https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:54:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2022378 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:18:30 +0000 Raindrop 2022378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Ah okay thanks for info! I see now. :)</p> <p>@Charm54: Thank you for the well wishes!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021437 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:52:52 +0000 Charm54 2021437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I deleted my comment because I misinterpreted your post... Dd was posterior, not transverse - sorry, mommy brain!</p> <p>I hope your LO flips for you and you are able to get the birth you want! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021421 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:43:52 +0000 Dandelion 2021421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I was gonna have the c section either way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021399 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:46:41 +0000 Mrs.Panda 2021399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: the crunchiest part is that I had visited him at work. LORD HELP ME. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021398 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:44:07 +0000 Raindrop 2021398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Panda: Haha that made me laugh so hard! :) I have a few asian friends like that too. Sorry to hear there aren't that many around you! It is also hard to make new friends. Most of my asian friends are from middle school! Haha.</p> <p>@Kemma: That's such a funny story! Thanks for sharing. I wonder though. :) For me the ECV didn't seem so bad either! Too bad I wasn't eligable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021397 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:39:01 +0000 Kemma 2021397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: my first midwife was quite "crunchy" and her theory was that LO flipped herself breech because I had been really busy and she was trying to get closer to my heartbeat.</p> <p>And my thought process with the ECV was that the risk of an early c-section was tiny at 0.05% but even with only a 50% success rate it at least still gave me a shot at a "normal" delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021396 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:35:25 +0000 Mrs.Panda 2021396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: my mom has her fair share of superstitions! Just not many related to pregnancy. She did say things about like cravings and stuff like that, just nothing about positioning or anything more concrete. I wish I had more Asian friends, there just aren't that many around here. The last encounter I had with an Asian acquaintance, he started gesturing to a very crowded room and saying "F these white people!" It was a strange experience lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021395 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:32:07 +0000 Raindrop 2021395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Panda: Thank you for the tip! It's nice to know those excerises worked for you! :)</p> <p>Having so many asian family and friends is both a blessing and a curse ... especially when it comes to supersitions. :) Sometimes they are in your favor which makes you feel good and some times they are not! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021393 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:27:55 +0000 Mrs.Panda 2021393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: lol I don't really have many Asian friends, just my mom, and she wouldn't tell me anything like that because she always defers to me on anything medical since I'm a nurse :silly: though I will say those breech baby moves from spinning babies really worked. She would keep flipping back to transverse, I would do the moves before an ultrasound and she would get in the right position. Try it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021391 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:22:42 +0000 Raindrop 2021391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: Half of the people I know passed on ECV too! They thought if that the baby will do it naturally if it was meant to be. I wish I was that easy going! I just took my OB advise. :) Thanks for the well wishes and sharing your story!</p> <p>@Mrs.Panda: Haha that's good to know! Thanks for sharing. Yeah I'm a little suspious of that old wives tale! Also every asian person I know told me not to do the ECV and *just* talk to the baby ... he will turn if I talk to him enough. OMG asian supersitions really kill me because ALL of my asian friends and family truely truely believe it and tell me things like they are serious facts and forget what doctors says. Grrr! Well they got their way I couldn't even get an ECV! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021389 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:18:01 +0000 Mrs.Panda 2021389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I'm half Korean and never got that advice, though she was never too much trouble in the womb, just wiggly. Now I think she is just normal, fussy at her wonder weeks but overall a good baby. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021388 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:16:22 +0000 erwoo 2021388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is always a chance but prepare for anything, really. My oldest was transverse and then went breech on me around 33/34 weeks. I know there is a window to do ECV according to my OB. I passed on it b/c I was afraid of the risks of going into labor early. I ended up with a c-section b/c he just didn't move. Aside from funny legs (he was jack knifed!) he was fine and his legs were fine after some swaddling. ;) Good luck and I hope he turns at the last minute! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021372 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:28:38 +0000 Raindrop 2021372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Thank you for the info! I'm surprised they didn't check before opening you up.... my OB said that they will check before the c-section to make sure he's breech before surgery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021371 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:25:14 +0000 Raindrop 2021371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: Oh very interesting. Thanks for the info... All the stuff on the internets say that it's a definite c-section for transverse babies. Good to know you were able to delivery vaginally still!</p> <p>@lollipop: Sweet! Did you do anything special to encourage your baby to turn or did it just happen without doing anything?</p> <p>@Kemma: Thanks for the advise. Seriously every free moment will be doing something to try to get this kid to turn now. Haha. I'm glad I'm not the only one doing stuff like this. </p> <p>@Happygal: Fingers crossed for you too girl! </p> <p>@twodoghouse: I remember reading your birth story!! What an interesting birth. Thank you for resharing! I'm so happy for your twins.</p> <p>@Rockies11: That makes me feel so much better! Thank you so much. It gives me hope the ECV they do on my c-section day might be successful. </p> <p>@808love: Haha Thank you thank you! :)</p> <p>@Mrs.Panda: Wow your little one was quite a mover! Thanks for sharing. How is she? My Asian family and friends keep telling me... that trouble in the womb means easy going baby. :) So not to worry... once he's out.. he will be a breeze... I'm not sure if that's true. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021370 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:07:34 +0000 Mrs.Panda 2021370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep during the last couple of weeks my LO flipped all over, usually staying transverse. She was breech when my c-section was scheduled and when they did an ultrasound to confirm her position the week of the procedure, she had flipped head down. The night before I thought I felt her transverse, and I guess I was right. Even though she ended up head down I still ended up with a section due to failure to progress after induction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021155 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:24:17 +0000 808love 2021155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: lol! LO was breech at one point then went transverse. Don't get me wrong,<br /> I did no singing!! DH did flashlight with iPod then we tried ukulele and guitar. Have fun and I pray all goes smoothly with delivery, one way or another. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021147 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:16:56 +0000 Rockies11 2021147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I don't have any stats or anything except to say that transverse is a lot more hopeful than the full breeches. Mine was in a really awkward Frank Breech and didn't budge an inch on the ECV attempts. I know from my reading and from all the doctors that transverse had a way, way higher chance of a successful flip. With Frank Breech, they gave me 20 percent odds of success with an ECV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021133 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:04:54 +0000 twodoghouse 2021133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was transverse the whole time, but he was a twin so he didn't have room to flip on his own. Since my daughter was head down, we proceeded with a vaginal delivery with the hope that he would turn one way or the other once she was out. (Breech delivery usually isn't a problem in twin deliveries as the first baby "paves the way" so to speak). After my daughter was born, my son actually went further up into my ribs so I had two midwives ready to go to attempt the external version. We lost his heartbeat trying to turn him so he ended up a csection. I really hope your little one turns on his own soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021103 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:44:28 +0000 Happygal 2021103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following along as we're in the same boat, although I'm a little further ahead of you!</p> <p>I read this today and was a good reminder about the necessity of keeping a sense of humor: <a href="http://www.pregnantchicken.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/2011/7/24/how-to-turn-a-breech-baby.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pregnantchicken.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/2011/7/24/how-to-turn-a-breech-baby.html</a></p> <p>I'm not going crazy with it, but I have done the frat girl, the sweaty vampire, and the Ice, Ice Baby (coupled with a heating pad down below as a nice alternative for her to flip towards). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021101 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:43:40 +0000 Kemma 2021101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: my first LO flipped herself breech at around 34 weeks and would occasionally hangout in a transerse position trying to flip herself back round. I had a successful, quick and painless ECV at just over 38 weeks and went on to have a vaginal delivery at 41+ weeks.</p> <p>I spent lots of time crawling on my hands and knees and lying upside down on a strong board with my feet on the couch and head close to the floor. Fingers crossed that Babe flips for you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021100 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:43:21 +0000 Dandelion 2021100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M was transverse all through my third trimester. On the Friday before my Monday c section, he was still transverse on the ultrasound. When they opened me up Monday morning, he was head down.</p> <p>Eta: c section was at 39 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021094 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:39:18 +0000 lollipop 2021094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was still transverse breech at my 36 wks appt. I'm not sure when he turned but at my US at 38 weeks, he flipped head down on his own. I hope you baby turns soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021080 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:30:55 +0000 Charm54 2021080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021065 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:20:10 +0000 Raindrop 2021065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: Good to hear! Haha... I just read about the flashlight and putting an ice pack on the top of your tummy... (has an ice pack right now). I didn't read about the singing but I will try that!! Well more likely blasting music down there from my ipod. Haha. I'm not a good singer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021062 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:18:07 +0000 808love 2021062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: it happened to me too. LO was transverse so we scheduled a csection right around my due date. Cancelled it, she turned again, then she flipped just in time for regular head down delivery.<br /> The funniest thing we tried was a flashlight and singing songs 'down there.' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021061 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:17:41 +0000 Raindrop 2021061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GrapeCrush: Great second story! This is actually my second baby too! My first baby was head down for basically my whole pregnancy. So this kid has a good amount of room to move... if he "wants" to being the key. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021058 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:15:26 +0000 Raindrop 2021058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Good story, Thanks for sharing!</p> <p>Yeah my OB and the doctor today said that babies kind of have their own minds... doing the spinning baby things and all the other stuff could help because it definitely doesn't hurt but sometimes kids will just do what they want. :) I'm glad it worked out for you! </p> <p>I'm trying anything now ... The only thing I can't do is the swimming pool thing since I don't have access to one that I know of. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021056 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:14:08 +0000 GrapeCrush 2021056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: no problem, glad I could ease your mind a little bit, and hopefully baby cooperates and flips. Also, my sisters 2nd was breech and flipped around 38-39 weeks as well, not sure which breech she was though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021050 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:10:44 +0000 Anagram 2021050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I was told my baby was transverse at maybe 34 weeks? I posted about it back then freaking out. I did all the spinning babies stuff constantly, even at work, and I had a couple moxibustion appointments and I turned upside down in the swimming pool all the time(it was summer and our building had a pool). I had a positioning ultrasound at 38 weeks and she was head down....</p> <p>But I never felt her move, so who knows if anything helped or if she did it on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transverse-baby-question#post-2021045 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:08:00 +0000 Raindrop 2021045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GrapeCrush: Excellent story! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much for sharing! (sorry so many ! just excited to hear about this) Hehe. :) </p>