Giving birth to a "sunny side up" baby - Page 2

[Thyme Mama]

one of my uc babies was a "sunny side up" brow presentation. i had incredible back labor/pain, and baby's head felt HUGE pushing it out, even though baby was small-to-average, a little less than 8 pounds.

pushing only took about 10-15 minutes though. transition was the most intense of any labor/transition i've had.

eta: my coping technique was to be on all fours in the shower with two big towels folded in half and draped over my lower back. the water soaked the towels and made them heavy enough to put some good pressure on my back. a couple times i tried taking the towels off, because they were cold and i was out of hot water, but it was UNBEARABLE without the towels. i don't like being touched in labor-too much sensory input for me, i can't integrate the energy of being touched and ctxs, so dh didn't put pressure on my back. but the towels did the job.

[owlgirl]

Lots of good advice....only thing I don't think anyone mentioned is

THE REBOZO!! I love it and have so much success with flipping babies in labor into anterior positions. Even when mama is 10cm I have still seen it work.

Check out the Optimal Fetal Positioning website and books.

Favorite other trick is positioning mama on side opposite of side baby is on, like if baby is on right side then mama lies on left side, all the way over with bottom leg straight and top leg bent and flopped over so knee is touching the bed. Doing this while in labor for at least 30 minutes can help to anteriorly rotate baby.

You don't have to be stuck with a posterior baby, I read that babies want to be in the easiest position to facilitate birth, I hold that belief in my mind when I assist women with with posterior babies. I don't give up and I tell you, they will turn!

[rad]

My 5th was posterior. The birth wasn't much different from my first 4 (all anterior) except for that awful back labor. I thought I had back labor with the first 4 but I was very much mistaken. All the discomfort of labor was pretty much just concentrated right in my lower back the whole labor. DH had to put warm compresses on my lower back and push super hard just for me to get a little relief. I didn't notice that it took any longer to progress (labor was 2.5 hours) or push him out (about 2-3 pushes). I did notice that even though I was full dialated I didn't get that urge to push right away like I usually do. I stood up and walked around for another 5-10 minutes to help him descend more. But he was born just fine at home with his daddy there to catch him.

As for ways to position the baby better look into spinningbabies.com. I've been doing some of those exercises as well as seeing a Webster chiro cause I don't want another back labor like my last. 34 wks is still plenty early enough for the baby to move into a better position for birth also.

[Carlyle]

Originally Posted by owlgirl 

Favorite other trick is positioning mama on side opposite of side baby is on, like if baby is on right side then mama lies on left side, all the way over with bottom leg straight and top leg bent and flopped over so knee is touching the bed. Doing this while in labor for at least 30 minutes can help to anteriorly rotate baby.
 

I tried to sleep this way and I think it made a difference.  Good luck!