baby positions

[dancingmama]

How are everyone's babies positioned at this point? Mine was head up last week when I was at the midwives. This past weekend, it moved *ACK* transverse, and honestly I looked like one of those cartoons that swallowed a whole cucumber and it got stuck in it's neck! That was soooo painful -- uterus went into spasm for about 10 hours. I finally was able to move the babe by pushing on it in the bathtub, but was sore for another 24 hours. Anyway, I'm not sure of the position now.... i'm pretty sure it's posterior cuz i feel all the movement up front, but i don't know head up vs down. I guess I'm just wondering if your babes have settled themselves nicely into a LOA oreintation, or if they are still moving around, or in some other position.

[SonjaW]

Annabelle is head down, tushie up, feet movement is felt on my right side/rib area, hand movement is felt way down low between my belly button and my cervix.

I had a big fear that Annabelle wouldn't know how to get "head down", so I have been talking to her the whole pregnancy about being head down, and "showing" me that she can do it. She has been mainly head down for weeks now.

I'm a happy mama because of it!

What a great question.

[trmpetplaya]

Head down, posterior.... working on not being posterior anymore

33 weeks today!

love and peace.

[kel]

I'm 34 weeks and babe has been head down for the past few weeks. I think she's there to stay. I get similiar movement to Sonja - kicks and bottom up high on my right side, hand jabs down low toward my cervix.

[oetien]

My baby's also posterior... 34 weeks now

[*Amy*]

Brynn is head down (since around week 27-28) and usually lies with her back to the right of my belly button, but she is really active so that changes almost daily. I swear when I woke up yesterday she was transverse and it was SO uncomfortable - dancingmama, I felt just like you and told DH I feel like one of those cartoon characters who has swallowed a whole bone, and you can see the bone sticking out the sides of his neck! She finally flipped herself back over though, and she's head down again thank God!

[gratefulbambina]

Gavin has been head down facing my back for two weeks now ACK hes ready to go

32 weeks here

[PicnicBear]

I'm like SonjaW -- I think it's LOA based on the spinning babies website. I also feel some movement (legs) up top and on my left, though not as much as before. It feels like space gets significantly more cramped each day.

Great thread -- I am so into baby position. This is one of those suprises of pregnancy for me -- I had no idea one could distinguish body parts the way we can. Very cool. I am trying to be "good" with my posture so that the babe stays in this position. I was born posterior (never flipped) and my sister flipped at the very end of a very long and tough labor for my mom, so I have been somewhat paranoid about posterior babies. I hear they can switch up to the last minute and of course during labor (in that case I would hope it would be a change to a better position . .)

[BensMom]

I thought my babe was head-up, but today at my appt, the MW palpated and thinks it feels more like a butt up on top. And the head was down low on the left side, but not right in line with my pelvis. I can definitely feel a back along my left side and pretty much always have - my left side of my uterus has always felt bulgier and larger. All kicks have been down low - between my cervix and belly button. So my guess is that the babe has his/her legs out straight and is kicking downwards. I have not felt anything under my ribs or any kicks up high.

My MW said that with 2/+ time mamas, there is so much more room and the babe is not so cramped. I don't feel cramped at all. I am pretty long torso-ed so I guess the babe has a lot of room.

Now that I don't have to worry about breech anymore, I can really concentrate on my spinningbabies stuff. Good posture, ladies! No slouching! No recliners!

[MamaFern]

baby has been mostly head down, but last night i felt hiccups right against my ribs, not down on my cirvix or pubic bone where i usually do. i think baby is still easily flipping around thugh, so im not really worried.. i carried my son head down, posterior for the last few weeks and then he got into the right possition sometimes in early labour. ive never really been worried about having a breech baby, though i guess its something to think about..

[Feathere]

My baby was head down at the 28 week appt, and head up last wed. at the 32 week appt. S/he is still currently breech or transverse, depending on her/his mood, I guess. I have been doing all sorts of breech tilts and talking and visualizing the baby move, and started some accupuncture today. I am not totally stressed about it because it is still somewhat early, but my mw said breeches often come early, so I am trying to get the babe to move now so we don't have to do a manual version. My next effort will be the headstands in the pool, if necessary.

I'm glad to hear so many other mamas are enjoying their head down babies! I really miss it; with dd, I felt all her kicks on the left side, and with this dc, I don't so much feel kicks as I feel huge head movement and occasional arms. The feet seem to move low and deep inside me and I don't feel it as strongly. I am trying to give it plenty of time... here's to patience and having 8 more weeks to go!

[bec]

A week ago, the baby was head down. And the midwife was able to feel the butt sticking out, so that means the baby is anterior! Emily was posterior and it was such a tough labor because of it! So, I'm really hoping this baby doesn't do any gymnastics!


Bec

[gonnabeamom]

I'm still waiting to be able to tell on my own. I in the reverse situation as plagio, I thought I'd be able to tell what's what, and I really almost never have a clue.

At last appointment, baby was head down, but we didn't get into anterior/posterior.

Feathers,
I am pretty sure that mine turned head down after sommersaults in the pool. Now I am just trying to keep from doing all the stuff I worked hard at doing to get babe to turn.

[zjande]

My baby's head down also & has been for a few weeks. My MW doesn't think it's going to turn because she thinks it feels sooooo long that there's not much room for turning. My DP is 6'3", we think our baby's a long one. :LOL

[MrsMoe]

I have no earthly clue how you ladies know where your babies are... and in such detail

[bec]

Well, the midwife told me that the head was down. I would have had no idea, otherwise! And she told me she could feel the butt. That pretty much means that the baby has to have the back facing out, so it's anterior! I never would have known if the midwife hadn't told me what parts were where, though! :LOL


Bec

[SoggyGranolaMomma]

I have my appt tomorrow, so I will ask. I'm pretty sure we are "locked and loaded" at this point though. The movements have slowed down a lot and the hiccups I feel are LOW in my pelvis.

I feel most of the wiggles and squirms on my left side and I'm pretty sure it's a back/butt I feel. With the feet getting me over on the right side under my boob.

I am able to breathe much more easily and eating a cracker doesn't make me feel like I just ate Thanksgiving dinner. : Of course, now I'm getting the wicked cervical pains, peeing a lot more and my waddle is simply out of control. I can't walk quickly at all. I have quite a few contractions a day too. Which I love because I can practice relaxing my abdominal muscles and visualizing the opening of my cervix.

I can't believe we are almost there!!!

[tryingitnatural]

My son is head down. As far as the position I don't know. I know that his feet are right under my ribs and they have been there for weeks. Dr told me he was head down on my 28wk visit. Hope yours turn if it hasn't already :-)

[zjande]

Originally Posted by SoggyGranolaMomma

I am able to breathe much more easily and eating a cracker doesn't make me feel like I just ate Thanksgiving dinner. : Of course, now I'm getting the wicked cervical pains, peeing a lot more and my waddle is simply out of control. I can't walk quickly at all. I have quite a few contractions a day too. Which I love because I can practice relaxing my abdominal muscles and visualizing the opening of my cervix.

I can't believe we are almost there!!!

Hee, hee, the other day, after DP giggled at my waddle for the 40squillionth time, I tried REALLY hard to walk perfectly normally, like upright, quick, no waddle whatsoever, & for the life of me, I couldn't do it. :LOL

[HoneyTree]

In this past week my baby has taken to spinning herself, in whatever direction she pleases. Today I feel hiccups slightly lower and to the right of my belly button, and what might be a butt above and to the left of my belly button, and lots of movement even farther up than what I'm *guessing* is the butt. But there are pokes and jabs and squirms all over, really, and these massive shifts that seem to be her way of stretching the uterus into the roomiest place possible. I haven't had any pain, though, just really weird and surprising sensations when she's moving.