Turning a breech baby

This is a really beautiful website about baby positioning and turning breech babies - The Miles Circuit.

Optimal Fetal Positioning

‘Optimal Fetal Positioning‘ (OFP) is a theory developed by a midwife, Jean Sutton, and Pauline Scott, an antenatal teacher, who found that the mother’s position and movement could influence the way her baby lay in the womb in the final weeks of pregnancy. Many difficult labors result from ‘malpresentation’, where the baby’s position makes it hard for the head to move through the pelvis, so changing the way the baby lies could make birth easier for mother and child.

Read the rest of the piece here....

External version video - turning a breech

I was asked for some info on external versions -- here is a video that shows what happens pretty well. The first comment says she "must" have had an epidural, but I had one with my first baby, and I'm not saying it wasn't uncomfortable, but I didn't think it was anywhere near THAT painful.

A footling breech birth

A footling breech birth -- beautiful and incredible!

(And not appropriate for watching at work...)

Webster's Technique

Four Techniques To Flip Your Breech Baby

Breech Babies Can Turn In Labor and/or Birth Vaginally

Breech Babies Can Turn In Labor and/or Birth Vaginally

An Informed and Educated Breech Birth

An Informed and Educated Breech Birth

Overcoming Fear to Experience Raw Power - Birth Story

I love the birth stories on Birth Without Fear. This one is about something many women find a struggle - Overcoming Fear. You can do it!

(Plus it is a breech story!)

Eight Ways to Turn a Breech Baby

Are you concerned your baby might be breech? Here is a blog post from Birth Sense on what it means for a baby to be breech, and some ideas on turning baby.

Breech Birth Stories

It's important to know that babies can be born in the breech position - and it's important that our health care providers know how to help facilitate that! Here is a personal story of babies turning mid-labor. Just because they start out one way doesn't mean that's the way they'll stay!

Breech Babies