tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881901.post3595903093737922026..comments2009-03-09T16:44:36.213+11:00Bianca Nogradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851299500645706870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881901.post-30259265573697087892009-03-09T16:44:00.000+11:002009-03-09T16:44:00.000+11:00Hi Jodi<BR/>thanks so much for all that info - very good to know. Unfortunately, the chances are very high that we'll end up with a caesarean as there's only one obstetrician at the hospital who does breech deliveries, and he's only on two days a week. If I go into labour any other time then it's an emergency caesar. <BR/>So I'm just crossing my fingers (and legs!) and hoping it all happens when he's available. In which case your comments will be really useful, so thanks.<BR/>But whatever the outcome, we're just looking forward to meeting our stubborn 'I won't turn for anyone' little offspring!<BR/>bBianca Nogradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851299500645706870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881901.post-84822278347823467222009-03-08T09:45:00.000+11:002009-03-08T09:45:00.000+11:00Bianca,<BR/>I read your article at The Australian with great interest. In 2007 I published a magazine about breech birth - collecting up wisdom and birth stories that had been lost, or were about to be lost in the fear breech births. I'd love to share it with you.<BR/><BR/>The crazy thing is - knowing women who have had both a breech bith and a 'head down' birth - they all say the same thing - give me a breech birth any day. It isn't as painful or hard so they say.<BR/><BR/>If you are looking for some more informtion and support - New Zealand midwife Maggie Banks has written a book about breech birthing.<BR/><BR/>There are four basic rules to birthing a breech baby, which the hands on interventionist mode of practise can't deal with:<BR/><BR/>1. The room must be warm - so when the bottom emerges the cold air doesn't shock the baby into breathing before the head it out.<BR/><BR/>2. Birth upright - kneeling, standing.<BR/><BR/>3. Hands off! Don't touch the baby as it is emerging - again it may stimulate the baby to breath or to deflex it's head before the whole baby is born.<BR/><BR/>4. Don't push until fully dilated - midwives will encourage women to fight the urge to push until it's absolutely overwhelming, ensuring that the cervix is fully dilated<BR/><BR/>The other thing is - if the fear of the medical establishment gets too much - step out. There ARE still homebirth midwives who support women to birth breech babies.<BR/><BR/>Good luck and blessings on your journeyJodi Cleghornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808676742258881407noreply@blogger.com