When should I start maternal positions or body work to help my breech baby flip head down?
In my experience, most are breech due to uterine ligaments and muscles being either too tight and asymmetrical (twisted or torqued) or too loose. Often the sacrum is not straight and a short line at the top of the buttocks veers to one side or the other in a subtle or noticible way. The ala of the sacrum may be rotated on a vertical axis. There may be a buckle on the horizontal segments of the sacrum. Either of these is easy to fix if you have the right help. The SI joints or the symphysis pubis may be out of alignment, as well. I heard about these causes from Chiropractor friends and observations have bore these ideas out. Success in flipping babies has come out of this metaphor and approach. See Body Work for Breech. Many chiropractors can loosen the ligaments by doing the Webster Technique. Adjusting the sacrum, for both a vertical twist or a buckled (horizontal wrinkle) sacrum will let the baby put their head down more readily because the bones won’t be in the way. It often takes a
