if baby is engaged.......

[octobermoon]

do positioning techniques help or are they a wash??? i'm confused.

[2boyzmama]

It will take more work, but it is still possible. You need to dis-engage baby, though, try hands and knees with butt up in the air, try submerging in water. Both of those could get baby to move up a little, then you can help baby to reposition.

What position do you think baby is in?

[octobermoon]

i think baby is ROA so do the MWs. LOVES this spot and has been there as long as we could feel for position. s/he switched a few times only to go back to the fave. all the MWs say it's not a big deal and they have never had problems with ROA babes, so IDK.

[clemrose]

Personally, I would stick with ROA. My dd was ROA all along and this baby went from posterior to ROA a few weeks ago (will occassionally go LOA) and seems to like it there. I suspect (never had an U/S) that my placenta is high on my left so it makes sense the baby would want to be on the right. I've also heard that some people think the baby could have reasons for prefering ROA to LOA (like a short cord).

When this baby was posterior I was doing things to get him/her to move loa and realized it was a little stressful for me. Then the thought popped into my head, "This baby is going to come out." Regardless of anything else, the baby will come. I may have a long back labor, etc, but the baby will come. I decided to enjoy this time rather than focus on position (as I felt I had been doing). I stopped trying to do anything special and he/she went roa and hasn't gone posterior again. I'm happy with that

Hope this helps...good luck!

[cristeen]

Positioning techniques can still help when babe is engaged, assuming you're just trying to get babe to twist, and not turn from breech to vertex. Babe can still spin in there just fine, trust me, mine's been doing it all week.

[sammyloo]

This is good to know. My baby is posterior or perhaps LOA (is this right? her bottoms is to my left and all movement and kicks are off to my right side) and I am so worried that this will mean a harder labor...interventions...c-section. I have an anterior placenta - could that stop her from positioning correctly? I ready spinningbabies.com and felt really discouraged - like it is too late to correct as I am 37.5 weeks. I have very tight round ligaments. I will try to go swimming if that will help. I am so nervous about this.

[deymm]

Originally Posted by sammyloo

This is good to know. My baby is posterior or perhaps LOA (is this right? her bottoms is to my left and all movement and kicks are off to my right side) and I am so worried that this will mean a harder labor...interventions...c-section. I have an anterior placenta - could that stop her from positioning correctly? I ready spinningbabies.com and felt really discouraged - like it is too late to correct as I am 37.5 weeks. I have very tight round ligaments. I will try to go swimming if that will help. I am so nervous about this.

LOA is the best position for your babe to be in--no worries!

[octobermoon]

Originally Posted by sammyloo

This is good to know. My baby is posterior or perhaps LOA (is this right? her bottoms is to my left and all movement and kicks are off to my right side) and I am so worried that this will mean a harder labor...interventions...c-section. I have an anterior placenta - could that stop her from positioning correctly? I ready spinningbabies.com and felt really discouraged - like it is too late to correct as I am 37.5 weeks. I have very tight round ligaments. I will try to go swimming if that will help. I am so nervous about this.

aaaa yah IDEAL position!

[zenproof]

im ROA as well. midwives dont seem to be too concerned, and i decided weeks ago there must be a reason he is most comfortable in this position.

[bright_eyes]

I think my babe is engaged- the head is so low that I can't see how it can really be any lower but I keep forgetting to ask at my appointments if he is engaged, since I really don't know. But he still seems to be twisting all around. The midwife at my appointment yesterday said, you must be feeling a lot of kicks on your right (since his back was on the left) but I still feel kicks all over, depending where his back is. He isn't staying in one place! He is staying head down, and if he's engaged, he's staying there, but other than that he still seems able to move a ton.

[HarperCait]

If your baby is already engaged you need to:

a) find out the name of his/her fiance
b) possibly have a serious talk about committment and maturity and readiness for marriage at such an early age.

[2boyzmama]

Originally Posted by HarperCait

If your baby is already engaged you need to:

a) find out the name of his/her fiance
b) possibly have a serious talk about committment and maturity and readiness for marriage at such an early age.

That's hilarious!!!
Thanks for that laugh...ooh, it brought on a contraction! Double thanks!

[octobermoon]

Originally Posted by HarperCait

If your baby is already engaged you need to:

a) find out the name of his/her fiance
b) possibly have a serious talk about committment and maturity and readiness for marriage at such an early age.

you sound like DH when i told him the baby was engaged

[Lula's Mom]