mkat

breech baby

Posted on 05/13/08, 03:47 pm

Anyone know of any moves or positions to try for getting a baby to turn?

Mine is breech right now (still only 29 weeks).
I would like to promote him to turn naturally.

• Reply #1 05/13/08  7:19pm
  
  mkat
  okay... just an update..
  
  I found cat/cow, shoulder stand, and child's pose...
  
  any others?
• Reply #2 05/13/08  8:36pm
  
  mkat
  found more answers in july babies group
  http://dailystrength.org/groups/ju...
  
  i never realized that balancing the meridians and opening the root chakras would help.. it makes total sense.
  
  and acupuncture is supposedd to help- I read that a bunch of places online too (I hate needles though)
  
• Reply #3 05/14/08  8:10pm
  
  AnneL
  M. be really careful of any inverted poses. Make sure you get the OK. Most ob-gyn's will say 'no' to inversions during pregnancy. Maybe leg-up-the-wall would be better than shoulder stand? Be gentle with yourself. You know well enough the baby could shift positions on his/her own. So maybe give them the opportunity to do that and be gentle and slow with poses that are supposed to help. Are you going to a pre-natal class, that's the thing I would tell you to do right now.
• Reply #4 05/15/08  8:04am
  
  mkat
  i really wasn't planning on shoulder stand. I didn't like the idea of it.
  
  now cat/cow is a much better idea. I have no problems with that.. actually I have done it on accident to relieve pressure before.
• Reply #5 05/15/08  12:44pm
  
  AnneL
  Do you have shiva rea's pregnancy DVD? I thought you did..... There are a lot of hip openers in that. Going down into a squatting position and resting your elbows against your knees, hands at the heart center, spine straight would be good, like you're going into crow but you don't. Pigeon family. Legs-up-the-wall, supta badha konasana...... you get the idea. Keep us posted about the baby's position. xoxo
• Reply #6 05/15/08  12:56pm
  
  mkat
  thanks! yes, I have that dvd
  
  I will be working on it. just need to get motivated. i have been so exhausted lately and depressed.
• Reply #7 05/16/08  2:43pm
  
  AnneL
  That's when you should be practicing:) You're body and mind will love you for it.... I promise.
• Reply #8 05/16/08  4:14pm
  
  mkat
  it is a mental battle....
  
  you need it the most when you are too stressed or exhausted to do it.
  
  slowly... taking baby steps (no pun intended)
• Reply #9 05/17/08  8:46am
  
  AnneL
  We all have to recognize that the mind lies to us and the heart doesn't. I'm not pushing you, I'm just trying to see if there's a different perspective.
  xoxo
• Reply #10 05/17/08  9:13am
  
  mkat
  yes.. i understand and appreciate it!
  
  I know I need my yoga... our minds really mess with us sometimes and keep us from healing the way we should.
  
  I am working on it.... acceptance and then doing something about it.
  thanks so much

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