Breech babies

Here is our treatment page for breech presentation.

Thank you so much for getting back to me. I&#39d started to get really paranoid I could have done some harm!

I don&#39t know if it is just a coincidence, but my baby/bump feels very different today (and very uncomfortable). If you say that accupressure should be fine I&#39ll try again and see if it helps. And I will buy some moxa too. I have a fetal stethoscope I could use, but I see your point about asking my midwife, although I do not know her opinion about stuff like this yet. (I&#39m based in Newcastle, UK).

Thanks again!

Kind regards, Ana

Hi there

I specialise in acupuncture in pregnancy and beyond. I have turned many breech babies (and had one of mine turned, too!). I have also induced many labours. Let me assure you Bl 67 is NOT an induction point. At no time in any stage of induction, or labour, is Bl 67 routinely used.

Needles are not normally used for breech presentation, moxa alone should do it. Make sure the practitioner you see is experienced in BOTH acupuncture AND pregnancy. There are lots of good acupuncturists who have little experience of pregnancy. They should be able to palpate you, note the fetal lie, and find the fetal heart. This has to be done before and after any procedure. But, a doctor/physio/midwife with a weekends training in sticking needles in won&#39t do either. The person who treats you should be able to take and interpret pulses, read tongues, and adapt treatments accordingly.

Good luck with the turning! And the rest of your pregnancy.

If your baby feels like it is in a very different position, you may want to check in with your midwife to see if the baby has flipped head down. Is it uncomfortable in your pelvis? Sometimes the head diving down can create pressure that you arent used to. I also tell my clients with breech babies to spend plenty of time of hands and knees and also do flips in a swimming pool and swim and play like a dolphin. This helps create room for the baby to move.

Jasmine

One of my acupressure teachers, who&#39s also an LAc, says that UB 67 causes a baby to become uncomfortable and move around, eventually re-positioning correctly for the birthing process.

She teaches that holding UB 67 can cause a baby to re-position her/himself.

Sounds like that&#39s what&#39s happened in your case, dbl3alt.

Congrats!

Hi there

It sounds as if junior has taken matters into their own hands! Breech babies can often turm themselves at this stage, and the chances of turning the wrong way up again are remote, as the head is the heaviest part of the body and likes to be down.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy. As you know, acupuncture/Chinese Medicine has many effective interventions for pregnancy, labour and postnatally. Feel free to ask if you need any more advice or info. You have our email address so for UK info, please don&#39t hesitate to contact us.

@Michaelangelo. What a tragic tale.

To turn the baby, best treatment time is 3:00PM-5:00PM, the patient should relax whole body&#39s muscle and meditation the baby&#39s turning during the doctor&#39s needling or moxa on the one side UB67, at the same time the patient can feel warm energy through Ub channel go up to body and the baby&#39s movement inside. So you need see a acupuncturist to do the treatment.

Acupressure or acupuncture treatments once a week during the course of a pregnancy can work "wonders" for mother and child.

My teacher, who explains the effects of UB 67 on a baby as making it uncomfortable, causing it to move around till its head is down, tells - from experience - that babies whose mothers have received acupressure once a week throughout the pregnancy have slept through the night within a week of birth. There are other benefits that I don&#39t recall at the moment.

There are no special "pregnancy points" used during such treatments, "just" balancing the mother&#39s energy as needed each week. Of course, forbidden points are avoided until they&#39re no longer forbidden.

If affordability is an issue, one may be fortunate enough to have a community acupuncture clinic in ones area. They are run by LAc&#39s and provide treatment at very low cost so that a much broader range of people can afford them.

Community acupressure clinics are now also beginning to arise.