External Cephalic Version (ECV) | Webster Technique Chiropractic | Acupuncture | Spinning Babies

At 31 weeks pregnant, Emi learned she had a breech baby. In the weeks that followed, she did everything she possibly could to try and flip her fetus: chiropractic adjustments using the Webster Technique, acupuncture, Spinning Babies exercises to flip a breech baby, and an ECV (External Cephalic Version) to manually turn the baby around in her uterus.

Emi also investigated doing a breech vaginal birth. She did EVERYTHING she could to avoid a C-Section. Hopefully this helps you if you are afraid of an ECV, wondering if an ECV might help you, or trying to avoid a cesarean.

00:18 How I learned my baby was breech

02:22: Seeing a Chiropractor for the Webster Technique

03:30 Acupuncture for a Breech Baby

03:35 Did spinning babies exercises help flip my breech baby?

08:09 My ECV experience - getting an external cephalic version in New York City

12:36 How having a breech baby made me a better parent

RESOURCES:

Evidence Based Birth on ECV:

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/what-is-the-evidence-for-using-an-external-cephalic-version-to-turn-a-breech-baby/

Evidence Based Birth episodes on breech vaginal birth:

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-296-evidence-on-breech-birth-with-dr-rebecca-dekker-and-sara-ailshire-ma/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/breech-vaginal-birth-with-dr-rixa-freeze-and-dr-david-hayes/

Spinning Babies: https://www.spinningbabies.com/

New York Times piece on breech babies: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/parenting/pregnancy/breech-baby-turning.html

Vaginal breech birth: https://www.elle.com/life-love/a44842/decline-of-breech-birth/

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