PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for August, 1999: Re: Breach births inherited?

Re: Breach births inherited?

From: Marshella

anonymous@obgyn.net

Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:52:07 -0500 (CDT)

I've seen this question and its answer before, and there has not been, to my knowledge, any relationship shown that breech births are in any way hereditary. In other circumstances, such as smaller babies or babies born early, there is a slight increase for breech presentation. 27 years ago most doctors didn't know if a baby was breech until labor, and same for the sex of the baby not known until its born. With many women now having ultrasounds, though, some are known around time of delivery what position the baby is in, but not all.

There are some birthing centers that offer a water birth. You might want to look into that as another option. You need to think very carefully about this. I proclaim myself to be the biggest medical wimp ever, in all honesty, but I have promised my husband and family that I would have a hospital birth. I'm not happy about it, believe me, but I know deep down that my husband want's this baby more than even I do, and if anything should go wrong because of me wanting to be more comfortable for a day or so of my life that could have been corrected or handled better in a hospital, I could not live with the life long disappointment and loss I've created for my family. I'm willing to put my own comfort above that of the comfort/needs of my yet to be born baby as far as birth, but I can't do that for my family. Even though I'm a risk taker otherwise, I want to bungee jump, for instance, my family is very nervous about it and thus I haven't jumped yet. I try to turn it around and think of things if I were in their shoes. What if I died bungee jumping, what if it was them that did when I had reservations about it to begin with? Relationships are constant give and take, and I'm not trying to say I'm always the one giving or giving in, I don't want to paint that picture, but one does have to carefully decide on the real important issues. This is not only my child that I'm expecting, its also my husband's and other family member's new relative.

Good luck whatever you decide to do, and congrats on your pregnancy!

-- Marshella (edd #1 2/10/00, after 5.5 yrs infertility)

At Wed, 18 Aug 1999, jenny wrote: > >My mother had a breech delivery with both her children. I was >wondering, does this increase my odds of having breach children? Her >deliveries were about 27 years ago, and the doctor did not realize they >were breach until she was delivering. I am pondering a home water >birth, and would seriously rethink this if I thought there was a good >chance of unknowingly delivering breach at home. My mother is just sure >I'll have the same problems she had, making her very anxious at the >mention of a home birth. > >Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >-- >Thanks! >Jenny

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