Logician’s right (this time) of course. There was a good chance of something going wrong. You were lucky, B’h. Why would you advise others to try their luck? A quick search shows breech babies, delivered naturally, have much higher mortality rates.
Regarding Dr. Mendelsohn, he was a known quack. He died over 25 years ago. At the time his “eye opening book” was dismissed as pseudo science. 30 years later he’s still wrong.