Breech? Can u tell?

[nats77]

Hi ladies I am almost 36 weeks, I just wondered if anyone knew how to tell if baby is breech?
I had midwife today but had to cancel as my youngest has been poorly, next appointment is next weds, so will find out then for sure I guess but just wondered in the mean time if anyone could help?
Thank you xx

 

[tuppance]

I always go by where the hiccups are; at the moment they are just by my pelvis so I presume it's head down. When they are under my ribs I know it's flipped again. I don't think this is an official way of doing it, but it works for me!

 

[nats77]

Hmmm not sure that works for me lol hiccups are sort of in the middle? Thank you for your reply though xx

 

[Skywalker]

Like pp said, hiccups can be telling, but for me personally, my little womb tenant will kick the crap out of my bladder and cervix when he's breech. Not every woman can feel their baby's movements because I think it depends on where the placenta is, but I can feel EVERYTHING which is both good and bad It's very, very bad for me when he's breech. I'll be minding my own business and suddenly I get a swift kick in the cervix and it feels like his little foot is going to break through and fall out my lady parts Or I'll get a swift kick in the bladder and have to pee really badly. It's the most uncomfortable thing I've ever felt. If you're not able to feel your baby's movements easily, it might be a little harder for you to know, but your midwife or doctor can tell by feeling your belly and also can tell by ultrasound, so it won't be a mystery forever I personally hate nothing more in this pregnancy then when my baby flips breech and when he has (it's been about two or three times) I dedicate myself fully to doing exercises that flip him head down again and it always works

 

[emalou90]

I had cervix kicks, thinking it was head, it was feet!
Hiccups have varied from up high to the side, hardly ever down bellow my belly button.

Pain under my ribs where her head is pushed.

Midwife should be able to tell if it's head down or not, if she suspects breech she'll send you for a scan

xx

 

[flowergirl7]

Hiccups is the way I can tell or guess.

 

[brownlieB]

My midwife told me my LO is breech she said heads wobble bums don't. So if you're lying down and do a bit of belly prodding and you find a round wobbly bit, it's likely to be a head xx

 

[cait]

My kicks are strongest at the top of my bump and baby has been head down or oblique last two checks. So that's how I keep track, but I'm never too sure.

 

[nats77]

Thanks ladies, it's mainly because I could feel a very obvious bottom and back before ( confirmed by midwife ) then after about half an hour of very uncomfortable baby movements I can now no longer feel bum or back just lots of lumps and bumps! I feel just about every movement I think as my placenta is at the back, oh well midwife next weds so should know more then. Will be 37 weeks nearly then so getting close and all my babies have come early! So hope they get it sorted in time lol xx

 

[Tasha]

I found it hard to tell, my oldest even the mw's couldnt decide if it were a very boney bum or a head

Cant believe you are 36 weeks Nat

 

[nats77]

I know Tash!! I can't quite believe it myself!! It's gone so quick, cannot wait to have her safe in my arms xx

 

[MummyToAmberx]

this any good?
https://spinningbabies.com/baby-positions/belly-mapping

 

[hopeforamirac]

hiccups is the main way of me knowing which way she is lying. hope you find out soon

 

[bamm]

All I can say, is that when I thought he wasn't head down (either trans or breech) I never had heartburn, no lightning crotch, hiccups were higher and on the sides etc, the days before my 36 week appt my heartburn appeared out of the blue, a new pain in my hips, more crotch pain, and lo and behold - head down!

 

[nats77]

Ok so I feel hiccups about halfway up ( sort of in line with belly button) and on the right hand side so what would this mean? Xx

 

[Melly Belly]

I have never been able to tell, myself...all i knew is some part of her was mashing itself into my ribs when i was sitting, and i could feel movements best when laying on my left side, with my hand just below or at my hip on the right side...at our scan at 32 weeks, she was breech, a check two weeks ago my OB wasnt 100% sure but she thought she was feeling head rather than butt..and we had a check tuesday (she was more sure it was a head this time) and they did a quick scan also, and theyre saying she is head down now...so yayyyy! she finally turned at 38 weeks...now if she will just stay that way, that would be fantastic!

 

[xdxxtx]

If you have a doppler or know someone whose doppler you could use for a moment, you can tell by listening with that. If the heartbeat is above your belly button, baby is breech. If the heartbeat is about even with your belly button, baby is transverse or oblique. If the heartbeat is lower than your belly button, baby is head down. But that's only helpful if you have a doppler.

My baby is head down, and I usually feel movements in my pelvis. I can feel her moving her arms and bringing her feet up to her face very often. When she was sideways, when I laid down, I could feel her head or her bum popping out of my side, and it was extremely uncomfortable, so I knew. My first baby was breech at 35 weeks, and I only knew because of the doppler - I still felt the movements down low, but they were kicks and not punches, which I couldn't tell the difference on at the time.

Hope you figure this out! If you're feeling lumps and bumps, perhaps baby is posterior (back-to-back) and should be facing the other direction. It's safe to go on all fours to help swing her around, and it can't hurt, but you have to do this for at least an hour at a time. It's a great exercise for getting any baby into a better position, though.

 

[nats77]

That's great thank you, I have a Doppler so will try and see where I hear her heart beat! Thank you will update once I've done it xx

 

[jenmcn1]

My 2nd baby was breech and kept flipping (I had too much amniotic fluid). One of the biggest clues for me was I had a hard time sitting straight up, super super tight at the top of my belly, and at one point my girl was transverse and I could feel her bum on one side, and her head on the other. It's hard to explain, but it was SUCH a different feeling than when baby is head down.

 

[KJM2]

My lo was breech but wasn't picked up until I was 40+1. But in hindsight with lo I always had this hard lump at the top of my bump I thought it was babys bum but was actually his head.