anyone heard of spinningbabies?

[sarack]

www.spinningbabies.com

I was on a multiples board and they were talking about that this website really helps to get baby a vertex. if you didn't know, if you have 2 babies, generally they want baby a in position, head down, to even consider a vaginal delivery. also, twins/multiples don't tend to flip last minute.. but some have..

anyone heard of this website/used it?

[picksthemusic]

Yes, I learned about it when I was pregnant.

My birth class instructor gave a good piece of advice, too. Get into a swimming pool, go under water, and turn upside down. This will make baby(ies) turn head down (theoretically).

Other good ways to get baby to turn head down is to lay at an incline (head down, which can be uncomfortable, but it's not for long), and have Daddy talk to your belly near the base of your belly to get baby to move there (they will go towards the sound of his voice).

Of course, I wouldn't worry about that until about 30 weeks or so. They will move a LOT, and will be doing full-on somersaults in there.

[Deleted]

I don't know that website but I have a friend who is a doula and our mutual friend's baby kept flipping breech near the end of her pregnancy. The doula friend would frequently work and get the baby to spin back to the correct position. Taking a quick glance at the site (and not having been there when the doula was working), it looks like some good advice. I can ask her for her opinion on the website if you'd like.

[jennlin]

haven't heard of this website specifically, but i know there are ways to try and make your baby face down..exercise, acupuncture, acupressure...

[catbus]

Yes, it's a great resource. E was head-down forever, until 37 weeks, when he flipped to frank breech. Awesome. Unfortunately by that point, we didn't have much time to work with to encourage him to flip back on his own, and I ended up going in to Swedish for an external cephalic version, which I'm sure is NEVER performed for multiples (risk of complications would be too great). I only had one full day to try to get him to flip, and I tried pretty much everything on that site. If nothing else, it doesn't hurt to try. They do warn to not do the exercises if there's a chance baby is already in the correct position, because then it could just flip back to breech.

[sarack]

Mar 29, 2013 12:01:50 GMT -5 @legalbritt said:

It's so weird that you mentioned this b/c just this morning I was thinking about what you could do to avoid a c-section and how you could get your babies in position and Spinning Babies came to mind. My BFF used it but it didn't help her. It turned out that she had a wonky shaped uterus though so nothing she did would have helped. I went to pre natal yoga every Sunday for 2 hours and some of the positions we got in really encouraged a good, head down position. I suggest you try that! It also makes you feel great and you get commiserate with other expectant mamas.

picksthemusic - i've heard different things about multiples, because they don't have as much room, although it's definitely possible.  

@legalbritt - you are so sweet. i think i'll probably start doing this. i'm hoping that @jennuinne & i will start doing prenatal yoga soon!

[sarack]

Mar 29, 2013 12:08:47 GMT -5 catbus said:

Yes, it's a great resource. E was head-down forever, until 37 weeks, when he flipped to frank breech. Awesome. Unfortunately by that point, we didn't have much time to work with to encourage him to flip back on his own, and I ended up going in to Swedish for an external cephalic version, which I'm sure is NEVER performed for multiples (risk of complications would be too great). I only had one full day to try to get him to flip, and I tried pretty much everything on that site. If nothing else, it doesn't hurt to try. They do warn to not do the exercises if there's a chance baby is already in the correct position, because then it could just flip back to breech.

thank you for the advice! i'll talk to my doctor about the website, and ask what she thinks. also, i'm not going to worry about this until much later. i just feel like with all i've read and talking to other friends who've had multiples and/or are overweight/heavier, it seems like doctors don't really give you a chance to try to have a vaginal birth. i'll do whatever i can, with the safety of the babies in mind first, to delivery vaginally.. but if c section is what it is, then that's what it is.

[picksthemusic]

Mar 29, 2013 13:21:13 GMT -5 sarack said:

Mar 29, 2013 12:08:47 GMT -5 catbus said:

Yes, it's a great resource. E was head-down forever, until 37 weeks, when he flipped to frank breech. Awesome. Unfortunately by that point, we didn't have much time to work with to encourage him to flip back on his own, and I ended up going in to Swedish for an external cephalic version, which I'm sure is NEVER performed for multiples (risk of complications would be too great). I only had one full day to try to get him to flip, and I tried pretty much everything on that site. If nothing else, it doesn't hurt to try. They do warn to not do the exercises if there's a chance baby is already in the correct position, because then it could just flip back to breech.

thank you for the advice! i'll talk to my doctor about the website, and ask what she thinks. also, i'm not going to worry about this until much later. i just feel like with all i've read and talking to other friends who've had multiples and/or are overweight/heavier, it seems like doctors don't really give you a chance to try to have a vaginal birth. i'll do whatever i can, with the safety of the babies in mind first, to delivery vaginally.. but if c section is what it is, then that's what it is.

So, there's a video out there (I'll see if I can find it) of a mom having an at-home unassisted (NOT RECOMMENDED) birth of her twins. She also had a toddler that was nurisng while she was laboring, and the H was videotaping the whole time. He barely helped her, which was weird. They used shoe laces to tie off the umbilical cords. Baby A came out head first and was fine, Baby B came out foot first (!!!) and eventually came out. It. Was. Nuts. I'll link the video if I find it.

[catbus]

Mar 29, 2013 13:28:11 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Mar 29, 2013 13:21:13 GMT -5 sarack said:

thank you for the advice! i'll talk to my doctor about the website, and ask what she thinks. also, i'm not going to worry about this until much later. i just feel like with all i've read and talking to other friends who've had multiples and/or are overweight/heavier, it seems like doctors don't really give you a chance to try to have a vaginal birth. i'll do whatever i can, with the safety of the babies in mind first, to delivery vaginally.. but if c section is what it is, then that's what it is.

So, there's a video out there (I'll see if I can find it) of a mom having an at-home unassisted (NOT RECOMMENDED) birth of her twins. She also had a toddler that was nurisng while she was laboring, and the H was videotaping the whole time. He barely helped her, which was weird. They used shoe laces to tie off the umbilical cords. Baby A came out head first and was fine, Baby B came out foot first (!!!) and eventually came out. It. Was. Nuts. I'll link the video if I find it.

 That just sounds chaotic to me. I was present at a good friend's (singleton) home birth. It was very clean and attended by two midwives. Friend's toddler son was present for his brother's birth, but was not nursing. No shoelaces involved.  

[jennlin]

omg picks, that's insane!

[picksthemusic]

Yeah, our jaws were on the floor the entire time. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen that wasn't fictional.

[sarack]

Mar 29, 2013 13:28:11 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Mar 29, 2013 13:21:13 GMT -5 sarack said:

thank you for the advice! i'll talk to my doctor about the website, and ask what she thinks. also, i'm not going to worry about this until much later. i just feel like with all i've read and talking to other friends who've had multiples and/or are overweight/heavier, it seems like doctors don't really give you a chance to try to have a vaginal birth. i'll do whatever i can, with the safety of the babies in mind first, to delivery vaginally.. but if c section is what it is, then that's what it is.

So, there's a video out there (I'll see if I can find it) of a mom having an at-home unassisted (NOT RECOMMENDED) birth of her twins. She also had a toddler that was nurisng while she was laboring, and the H was videotaping the whole time. He barely helped her, which was weird. They used shoe laces to tie off the umbilical cords. Baby A came out head first and was fine, Baby B came out foot first (!!!) and eventually came out. It. Was. Nuts. I'll link the video if I find it.

their shoe laces? is that even sanitary? this is all majorly concerning.

[cdmay]

Mar 29, 2013 14:19:06 GMT -5 sarack said:

Mar 29, 2013 13:28:11 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

So, there's a video out there (I'll see if I can find it) of a mom having an at-home unassisted (NOT RECOMMENDED) birth of her twins. She also had a toddler that was nurisng while she was laboring, and the H was videotaping the whole time. He barely helped her, which was weird. They used shoe laces to tie off the umbilical cords. Baby A came out head first and was fine, Baby B came out foot first (!!!) and eventually came out. It. Was. Nuts. I'll link the video if I find it.

their shoe laces? is that even sanitary? this is all majorly concerning.

That's terrible (and no, not sanitary!).  And it makes me mad b/c not only was it a bad choice on their part, it is what give non-hospital births a bad name.