40 week midwife appt...depressing

[triplembride]

first of all my cervix is so posterior she couldnt even reach it second of all this baby is OP and STUBBORN i have been restricted from the couch or reclining chairs and told to only sit on my ball or as straight as possible...any other ideas to get her to turn the right way so she can get on with the show!? i'm terrified of a posterior labor and delivery especially at home...OUCH

the only good news is i've lost a pound and blood pressure is wonderful...everything else sucks!

[ColoradoMama]

Originally Posted by triplembride

i'm terrified of a posterior labor and delivery especially at home...OUCH

Don't be terrified. My last baby was posterior - born at home with less than 6 1/2 hours of labor. Yes, it was painful, but not terrifying. I'm facing another one since this stubborn little girl WILL NOT turn.

[octanebeetle27]

Do as many pelvic rocks and pelvic tilts as you can stand every day (I aim to do 5 sets of 15 but usually only manage to get in 3 sets). This will encourage baby to rotate into a better position. Spend time on your hands and knees--scrub the kitchen floor, lol! Anyway, that's what my mw told me to do b/c my baby has been tending to be OP. I did all of that (in addition to the birth ball, not reclining, etc) and have not felt the backache that I had been feeling previously (from the baby being OP). And today at my prenatal my mw could tell that the baby was in a great position and no longer OP! Good luck!

[essnce629]

I think the Bradley childbirth classes recommend 40 pelvic rocks 3 times a day and then 80 at bedtime to help in optimal fetal positioning. I usually only do the 80 at bedtime. If you end up having back labor, belly lifts help reduce the back pain and encourages baby to turn. To do a belly lift, grasp your hands together under your belly and lift up your belly during a contraction. Or someone else can do it for you by standing behind you and lifting your belly for you.

[triplembride]

Thank you for all the suggestions I'm definitely going to be working on this

[Asher]

Chck out spinning babies. Also, sleep in the exaggerated Simms position. (You may need to google this, it's basically left side laying with pillows between your legs, left leg straight out and right leg pulled up as far as you can. Hips aligned.

[j_p_i]

You can even do pelvic rocks on your birth ball. Just hang your arms over it with your knees on the floor, so your belly hangs down. It's actually really comfortable. You can do pelvic rocks or just hang out that way for 20-30 minutes at a time. My midwives suggested this to ensure my LO goes from ROT to OA. It seems to have helped me in a week and a half.

Good luck!

[mamayarn]

Originally Posted by j_p_i

You can even do pelvic rocks on your birth ball. Just hang your arms over it with your knees on the floor, so your belly hangs down. It's actually really comfortable. You can do pelvic rocks or just hang out that way for 20-30 minutes at a time. My midwives suggested this to ensure my LO goes from ROT to OA. It seems to have helped me in a week and a half.

Good luck!

Thank you (again, right??) for posting all this ... my midwives suggested that ROT was perfectly fine. : It might work but I'm all for encouraging smooth and easy!

[Miasmamma]

My baby was LOT at yesterday's appt and my MW said that was great! It was a change from LOP the week before. I'll still work on getting to that OA posistion before I go into labor though!!

[trauerweidchen]

It might be a little late, but seeing a chiropractor can help balance your pelvis/uterus and make it easier for baby to turn. Mine has been tending toward ROT/ROP as well, but with chiropractic care and leaning over a table/swaying through my pre-labor contractions, the baby does seem to be able to reposition, and at my last appointment was more ROA than before. Don't lose hope--early labor is a good time to work on positioning too!

[blueRhino]

Just wanted to chime in a say good luck. My baby was posterior until about 30 minutes before delivery. I didn't, however, have back labor at all. I did have a long, slow labor, probably because his head wasn't making that great of a seal on my cervix. I didn't even know this was the case, which was good because I think it would have terrified me. Really it was fine, we are both great now. It will be okay!

[octanebeetle27]

Originally Posted by j_p_i

You can even do pelvic rocks on your birth ball. Just hang your arms over it with your knees on the floor, so your belly hangs down. It's actually really comfortable. You can do pelvic rocks or just hang out that way for 20-30 minutes at a time. My midwives suggested this to ensure my LO goes from ROT to OA. It seems to have helped me in a week and a half.

I love this suggestion!!! Will definitely try it. New things to do with the birth ball are always exciting

[j_p_i]

Originally Posted by mamayarn

Thank you (again, right??) for posting all this ... my midwives suggested that ROT was perfectly fine. : It might work but I'm all for encouraging smooth and easy!

Yep, I think I described it a bit better here

One of my midwives was like, "oh, ROT, great!" and then at my next appointment, another midwife in the practice was really encouraging me to try and turn the baby OA, and gave me all these exercises.

I love this one because it allows you to stretch out your hips and butt and legs, which feels so good. Doing regular pelvic rocks without the ball are uncomfortable to me.

Plus I feel like I'm doing something productive just being flopped over the ball!