Natural Breech Birth Story

My Breech Birth Story – JUST KEEP LOVING YOUR BABY


Hello and welcome back. My birth story below I s a bit long winded but I guess I am emotionally still too deeply involved to cut it short.

I guess during pregnancy we all have our little concerns- some of us worry about pain during labour, others about being induced etc- for me since pregnancy week 25 there was one main concern- what if he is breech? Seeing my German doctor week 28 he announced with a big smile that the baby sits “the wrong way round- but not to worry he has still plenty of time to turn”. My heart dropped and one of my first thoughts was: how on earth can an unborn baby do something wrong?? My German doctor is great, but the power of words is not to be underestimated- the wrong way- was loud and clear stuck in my ear.

And from here my journey of reflection and enquiry started…What was going on? I kept wondering- is the law of attraction at work and did I bring it on? Is my intuition telling me that this is what was going to happen? Am I holding any fears that keep him head up? Is it meant to be that way?

I did a lot of meditation, prayer, hypnosis and various other healing forms throughout pregnancy and felt an amazingly strong guidance regarding the people I am meant to work with or receive healing from. In my own work as a therapist and healer I always prayed for protection for my baby and talked to him that he does not need to get involved in any of what I do if its not in alignment with his truth- I guess in hindsight I did this more for myself as I also know that he knew way before he was growing in me what he was up for by choosing me as his mother…

My heart’s desire has always been to have a homebirth and I was looked after throughout my pregnancy by a fantastic home birthing team. My intuition was always clear that I will have an “easy” birth and I had never worried about labour or giving birth. Even so I tried hard to visualise and pray for a homebirth I never had that sense of knowing- it was more a feeling of anything is possible...even so on some days it felt almost like it. My belief that “everything is possible if you just work it all out to make it happen” had been challenged as now there was another little being involved!

For the first time in my life I felt a real boundary and got insight into what I would call divine timing where whatever you do something seems to be set in stone, not changeable.
Having learnt about divine timing I would surrender much sooner now- but I kept trying (after week 36) everything you can possibly find on the internet on how to turn a breech baby.

It was such a privilege to be looked after by the home birthing team- my midwife Jo knew a lot about me- my wishes and concerns. Little Noah was hard to be felt from the outside, even the most experienced midwifes thought it was hard to say whether he was breech or not. So some weeks he felt head down others head up.

Came week 36 Jo wasn’t sure again head up or down? So I had to go for a scan to hospital. Luckily my beautiful husband Jerry came with me- I wasn’t aware how charged I really was with emotions. The scan confirmed-quote midwife: “he is the wrong way round” and I busted into tears in the middle of corridor whilst having to make an appointment with a doctor to discuss a c- section. Miraculously an acupuncturist came and gave me an acupuncture appointment for the day after- what a gift, free acupuncture in the hospital! Telling the doctor I don’t want to book a c-section but rather wait how labour unfolds was another challenging moment- again I left the hospital in tears. Talking to the independent midwifes really helped me (especially in clarifying how to deliver a breech baby) yet I felt the way I was advised (very anti- hospital) was another extreme which didn’t sit right with me and also financially was no option.

The following weeks until Noah’s birth were filled with:
- Twice a day moxa treatments by my husband
- Almost daily acupuncture
- lying on the ion board to help the baby turn
- Going swimming, doing headstands, turning in the water etc
- Various yoga exercises
- Visualisation/ meditation techniques
- Support from a couple of friends/ colleagues
- distance Healing and prayer from my light worker group

I had then decided to try an ECV - which even so 2 doctors tried their best, didn’t make him turn- things changed, I kept doing all the above but something inside of me finally relaxed and I started to surrender, I started to trust the voice I kept hearing- everything will be fine, don’t make any decisions now and I stopped looking for answers on how it is going to be but prepared myself for every possible birth. Tracy Holloway a great teacher of mine helped change my view on birth a lot when she said to me that babies know exactly the kind of medical help that is available and should he choose to come by c-section allow God to work through the hands of the doctors. I received a similar message from my colleague and friend Carmen when she gave me Reiki who said that all masters will be present at birth and speak through the people around me. And indeed the midwife said after the birth that she felt that someone was watching over us!

On the third of January 2010, my 33rd birthday I woke up with gentle contractions in the night and until the evening when Noah was born I did not even think about head up or down, right or wrong- the flow was magical and the sense of knowingness that everything will be fine so great that I didn’t even have to think about it. No- it wasn’t a walk in the park, I worked hard especially the last 2 hours but it felt right all the way through. I went into hospital once the contractions came every 3 minutes (after having texted all my friends to pray for us) where 2 midwifes from the home birthing team were awaiting me. My birth plan was very specific and I asked for hands- off delivery (emergency excluded) and no doctors present in the room. One doctor asked if she could watch which was fine by me. 5 hours later Noah was born- bottom first, one leg, the other leg- then a quick pee over the midwife, then one arm, the other arm and a final gentle push and he flew into the midwife’s arms. Noah was born a happy, healthy baby without a single painkiller, without anyone touching me or him during the whole process.

The first person I saw was the doctor with tears in her eyes thanking me for allowing her to watch this, saying it has changed her entire view on childbirth. I was asked if I want to go home but a car journey didn’t seem tempting at the time so we stayed a night in hospital- another little gift from the universe as we could stay in the brand new birth centre, which ahs rooms more like a hotel….

A few weeks later my midwife comes to visit me and tells me that the team has decided to start an advice scheme for mothers with breech babies based on my and Noah’s experience- Noah’s arch was made.

Until today I belief that the safest way of a breech delivery can be discussed certainly needs heightened awareness (especially as most doctors and midwifes have no experiences in delivering breech babies) but what has never been a discussion point for me, but a truth of life is that a breech position is a natural position and deserves to be treated as such.

If you are in a similar position- or simply want support with your birth preparation, I invite you to get in touch with me. I have developed a beautiful birth preparation program, including meditations on how to connect to nature and allow her to teach you and your baby a joyful and peaceful birth as well as a number of theta healing downloads and hypnosis techniques.


Bright Blessings to you and your baby!
Love
Julia