Baby lying on my back? Percoset?

[schoolmom07]

I am now overdue by 1 day and was told by MW that baby was lying on my back which is causing a fair amount of pain that is not relieved by lying down myself, sitting in any position, warm baths or Tylenol. MW told me that my contractions were doing fine, were regular but that cervix is not changing because she was lying on my back. She recommended doing pelvic rocks and said that if the pain is not relieved by Tylenol and she did not think it would be that I could take Percoset. I am concerned about this though and want to know if any of you have taken anything like that for anything during this pregnancy and how would it affect little one? Thanks!

[First-Time-Mommy]

i'm not much for pills... i've also heard of women being prescribed loratabs though... but i guess if your pain is not subsided by tylenol or anything else you're trying and you're not against the idea of taking muscle relaxers/pain killers i guess give it a shot? just ask for low milligram. i personally have no idea if taking percocet is dangerous during pregnant, but if she is willing to give you it than there must not be much danger? <- sorry pretty clueless.

it normally puts people to sleep though, lol.

[mkksmom]

Personally, I wouldn't take it, but that's just me. I know they give it to breastfeeding moms all of the time, but I won't take it then either. Those types of meds tend to knock me out. I'd just do the pelvic rocks, spend time on hands and knees, and maybe even hands and chest, so your butt is up in the air. Check out spinning babies.

[hipmummy]

Originally Posted by mkksmom

Personally, I wouldn't take it, but that's just me. I know they give it to breastfeeding moms all of the time, but I won't take it then either. Those types of meds tend to knock me out. I'd just do the pelvic rocks, spend time on hands and knees, and maybe even hands and chest, so your butt is up in the air. Check out spinning babies.

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Ds was posterior and I did a lot of Cat/cow and a lot of pool time.

[Jocie]

Some recommended reading:

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/transcript.asp

http://www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm

There's a video of the robozo technique at the bottom of this page:
http://www.spinningbabies.com/techniques

I was surprised to find out my midwife was familiar with this and showed me and my husband how to do it. Although she wants me to wait since I'm only 39 weeks, she said it can be done during labor if need be.

Good luck.

[2boyzmama]

If your baby is "laying on your back" that means baby is posterior. Your back pain will not go away unless baby's position changes, so percocet is only going to hide the pain until labor starts, then you can't take the percocet during labor (at least not at the end) because of the effects it could have on baby at birth (they don't give narcotics past a certain point in labor because it can depress baby's respirations).

If the pain is truly debilitating, then you need to attend to it, but I'd definitely try things like heat/ice and tylenol first. And research ways to get that baby turned!! You've been given some links already, read through those.

If your baby is posterior, that might explain why he/she hasn't been born yet. And the pain in your back might be your body contracting trying to change baby's position. Let your body do its thing, but definitely help it out a little with the advice from the links above. Trust me, from a mama who's been there, you DON'T want a posterior labor if you can avoid it!!! My posterior baby was a 44 hour labor, completely natural until hour 36, then it cascaded quickly into epidural, pitocin, vacuum extraction and episiotomy all because baby was posterior (face up).

[cristeen]

I'm with the pp... I wouldn't take it, but part of that is because it's ultimately not going to resolve the issue.

Have you tried chiropractic? Sometimes babies are stubbornly posterior because they don't have room to turn. I'd try chiro and then work on spinning babies, and positioning.