A registration representative will ask for your information and check you in. You will then go to the Labor and Delivery unit where a nurse will meet you and escort you to a labor room to prepare you for the procedure. Once in the labor room, the nurse will ask you to change into a hospital gown. The nurse will review your health history, and check your pulse and blood pressure. Wish I could speak to dr who's doing it to see if I can get away without fasting as I guess they prob have their own policy.
Join now to personalise. Original poster's comments 1. I didn't get a leaflet or told anything. I went for my ECV on Friday and the o lay thing they asked was if I'd drink loads of water as I needed a full bladder for it. Luckily I didn't need it in the end because she turned herself. Maybe call your midwife, she will know. ECV does not usually cause labour to begin. Therefore, we ask you to have nothing to eat or drink from 6am on the day of your ECV. ECV is successful in turning babies to a head down position in four out of ten women in their first pregnancies and in six out of ten women who have previously had a baby.
The chance of your baby returning back to the breech position is less than one in You will be on the unit for about three hours. Prior to doing the ECV an ultrasound scan is done to confirm that your baby is still breech, and a fetal heart rate trace is performed to check that all is well with your baby. The Doctor will place their hands on your tummy and encourage the baby to turn in a forward or backward roll, with the aim of finishing in a head down position.
If the ECV is successful, a vaginal delivery is more likely. This procedure is usually done in a hospital. Before the ECV, the medical team will connect you to a fetal monitor. You may also need the following tests:. These tests check your baby's heart, well-being, and contraction pattern. One or both of these tests may be done before and after the ECV.
Blood is taken to find out your blood type, screen, and a complete blood count in case of an emergency. You will stay connected to the fetal monitor. This is done to check your baby's well-being during the procedure. The team may give you medicine to relax your uterus.
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