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Re: Breech Baby - EXTERNAL VERSION & INDUCTION
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:26:57 -0600 (CST)
Unfortunately big hips do not always= big pelvis. Again with an
unfavorable cervix, an induction may do nothing. If baby is flip
flopping, why not just wait for labor, if it is vertex when labor
begins, wait and see, if it is breech when labor begins, do a c section.
At Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Tracy wrote:
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>Hi! Thanks for the quick response. I am 24, this is my first baby. My
>fundal measurements are about 2 weeks ahead, but I don't know the size
>of my uterus. My hips are LARGE and I've always joked that I'd have no
>problems with having a baby vaginally.
>
>Doctors here in the UK deliver vaginal breeches all the time (so they
>say) but I am VERY concerned about this, and don't want to do it. I
>have been drinking red raspberry leaf tea for weeks and have looooaaaads
>of BHs, but who knows how my cervix is because they don't routinely do
>internals here either....
>
>I would not want to try an external UNLESS they were to induce
>immediately, because I think there are too many risks to the baby to go
>without monitoring, particularly when my baby has been flipping around
>like crazy... What do you all think?
>
>At Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
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>>Many factors at stake here: Is your pelvis average, or small? Also,
>>induction is not going to be real productive if cervix is not favorable.
>>Just because baby may get turned to vertex does not immediately mean
>>cervix is going to be ready. I have seen external versions, some have
>>worked, but majority did not. Is this baby #1? If not how big were
>>other baby's? Most of the OB's I know would most likely not do a vaginal
>>birth on a 1st time mom with a breech baby. Bottom line: what do YOU
>>want?
>>
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