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EPISODE · May 24, 2026 · 41 MIN

S4 Ep9 Ali: Planned breech hospital birth with private OB at 40.6wks. Unsuccessful ECV with epidural

from Breech Birth Podcast · host Sasha Hopkins

Ali shares her experience transferring from a private obstetrician to another who supports vaginal breech birth. Ali had two ECV's one at 37wks with no medications and the other at 40wks with an epidural, both unsuccessful. Ali had to birth her baby in theatre due to baby being breech and was told to lie on her back for the birth of baby's head. Ali shares her thoughts around the increasing caesarean rates and limited information shared on the risks associated with caesareans. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their families across the world please make a small donation through Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/breechbirthp...To further support the podcast, please hit the SUBSCRIBE button, rate the podcast and share this episode with others.

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