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[mama3blessings]

My little guy is ROA most of the time and the contractions on Saturday were not doing a lot, they were about 6-8 minutes apart and did get stronger. Sunday I had contractions on and off but then they died down by afternoon. I'm doing exercises to try and get him in the right position.
I'm pretty sure now that my first one wasn't in the right position either for the longest time, as I was having contractions 2 days in a row with him but not a lot happened. By the third day the contractions were right away awful and things finally moved in the right direction when he turned. I just didn't know until now since he was my first.

[rachieface]

Well, today at my midwife appointment it seems that she is LOA. Hard to tell for sure, but I'm happy that she's there (at least for the moment). Hope the rest of you have some luck too! I think she's moving around still but hopefully stays where she is. Get some labor going, baby!

[Jenny01]

My babe was on the right side as well today - midwife suggested doing 20 mins a day of hands and knees position but wasn't overly concerned yet.  I will definitely be keeping an eye on my posture though!

[kat216]

Yeah, I can feel her pivoting from LOT to OP to ROT! Lol! Last week the midwife said she was super engaged, so I'm just going to trust that she'll do what she needs to!

[buko]

NGL, I've been really anxious for about the last 4 days that baby has flipped to breech.  I KNOW for a fact this has everything to do with my general anxiety (OMG!  I'm REALLY having a baby!  Soon!)-- though I have also had some signs...  Or you could argue I've felt them, even though I know I am not at all an expert and it could very easily be in my head.

So, last check, a few weeks ago, Buko was vertex.  Around Thursday (a day short of 36w), Buko was rolling up a storm-- like crazytime-- and I think I felt two distinct big lumps on either side of my belly-- like maybe s/he went transverse.  Later, especially Friday night/early Saturday, I felt things like hiccups above my bellybutton (I had only really ever felt them near my cervix before) and just different/less movement.  Of course, now is the time s/he would start "running out of room" to move as much, anyway.  But I really worked myself up about it-- my MWs won't do a breech HB, I won't see them for palpation until close to 37w (2 days from now), and I just don't like to think about the possibilities.  Even an ECV or a vaginal breech birth in the hospital (possible options-- the only ones around here) don't sound good to me.  I know THAT is just me being a spoiled brat (not wanting a C/S is more legit, IMO), but I just don't want to deal with those things.  I will go to The Farm and camp out at Ina May's house if I have to (I think they no longer officially take women so late in pregnancy)-- though I don't want to do that (or go out of state) either.  But, really...  I'm crazy.  I mean, I could be right (though since yesterday, I am back to feeling hiccups in my cervix, etc.-- at the same time, I woke up with sore ribs and was afraid it was d/t a head up there)-- but what the heck do I know?  Most likely it's just anxiety-- I get like this once every month or two-- all gloom and doom, perseverating.  It's a combination of my general anxiety issues and having had that m/c with my first pregnancy (and so recently).  Granted, it's much less anxiety and making myself crazy than I do when not preggo, LOL, and much less than I expected I'd feel, and I work it out within a couple of days... And DH is super-supportive about hearing me out and validating my feelings.

But.  

Only a day and a half until I see my MWs again.  I plan on not saying anything before they palpate, lest I bias them.  After (if) they say baby is vertex, I might say something about my concerns-- because if baby could possibly be breech, I want to know ASAP so I can possibly help him/her turn, start thinking about alternate plans, etc.  (I don't want to try any techniques unless my MWs really think baby is breech, lest I mess with what might actually be a good position.  BTW, baby was somewhat posterior @ 32-33 weeks, so maybe what's been happening is more a move to anterior-- a gal can hope!) 

I just...  IDK.  I feel like it could go either way, even though (I think?) it's not common for a previously vertex baby to turn to breech @ 36 weeks.

Ack.  Making myself crazy.      

[rachieface]

Buko, I know how you feel...pregnancy hormones are so anxiety provoking. Ugh. My husband actually told me the other night when I was moaning about baby being posterior that if I wasn't worrying about this it would be something else. Sounds rude, but he actually said it gently. And I realized he's right....now baby's seemingly anterior and I have other worries. ;)

But anyway, I thought baby was maybe breech like a month ago because of the hiccups thing. Turns out, hiccups can just be felt in a lot of weird different places. Don't know why, but probably more to do with OT vs OA vs OP than anything else.

Also, I feel several bumps up high lately and realized that one is just the knees/thighs glued together. Baby is big now, so it makes sense that those sometimes feel a bit rounded and head/butt like.

So basically, baby may be breech but I kind of doubt it. And I also think it's a good idea to hold off on any breech turning exercises till you know for sure.

Let us know how it goes!

[mama3blessings]

Nothing yet here, he is still facing torwards the left side. Keep having contractions on and off but nothing serious, lost the rest of my plug yesterday as well. I think my hubby and kids are more anxious to finally meet this little guy.
I'm hoping he'll turn into the right position soon. My oldest was not in the perfect position either but I didn't know this until this time around.
Dh always makes fun of how I sat in the car when I was finally in labor with our oldest. Turned around in the seat and behind up almost against the windshield, lol. I was an all 4s like that for the whole car ride and I really think that helped him get into a better position.

[buko]

Thank you, Rachie! DH was sure he felt a big kick near my ribs last night (and I was inclined to agree), and today my MWs (both of them) agreed-- before I even mentioned my concern-- that Buko was vertex and pretty firmly lodged that way.

Wow. Could I possibly be someone's mom in 2-5 weeks? With minimal drama? I can't believe it!

[rachieface]

Originally Posted by buko 

Thank you, Rachie! DH was sure he felt a big kick near my ribs last night (and I was inclined to agree), and today my MWs (both of them) agreed-- before I even mentioned my concern-- that Buko was vertex and pretty firmly lodged that way.

Wow. Could I possibly be someone's mom in 2-5 weeks? With minimal drama? I can't believe it!

Yay! Happy for you.

My little mover is back to RO-something-or-other. Can't even tell right now. Oh well, I'm trying to let go of control.

[mama3blessings]

That is great news.
Mine keeps moving and it confuses me. I feel his hands and kicks mainly on the left side but there are times when I feel his hands either in the middle or something moving along the lower right side. Just shows that you never know for sure, no matter how many pregnancies you have had. I mean this is number 4 and I really thought this would be simple and easy forward.

[cortinacolorado]

I'm totally confused, too. This baby has been so consistently LOA/LOT, but since we hit 36w or so she's been suddenly all over the place. No fear of her having flipped breech, thank goodness, but she keeps going posterior on me and I *really* don't want back labor! I think I got a little taste of what that would be like last night during my first round of actual contractions. They weren't bad and only lasted about 1.5 hrs, but there didn't seem to be any relief in between whatsoever. Please go back to your comfy place, little one! <<insert nonverbal exclamation of frustration here.>>

Okay, had to get that out. Now I'm joining Rachieface in the attempted zen zone....

[mama3blessings]

That is what I had with my first one, contractions two minutes apart from the start and it seemed like there was no break at all. After 6hrs of this I finally decided to have an epidural and it did help me relax and rest, which in the end helped with my labor progress, he was born after 11 1/2 hours of labor.
The next two were super easy and from the first painful contraction until they were born was only about 1 1/2 hours.
I try to relax as much as I can with this one and not to worry but sometimes it's easier said then done, lol.

[CookAMH]

Not in the February group but felt compelled to join to give my experience...I agree with not fretting about your positions leading up to labor. One thing that did make a huge difference was rebozo sifting. With my daughter (a VBAC), I was showing signs all that weekend of labor but nothing was happening. I determined she was OP and a friend suggested rebozo sifting that Monday evening. We did it for five min, she moved anterior, I went to bed, and woke up five hours later to my water breaking. Two hours after that, she was in my arms.

The positional things I worried about didn't have an impact, but that sifting DID.

[mama3blessings]

Thank you for your input. I have an appointment today and will ask the midwife if she can figure out how this baby is laying in there. Once we know we will try the rebozo sifting, I already send dh a link to a video that shows him how to do it :)

[maydaymom10]

I was at my mw appt yesterday, and this little one has moved from ROA to ROT. Today I think she's even move more to a ROP position. Silly little girl. I started doing some inversions last night & am going to show my DH the belly sifting as well. I got a new rebozo for xmas, so might as well try it out on myself! I think I still have a few weeks before she'll come (at the least), so I'm hoping that she find her way to a better position. Luckily she's not engaged yet. I already warned my chiro that he was going to start having to do some major ligament work for me. I also bought some massage oil yesterday for DH, just in case he needs to use some major massage techniques during labor in the case that little girl just doesn't want to move.

[Brambleberry]

I wanted to run this by all of you for some opinions.  I've been worried about how my OT baby A is going to rotate with baby B in the way, and the two of them just so tight in there, and I asked my u/s doctor about it today.  He was saying that it doesn't matter if her body can rotate, that just her head needs to rotate through the pelvis.  He said babies are like owls and can really turn their heads pretty far around if needed.  And if she comes out OP, it will just make a bigger opening for baby B, (umm... ouch for me though!)  Has anyone else read/heard anything along those lines?

[mama3blessings]

That is a good question. I mean babies are more flexible when you think about it, so I guess that would make sense. I hope babies will come out smoothly without too many issues for you.

My appointment went well and I'm a solid 4cms now, so we are progressing in the right direction. She felt along and said his back in on the left side with his head low down but couldn't tell in which direction he is looking. As for the weight, she said he should be around 8lbs give or take a little, which I hope calmed dh's fear of having a huge baby.

[sgsnyder]

My midwife seems to not be too worried about babies shifting position. Mine was LOA from 30 - 37 weeks (and quite engaged; she's impossibly low now!) so I was taking for granted how lucky I was. I feel like she's gotten antsy and much more mobile in the past week or two, shifting from LOA to ROA and back again - so much that I can barely tell where she is anymore. I got the impression (from midwife) that this is actually a good thing... like, if she's a wiggly worm now, she'll shift into the right position come labor. I hope that's true! I've given up stressing out about it. I have, however, shortened my stays in downward dog, and have made a chiro appt for next week, just in case.