"low normal" amniotic fluid and external cephalic version

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I'm 34w 1d preganant with a breech baby- - he was breech at 28 weeks confirmed through ultrasound and since that time (when I was able to tell the difference between his head and other parts), I've checked several times a day and have noted that he's never been head down (at least while I've been awake!). He moves a lot, but his head stays between about 11am and 1pm...when I expressed this to my ob/gyn, he did an ultrasound to check growth, proportion and amniotic fluid levels (33w 3 days). His opinion was that the baby appears to be normally developing and proportional, but my amniotic fluid looks "low normal" which may be why the baby isn't able to turn himself. I was disappointed that the ob/gyn now feels that I "won't likely be a candidate for version"...as amniotic fluid tends to decline towards term and my level is about 7 or 8 right now (whatever the unit of measurement is)....

My question is: how low does ones amniotic fluid levels have to be before version is contraindicated. I can understand it if you really have oligohydramnios, but is "low normal" a real reason to rule out version? I really don't want a c-section if I can avoid it.

Thank you for your help.

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Delany Thrasher, PhD

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