If you don t want a c-section, are worried about having a vaginal breech birth, or are just looking

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Unless you have or once had a breech baby, you probably aren’t even reading this first sentence. Breech is rarely on a woman’s radar because it is rare and, well, what is there really to know about an upside-down baby? Unfortunately, a lot of women get caught at the end of pregnancy with a surprise breech and don’t have much time to figure out what to do about it. That’s where I come in.
I planned a home birth and ended up with a footling breech urv and a cesarean, in part because I felt I had no options. urv Without information, urv I didn’t have any options. Learning some basics about breech birth ahead of time can save you a lot of anxiety and hassle in case you discover a breech at the end of your pregnancy. I created a website urv to help parents of breech babies learn and make decisions about their care.
Probably your reaction to the news your baby is breech will depend largely on how your caregiver feels about it. Some midwives, for example, urv treat the breech baby as just a variation of normal and nothing to be worried about. urv Most US obstetricians treat it as an automatic c-section (also saying there s nothing to worry about). Some areas of the country are more breech friendly than others. Your chances of having professional support for a vaginal breech birth in large part come down to geographical lottery.
If you don t want a c-section, are worried about having a vaginal breech birth, or are just looking into the options, you are likely urv to encounter a great deal of folk anxiety. There is a lot of nameless caution circulating around vaginal breech birth in much of the western world. For the most part, nobody will really say why, explain the mechanics, or give you any options. They just believe it is dangerous. Your questions, if you are able to ask them, may be met with indifference, urv impatience, condescension, or worse.
There is a small small possibility that your baby is breech because of a developmental abnormality. Breech babies have a higher incidence of problems at birth, both congenital and birth-related. You need to know that 93% of breech babies are born normal. Some researchers are calling vertex position (head down) the first developmental urv milestone. But in all likelihood, this baby is perfectly normal.
If you or your baby s dad were breech, or there are other breech babies in your family urv history, breech position may run in your family. In this case, your baby is less likely to turn and less likely to have any kind of abnormality. It s just a family thing. Go weird!
Certain urv ways of sitting encourage a baby to just plop. Sofas, recliners, urv and bucket seats (like in a car) are notoriously bad for baby s position. Midwives who work among the Amish noted a significant increase in breech babies when their communities switched from using hard chairs only to using couches and recliners. Here is a long list of other reasons your baby might be breech.
Although cesarean breech birth is more risky than cesarean head-down birth, your doctor is unlikely to give you much help or encouragement if you want to try to turn the baby. If you would rather avoid cesarean, you should try to turn the baby and/or start looking for another doctor/midwife.
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