baby dropped posterior?

[sunfish21]

I am just entering the 36th week with baby number 2 and the baby has dropped in the past day or two. He had been posterior which has me wondering: if he drops posterior, is it too late to get him turned around? (regretting all the time I did not spend on my hands and knees.....). Any thoughts or experience would be great.

[chai]

Originally Posted by sunfish21

He had been posterior which has me wondering: if he drops posterior, is it too late to get him turned around? (regretting all the time I did not spend on my hands and knees.....). Any thoughts or experience would be great.

I'm guessing it depends on your body and the baby's size. My last baby was transverse up until the last days before birth, and still changing from side to side. ETA: He was born vaginally and not posterior, so got into the right position during the birth itself.

This baby has dropped, I'm pretty sure (has had his head low in my pelvis for weeks), but still changes sides regularly as well (and is sometimes posterior). In other words, he's able to still rotate around on his head (though he's not made any attempts to bring his head out of my pelvis).

I seem to have plenty of room for him still at 37 weeks...

[Marylizah]

DS was posterior until birth. During labor I spent a lot of time on my hands and knees (it just felt more comfortable that way) and he turned during labor.

Don't stress-- posterior really isn't the end of the world, and babies do turn during labor, too.

[Cetan Luta]

Ds1 was posterior for the first half of labor (OUCH) until the midwives had me labor on hands and knees in the tub for a while. It didn't take him very long to turn once I started doing that and was SUCH a relief to my back. No worries, if your babe hasn't already turned before labor, a little hand and knees time should straighten things out. (Plus it feels good anyway. lol) HTH