Breech Babies Club

A calm undiagnosed footling breech birth at home

A calm undiagnosed footling breech birth at home

“Everything seemed to be going well, and at two weeks out the baby dropped. I have to admit, right before the baby dropped, I thought there was a chance she had changed positions, but being it was a first for me I didn’t speak up and let Annette know. A word for the wise…

always trust your instincts!!!”

“I couldn’t have been more grateful with how smoothly things went considering the circumstances. I am so thankful Annette knew exactly how to handle things. Looking back I would not change a thing. If I would have known Emsley was breech, I would have been tempted to go the medical route and more than likely I would have ended up with a C-section. I am now even more confident about having a home birth as I head into it for a second time.”

http://thepromiselandfarm.com/birth-story-collections-emsleys-breech-home-birth/

A midwife-assisted home breech birth

“But no, it turned out he really was breech. I was no longer the model homebirth candidate – I had a become an “obstetric problem”, a primip with an “unproven pelvis” and no choice but to have an elective section at 39 weeks.”

“But finally he was “fully rumped” (my vocabulary has increased no end in the last few weeks…) and literally dropped out of me alarmingly quickly during the next two contractions – the potential “trapped head” beautifully released by Lynn’s advice to lean right forwards to widen my pelvis.”

http://www.northsurreymidwives.co.uk/billy

An unplanned unassisted footling breech birth at home!

An unplanned unassisted footling breech birth at home!

“What was most interesting to me was that my contractions never got closer together than 3 minutes. This was part of the reason we held off calling the midwife because both Artene and I thought we still had quite a bit of time left to go.”

“On the next contraction, Joseph’s first foot popped out and I was completely shocked. I didn’t even feel him coming down the birth canal since, you know, feet are so much smaller and more slender than a gigantic HEAD, so the foot was a total shock to me.”

“I could NOT believe what had just happened. We had planned a home birth and everything was perfect. Then, in less than 12 hours, we found out he was breech, I went into labor, and we birthed a breech baby at home without our midwife there (which is known in the birthing world as an “unassisted” birth).”

http://mamabirth.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/accidental-unassisted-footling-breech.html

A calm hospital breech birth (undiagnosed)

“James was born after a 5 hour labour, no interventions or pain relief and I feel far better this time round than after my first! (Apart from lack of sleep that is!). We are all doing fine and James is a thriving, hungry and smiley little thing. I’ve even started to think after 6 weeks, I could do this again…”

“At one point a midwife rushed into the room announcing I couldn’t possibly give birth on the floor – “it’s against hospital policy”. She stormed out again not waiting for a reply. Sarah and I looked at each other, nonplussed. Sarah left to have a discreet word with the ward manager – we didn’t see that midwife again.”

“The hospital midwife pressed the monitor against my tummy, even though the baby’s body was by now hanging outside. She was laughingly redirected.”

“I was initially gutted not to have my dream home waterbirth. But I am very happy with the outcome. I avoided all interventions, used no pain relief, didn’t tear or even graze. This time there was no terror of going to the loo after delivery! Last time I’d had a bad un-stitched tear, retained product and post-natal infection. This time, the most I suffered was a bruised nasal bridge from pushing my face into the armchair!”

http://www.homebirth.org.uk/sophiebreech.htm

An unwanted caesarean for an undiagnosed breech (after multiple internal examinations)

A raw story of an unwanted caesarean for an undiagnosed breech (after multiple internal examinations)…

“If this story can encourage someone to ask more questions to their care providers, if they have doubts – then sharing this story will have purpose. If you don’t get an answer you are satisfied with ask again, ask louder, or as someone else. If you have doubts about what is happening to you or your baby you are allowed to speak up, people make mistakes, they make bad decisions, so if think they are getting it wrong or doing the wrong thing, its okay to speak up. ”

http://parentingcentral.com.au/jaspers-birth/

A midwife-supported hospital breech birth

A midwife-supported hospital breech birth.

“At one point a midwife rushed into the room announcing I couldn’t possibly give birth on the floor – “it’s against hospital policy”. She stormed out again not waiting for a reply. Sarah and I looked at each other, nonplussed. Sarah left to have a discreet word with the ward manager – we didn’t see that midwife again.”

“The hospital midwife pressed the monitor against my tummy, even though the baby’s body was by now hanging outside. She was laughingly redirected.”

“In the end, it was not where I had the birth that mattered, but who was with me.”

http://www.homebirth.org.uk/sophiebreech.htm

A planned c-section for footling breech (with video)

A planned c-section for an awkward breech with one foot up and one foot down, and a family history of breech (with a video):

“I don’t feel guilty about doing it, though. There were no doctors or midwives on the island who would deliver a breech baby. Giving her position, I wasn’t going to risk doing it by myself. In the head, we weighed our options and felt fairly in control of the whole process. Still, I feel some disappointment in missing out of the experience that I was envisioning, though I hope with our next baby we can have a home birth after cesarean.”

http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/2013/11/14/a-cesarean-for-breech-birth-with-video/

A hospital breech birth from the dad’s perspective

“They assured her that the epidural tube was not connected, and told her she had to trigger another pushing wave. They told me to kiss Nicole, to try and help the process, because kissing can promote the release of oxytocin, which stimulates uterine contractions. And so, with about a dozen people around the operating table, I started making out with my wife. ”

http://spencerrankin.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/claires-birth-story/