Re: [ozmidwifery] breech presentation - need help!

[Denise Hynd]

Dear tania, This is my gut reaction and maybe inappropriate or taken poorly but here goes! Top of my list is deal with the fear that the baby will stay breech and this is not good, The baby can turn or be turned at different times until labour is well established - only God if and when (and maybe the baby) knows ?? But come back to seeing the positives. As I read the history of birthing - the fear of breech and VBAC is part of medicalised childbirth, correct me if I am wrong. True Midwifery (with woman) experience teaches us that so much is possible and ok, that we can learn from even the apparently negative.   Be gentle with yourself, the woman baby and all involved. Denise   ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] breech presentation - need help! Hi all,   I'm writing for ideas for a friend, has had a previous LSCS for failure to progress after an induction, now 39 weeks and has just found out baby is breech.  Desperately wants to try for a VBAC, now thinking it's all out the window.  What I need from you wise women, is a shortlist of what I should suggest to her, as she doesn't have much time, and going in for accupuncture treatments, or trying hands and knees might just not work in time.  Is it reasonable to suggest she try an ECV at this late stage ( I know there are increased risks associated with a previous LSCS, but she may decide that those risks are fewer than those of a repeat section).  I want to suggest to her the things which have the best chance of working, while being honest about the risks, and failure rate, so she can make up her own mind.   Thanks   Tania