Anyone ever had a version done?

[rt2008]

I'm more of a lurker on this board and post more on GP, but I figured I'd get more responses on this here!

My doctor said this baby has one more week to turn on her own before we discuss other things.  I've been trying some stuff from that spinning babies website with no results.  I've been feeling the head in the same spot for months now, so I feel like if she was going to turn on her own, she would've by now. But I guess you never know.   

We'll do an ultrasound next week to see the positioning of everything, but my doctor said that by feeling today, the butt seems to be in a good spot to possibly have success with a version, that would have to be done between weeks 36 and 37.  I've watched a few youtube videos of them being done, and some of them had success, some didn't.  All looked like they hurt a little.

Just wondering if anyone every had one done.  And was it successful?  Did it hurt?  Did the baby stay head down until delivery then?

Thanks!

[h]

I posted a thread about this back in March when my son was breach at 35.5 weeks. The stories were pretty mixed, IIRC. I have two friends who have had versions IRL. Neither one succeeded in turning the baby, but the moms said the versions themselves were tolerable.

My son ended up flipping on his on his own between 36 and 37 weeks, so there is still hope.

[catbus]

Yes, and we had a thread on the topic a few months back, actually--here it is. Hopefully others will chime in here, too.

Here's my response from that thread:

Yes!
First of all, I'm sorry you're dealing with this stress. In my case, E was in perfect position from 20-something weeks until 37 weeks. As in, at my 36-week appointment he was still head down, and at 37 weeks he was frank breech. He's always been a squirmy worm.

Anyway, because it was already so late in the game, they wanted to get me in for an ECV pretty much immediately. My doctor said she wanted it done in the following few days, but the only time the hospital could get me in was the next morning. So that night I did all the "spinning babies" exercises I could, hoping by some miracle he would flip, but knowing that was a very short time in which to expect it to happen. But it was worth a try!

So I went in for the ECV the next morning. I'm not going to lie or sugar-coat it; it was very uncomfortable. There was definitely pain, but I was actually able to breathe through it (which gave me hope I could also just breathe through labor contractions to manage pain--HA!). I felt very comfortable with the actual process, though. They gave me an injection of something to relax the uterus, because otherwise the ECV would trigger contractions. They monitored E and me for a while to get a baseline and checked everything again with the ultrasound. For the actual procedure, there was an ultrasound tech, a nurse, and the doctor in the room. The US image was up the whole time so the doctor could see exactly what was going on and ensure the umbilical cord didn't get in the way. She basically placed a hand up at the head and one at the butt, pushed in REALLY hard, and wrenched E back around.

I stayed home the rest of the day. I was sore, tired, and hungry. But hey, no c-section!

Edit: I just went and found my original thread. pandce.proboards.com/thread/54078/ecv-update-success

In my case, I discussed the pros, cons, and risks with my doctor before the procedure and was very comfortable with the success rate of my hospital and of the O.B. who would do the procedure. I'm glad we did it. And yes, it hurt, but I was able to concentrate on breathing to get through the discomfort.

[rt2008]

Jun 12, 2013 12:51:43 GMT -5 catbus said:

Yes, and we had a thread on the topic a few months back, actually--here it is. Hopefully others will chime in here, too.

Here's my response from that thread:

Yes!
First of all, I'm sorry you're dealing with this stress. In my case, E was in perfect position from 20-something weeks until 37 weeks. As in, at my 36-week appointment he was still head down, and at 37 weeks he was frank breech. He's always been a squirmy worm.

Anyway, because it was already so late in the game, they wanted to get me in for an ECV pretty much immediately. My doctor said she wanted it done in the following few days, but the only time the hospital could get me in was the next morning. So that night I did all the "spinning babies" exercises I could, hoping by some miracle he would flip, but knowing that was a very short time in which to expect it to happen. But it was worth a try!

So I went in for the ECV the next morning. I'm not going to lie or sugar-coat it; it was very uncomfortable. There was definitely pain, but I was actually able to breathe through it (which gave me hope I could also just breathe through labor contractions to manage pain--HA!). I felt very comfortable with the actual process, though. They gave me an injection of something to relax the uterus, because otherwise the ECV would trigger contractions. They monitored E and me for a while to get a baseline and checked everything again with the ultrasound. For the actual procedure, there was an ultrasound tech, a nurse, and the doctor in the room. The US image was up the whole time so the doctor could see exactly what was going on and ensure the umbilical cord didn't get in the way. She basically placed a hand up at the head and one at the butt, pushed in REALLY hard, and wrenched E back around.

I stayed home the rest of the day. I was sore, tired, and hungry. But hey, no c-section!

Edit: I just went and found my original thread. pandce.proboards.com/thread/54078/ecv-update-success

In my case, I discussed the pros, cons, and risks with my doctor before the procedure and was very comfortable with the success rate of my hospital and of the O.B. who would do the procedure. I'm glad we did it. And yes, it hurt, but I was able to concentrate on breathing to get through the discomfort.

Thanks for that link!! 

[suburbanzookeeper]

Have you tried a chiropractor certified in the Webster technique? I would try to get into one before I would try an ECV. My chiro has something like an 75-80% success rate, so it may be worth a shot.

You can search for one here, it'll state if they're Webster certified: www.americanpregnancy.org/members/chiropractors