Just went in for my routine 36 week appt. Baby is not head down. He is transverse. Nurse seems concerned. Do you ladies have any input that might help me? Any moves or positions I can get myself into to possibly get him to move the correct direction?
Thanks!
My oldest was transverse at 36 weeks also. Basically the doctor said they could try and move the baby, although that can be risky, or just wait and see. I chose the wait and see, and by the time she was born at 38 weeks, she was head down. She was born with her umbilical cord wrapped tightly around her neck and arm - sometimes I wonder if she stayed sideways so long because she was tangled up!
Hi R.,
Yea, you're almost there! I'm sure your getting ready. Now you just need the baby to be ready:) Have you been to a chiropractor? I practice in Danville, and see pregnant women all the time. It is really important to make sure that the pelvis is allowing the baby to move to the position it needs to be in, vertex position. Simple pelvis adjusting and soft tissue, muscle work can definitely help the baby move into the proper position. Have you had any back pain with this pregnancy? That can be a sign that your pelvis and/or low back needs to be adjusted. I would definitley recommend seeing a chiropractor as soon as you can. As transverse baby turns easier than a breech baby:) I am located in Danville, but I can also refer you to a local chiropracto near you:)
Good luck,
B. S.
My daughter was "head up" with her ankles by her ears at 36 weeks. (She had been head down at 6 months.) My doctor tried several times to turn her. He'd get about 60% there, then she'd wiggle back to the way she was.
The thing they didn't tell me about the attempts to turn a baby externally was that it often puts the baby "in distress" so that even if baby is turned, a c-section might still be required.
Good Luck with what ever you do!
K.
Both my daughters were transverse, and I had c-sections for both. In fact, with my second daughter, I spent 5 weeks in hospital before her birth as the cord was below her, so if I had gone into early labor the cord would have come down first...not ideal, as you can imagine.
The doctors tried to turn her several times. I found this procedure incredibly painful, and ultimately a waste of time as she would just move back to transverse by herself (which was also painful!!). I feel that the baby is in this position for a good reason - either because of the shape of the womb, or the cord length (she had a very short umbillical cord) and that trying to move them with force is unecessary. If the baby moves into head down by himself, great...and like the other Moms advise, crawling around on hands and knees may help. But don't lose heart if it doesn't happen. Good luck!
R.,
Try getting on hands and knees and doing gentle pelvic tilts. Do it front to back and also a circular motion. Sometimes this can help encourage the baby to turn. If this doesn't work, I would check with your midwife/doctor to see if they can help you turn the baby. Good luck to you~
Molly
My midwife told me that the best thing to do is crawl around on your hands and knees as much as possible. Scrub the floors while you are at it! :) (Her advice not mine.) If you can log 2 hours a day on your hands and knees, the baby should turn pretty quickly. The other thing is to try to stay "off our back". Instead os leaning back on the couch, sit as straight as you can or sit on the floor with your back against a chair or couch for support. The more you lean back, the more the baby can rotate back into a tranverse position. If you have an exercise ball or birth ball you can sit on that and also get on your knees and lean onto it. Good luck!!!!!!!
My first child was also transverse at 36 weeks. The dr recommended me to get on hands and knees and do swings to gently urge him to get head down. I did this once and didn't end of doing this again and he still turned head down at 38 weeks on his own. I had a normal delivery at 39 weeks. Sometimes they just do it on their own. After he was born and he was so large the doctor was pretty impressed he was even able to turn on his own, but he did it. Don't stress out over it.
My daughter was also transverse at about 36 weeks-- hoping to avoid ECV and have the baby turn on her own, I looked into moxibustion (chinese medicine remedy for breech positions--no needles or herbs) and chiropractic treatment. I didn't do moxibustion, but it doesn't seem like it can do any harm and there is some literature to support that it can help. I did do chiropractic adjustments-- if in SF, a couple chiropractors who specialize in prenatal (including breech) care are: Laura Sheehan ###-###-####) or Kristine Hicks / Darcy Kendricks ###-###-####). I saw Kristine and liked her. My daughter did end up turning-- no idea if it had anything to do with the chiropractic adjustments. You can find other positions to try at home on the website http://www.spinningbabies.com.
