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Breech baby turns twice
Terry Murphy, DC
Hastings, New Zealand
We recently turned a baby at 36 weeks. Mother supine. I mentally asked the baby via OD if it was ready to turn and got a Yes, and if it was safe, also Yes. I tapped a few times lateral to the baby's bottom and head. Baby turned then and there, confirmed the next day by ultrasound.
Five weeks later, a scan showed the baby in posterior presentation. Same procedure and baby turned again. We could see its little hand moving across the mother's abdomen.
The baby was born vaginally the next morning, vacuum-assisted. We saw the baby at 5 days to correct the birth traumas. He is a very healthy boy and as he was an IVF baby, he is very precious to the parents and grandparents.
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