performed around week 37 or 38, before labor begins, or very early in labor, when the uterus is still relatively relaxed. With ultrasound guidance and continuous fetal monitoring, the doctor will apply his or her hands to your abdomen and gently turn the baby downward (don't worry — your baby will be monitored continuously to make sure everything's okay). For first-time moms, more than 50 percent of fetuses who are successfully turned this way stay put, but some refuse to turn at all, and a small number flip back into a breech position. The success rate is about 90 percent for those who have delivered before (thanks to those laxer muscles).

Even if your baby does end up breech on delivery day, you may be able to deliver vaginally. Although many physicians still routinely do cesareans with breech babies, studies suggest it's safe to attempt what is called a trial of labor — carefully monitored in a surgically equipped delivery room — when the baby is neither very large nor very small, the mother's pelvis seems roomy enough, and the baby's position allows for a vaginal delivery (when the buttocks are engaged in the pelvis). The bottom line if your baby remains bottom down: You'll need to be flexible in your delivery plans, so be sure to discuss them with your practitioner.

Here's to a happy baby — up or down!
Heidi

Answer 10

If no cranial/head defects were found on the u/s, then I would think that your baby is fine and just hasn't swooshed head down yet, and that you have nothing to worry about...your dr. doesn't seem worried. Your baby will most likely turn head down within the next couple of weeks...but since your dr. is aware of the baby's position, this is something they will monitor, by palpitating your abdomen, and if closer to the due date, the baby still isn't head down, then the dr. may give you some exercises to do or they may try to manipulate the baby to move into position by externally moving the baby with pushes on your abdomen. Congratulations on your pregnancy and I wish you all the best!! ;)

Answer 11

my mum said i was breech at birth which resulted in her having a c-section, and I'm fine never really been ill etc....and my friends baby was breech right up until the morning he was born and hes fine.. could be that babies get them selves into these comfortable positions then get stuck cuz they've got so big...don't really think its much more than that apart from a possible uncomfortable labour and late pregnancy.. my first baby was breech at about 28+ weeks and even though she was 3 weeks early (due to MY ill health) shes advanced for a child of her age (or so her paediatrician says)