This dramatic increase was a result of several changes in the practice environment, including the introduction of electronic fetal monitoring and a decrease in operative vaginal deliveries and attempts
at vaginal breech deliveries (8 — 11).
Your practitioner may be skilled
at vaginal breech birth or refer you to someone who is, if you are a good candidate, while others may suggest a cesarean birth if your baby does not turn.
Not exact matches
My daughter our 2nd was born
at home in a planned
vaginal frank
breech home birth with an experienced CPM in NC (not legal here alas) that I had seen my entire pregnancy.
Dr. Lane and her team currently offer
vaginal breech birth and attendance
at twin deliveries as an option for appropriate candidates following a thorough informed consent.
While only half of all women carrying a
breech presenting baby
at term prove to be an appropriate candidate for
vaginal breech birth, our staff is well - prepared to support your informed choice.
Dr. Lane had the pleasure of managing three simulated
vaginal breech births as the primary midwife, assisting
at three more, and observing an additional 86
vaginal breech birth deliveries.
Besides the personal experience of birthing my daughters (
at hospital, birth center, and home) I also have professional experience with the following: Hospital birth Birth center birth Home birth Water birth
Vaginal breech birth Successful VBAC Hypnosis for pain relief (both HypnoBabies and HypnoBirthing) Premature birth... Continue reading Labor Doula
Of particular salience will be changes in regulations overseeing licensed midwife attendance
at births for mothers undergoing a
vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC),
breech birth presentation, and multiple fetuses...
Someone, probably, will say seriously, that it's ONLY the homebirth midwives who are respecting a woman's right to a
vaginal breech, twin, or post dates birth
at home, and HER right to the lower rate of intervention
at home trumps the mythical rights of the baby, and that since it's the sisters in chains that are taking back a woman's right to physiologic birth where SHE wants it that IF there is an increased risk to the baby it's the mother's right to take that risk.
In 2002, when my first baby was still
breech at 34 weeks, my obstetrician flat - out refused to attempt a
vaginal delivery as did every single other doctor
at the military base where we lived (I was required to deliver
at the base hospital or else pay for the entire cost out - of - pocket, which we could not afford).
Your baby is in a
breech position (head up, feet or buttocks down) and your caregiver isn't skilled
at assisting
vaginal breech birth.
In 2000, Hannah et al published the findings of a randomised multicentre trial into planned caesarean section versus planned
vaginal birth for
breech presentation
at term.
While he's
at it, he should look
at the studies that suggest that
breech babies may fare equally regardless of method of delivery, C - section or
vaginal delivery, despite the current obstetrical obsession for performing surgery.
We recommend using measures to turn the baby (external cephalic version) to prevent
breech presentation
at birth and counselling women who want to proceed with a
vaginal breech birth.»