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• Jul. 12, 2007 - Malpresentation Pregnancy Poll

I havent found any information in my research of malpresentation (when the baby is not vertical and head down after 37 weeks) with variables that I am looking for. So I thought I would conduct a poll and hoped some ladies would like to input. Here are my questions:

What Position was your baby in:

1) Breech (vertical w/ head up)
2) Transverse (sideways)
3) Oblique (diagonal)
4) Unstable lie (kept changing positions)

Did your baby change positions before you went into labour?

1) Yes
2) No

Did you end up delivering vaginally or c-section?

1) Vaginally
2) C-Section

How far along were you when the baby turned:

1) 38 weeks
2) 39 weeks
3) 40 weeks
4) 41 weeks
5) 42 weeks

How soon after you baby turned did you go into labour?

1) baby turned during labour
2) within hours
3) within 1 day
4) within 2-5 days...please not how many
5) within a week
6) more than a week later

Did you try to get the baby to turn?

1) yes
2) no

If you tried some stuff what did you try, and how often?





Was this your first pregnancy?

1) yes
2) no

If this was not your first pregnancy, had any of your previous pregnancies ended in a c-section

1) yes
2) no

How active were you during your pregnancy

1) very active
2) pretty active
3) somewhat active
4) a little active
5) I was a slug

When you were sitting, did you usually sit:

1) upright
2) slouched back
3) leaned forward

Thanks so much for any input!

You can either leave your results in the comments or email me!
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• Jul. 12, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by morningsunshine
my midwife recommends a chiropractic adjustment from a dr who knows how to turn a baby. all of mine were head down on D-day, but it has been kinda iffy on occasion.

there is a specific adjustment with a name for turning a breech baby, and I do not know what it is called. but, you might could try that. sorry I cannot help with your quiz....
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• Jul. 13, 2007 - Breech Version

Posted by tioga12
Of my ten babies, only was was breech at 37-38 weeks. Actually, this baby had been vertex and one night I could feel him get turned up again, and his foot was down on my cervix. So I had a head in my ribs and strange and uncomfortable sensations on my cervix, which was a red flag to the midwife when I had my visit the next day. She was very concerned about my water breaking and the baby suffocating if there was pressure on the cord if it slipped out. Footling breech isn't a good position to be in, it seems. My midwife scheduled for me to go to the hospital and she and the doctor turned the baby using a procedure called a breech version. It felt really wierd having a 7-8 lb. baby flipping over in there. The procedure only took a couple of minutes for me. They oiled their hands with mineral oil and one pushed on one "end" of the baby and the other pulled the other end along. They used an ultrasound machine to make sure everything was right and did the procedure in a birthing suite just in case. (I ended up going home and he wasn't born for another 2 weeks.) Even in labor it took a while for him to get in the proper position to be born. He fought every step of the way, that little bugger! But he stayed vertex after the version.
I know sometimes it takes a couple of hrs to turn the baby for some women, and then the baby just flips right back over. This is more common with first timers, though.

That boy still gives me a hard time. :D
~Annette
By the way, I have also heard you can encourage the baby to turn into the proper position by lying in bed on your knees with your rear up and head down several times a day and see if that works. Doesn't sound too appealing at 9 months, I know... :S

Edited by tioga12 on Jul. 13, 2007 at 6:06
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• Jul. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Jonash2004
I can't help you here. :( I've only carried one son full term, and he was head down from about 22 weeks on. This little one I'm carrying now likes to do sumersaults (at 24 weeks), so I think could be more of an iffy thing. :)

I hope you find something that works!

Ashley
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