Turning the Baby: Breech and ECV Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe breech pregnancy and external cephalic version, the hands-on attempt to turn a baby head-down. Most found out late: at a thirty-six-week growth scan, at a final check at thirty-eight weeks, or with one little foot late at night. The writers include an accountant, a Year Two teacher whose class had plenty of advice, a midwife of sixteen years, a doula, a nurse far from home in Doha, fathers holding hands and talking to the bump, and a mother of three boys expecting her fourth. They write from Leeds to Lagos and from Bergen to Cape Town. Some had a turn that worked within minutes, a second try under a spinal, or a turn after an earlier caesarean. Others tried moxibustion and everything on the internet, said no to the turn, chose a planned caesarean, or drove ninety minutes each way to find a team for a planned breech birth. Twins, a low placenta, low fluid, O negative blood, a fibroid and finger pricks four times a day all shaped decisions. Not everything went to plan: one baby turned back, one heartbeat dropped and led to an emergency caesarean, one mother bled after a successful turn, and another was caught out by sadness afterwards.

Who it's for

For anyone told late in pregnancy that their baby is breech and weighing a turn, a planned caesarean or a breech birth, and for the partners, doulas and midwives beside them.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 285 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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