The first and cardinal rule is HANDS OFF THE BREECH! Touching and stimulating the baby,
 even gentle guidence down can stimulate breathing reflexes. Breech babes are very good
at navigating their own way down and out. Waterbirth is a great idea too, have the mum
 squat so that the babe has gravity to help.

In an old video--I think it was Leo Sorger, not Michel Odent--definitely one of them--said "this is where a doctor's hands
belong at a breech birth" and his hands were in his pockets!! The reason docs today cannot do breeches is more b/c
they cannot keep hands off than b/c they cannot learn proper techniques. Susan Buckley MD learned this herself when
her fourth baby was born at home alone--breech--she learned that undisturbed babies find their own way.  From what I
have come to learn--standing is the best way to  allow a breech baby to find his way--not likely in an institution.






Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network LLC










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