RE: [ozmidwifery] term breech trial - ECV option

[Vedrana Valčić]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: term breech trial

I like this article J: http://www.birthinternational.com/articles/andrea13.html     From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Lisa Barrett Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:06 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] term breech trial - ECV option   resending this message as it didn't seem to appear the last time I posted it Lisa Barrett From: Lisa Barrett To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] term breech trial - ECV option   Well I birthed with a woman on the weekend (and asked her permission before posting this) She had a breech birth in the water.  As far as I'm concerned it is a normal vaginal birth and although it was a compound presentation it was very straight forward indeed.  Maybe if the attitude of more people is that it's just a variation of normal (and it is) then women wouldn't be so scared.  Ultimately it's not up to Obs to "do it" or not it's up to the women.   The thought of using ECV to put the baby into the correct position just a choice.  Just as breech position maybe the baby's choice.   Lisa Barrett   ----- Original Message ----- From: Honey Acharya To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] term breech trial - ECV option   Here in Townsville Qld some of the Ob's in the Townsville Hospital perform ECV's. David Watson is particulary successful at this and I have seen him perform a few and he seems to have the right touch and technique, the women who had other Ob's try on them first and then him said he was much more gentle and it looked that way too. He has the woman lie on her side slightly and rests his knee behind their back, and using ultrasound on and off to monitor baby's position, then pushes the baby around getting them to either do a forward somersault or backward one.   The private Ob's here refuse to do it all together.   I noticed they are also performing the EECV trial (EarlyECV) around 33-34 weeks?   One of the women I was with was being offerred this option but declined preferring to give her baby further time to turn and then at 37-38 weeks when baby was still in the breech position had a successful ECV and went on to have a straightforward normal vaginal birth at 41 weeks.   Honey