At 31 weeks pregnant, Emi Nietfeld’s nightmare came true. Her baby was breech. In the weeks that followed, she did everything she possibly could to try and flip her kid: chiropractic adjustments, acupuncture, Spinning Babies… all the way to ECV (External Cephalic Version).

Emi tried EVERYTHING to avoid a C-section. Tune in for an honest and detailed account of her experience, the challenges she faced, and why more moms should know about their options

00:18 Getting the Bad News

02:22 Chiropractic! Acupuncture! Lying upside while patting my head and rubbing my belly!

08:09 My ECV experience

12:36 What I learned on this stressful journey

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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