Because of these risks, doctors will generally not agree to
do vaginal breech births, and will instead insist on delivering the baby by c - section as it is safer for both the mother and the baby.
Why is it that the 1950's era doctors could
do vaginal breech deliveries but not the 21st century ones?
Not exact matches
Second, hospital - based midwives
do not have a universal mandate that prevents them from attending
vaginal breech births.
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.
ROTHMANAnd I think it's also true that it is possible to
do a safe
vaginal breech delivery.
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).
Breech / VBAC cesarean section protocols do not differentiate between small and large fetuses: Vaginal breech delivery of 2500 g is
Breech / VBAC cesarean section protocols
do not differentiate between small and large fetuses:
Vaginal breech delivery of 2500 g is
breech delivery of 2500 g is safe.
But I was being told by my midwives that I was THE perfect candidate to attempt a
vaginal breech delivery... if I could find an experienced doctor willing to
do it.
I don't offer
vaginal breech deliveries (not even in the case of after - coming twin) due to lack of experience and clearly better outcomes with c / s.
OBs don't because they just
do c - sections right away so they never learned how to handle
vaginal breech delivery.
Later, it turned out the research said that
vaginal birth for
breeches should only be
done in hospital where interventions could be resorted to in a timely fashion if
vaginal birth failed which it
did for Sara.
The primary problem with this plan was that he rotated call with two other doctors who
did not agree to a
vaginal breech.
But having risks in a
vaginal birth
does not erase the risks of cesarean birth, which are also higher for
breech babies than for vertex babies.
She reiterated that the other OB
did not want to try and ECV, and it was far too dangerous to try a
vaginal breech delivery.