about this posterior peanut...

[PancakeGoddess]

For months, without fail, this child has been all-limbs out front. Makes for very fun belly-watching but now I'm starting to get nervous. About 35 weeks and I'd like to be able to feel that butt-back hardness along one side of my belly. I never can - it seems he is loving having his back directly toward my back. He even went from breech at 31 weeks to head-down now, but still... back to my back. Also, fwiw, I don't think baby is totally head-down, sort of diagonal - his butt is toward the right but up on top. I once felt the head very clearly in the bottom left, but now I never feel it.

I am doing:
leaning over often, swaying, squatting etc
hands and knees hip pivots while I watch tv
sit on birth ball
try to never sit leaning back

but here's a big thing - at night my hips/sciatica are too painful to lie on my side or any other prone position for the whole night. By about 3-4 I ususally have to sit up. So I sit as straight up as possible and lean to the side (on the sofa) but still my shoulders end up behind my hips. I know this is a bad position to be in for several hours in a row, but I have run out of ideas.

I really don't want back labor.

[velcromom]

Here's an interesting article on a method for turning a posterior baby:

http://www.naturalchildbirth.org/nat...or/labor29.htm


I don't know if anyone here has experience with it but it seems as though it would be worth a try.

[PancakeGoddess]

I'd like to know more about it too! I actually just printed this out a few days ago to show my midwife.

[lacysmommy]

My baby was posterior and I was unable to get her to flip. DD1 was also posterior and did flip in labor however. DD2 was difficult to get out of me since she not only presented posterior but military as well. Good luck with flipping your baby!

[grace's voice]

Sounds like you need to get to a Chiropractor right away. If your lower back is that tight it will actually make it impossible for the baby to turn, the fact that you're having so much sciatica is a big warning sign that you need treatment in order let the baby turn to a better position.

[Peppamint]

Originally Posted by grace's voice

Sounds like you need to get to a Chiropractor right away. If your lower back is that tight it will actually make it impossible for the baby to turn, the fact that you're having so much sciatica is a big warning sign that you need treatment in order let the baby turn to a better position.

Run, don't walk to the chiro.

Neither of my first two babes were posterior, but my hips/back were so out of alignment that Audrey kept turning posterior for awhile. One visit to the chiro and she went/stayed anterior.

I'm going for a post-birth adjustment in a couple of days because my back gets sore easily and my PSD is still bothering me a bit... even though she was anterior I still had back labor because of nuchal hand or fist.

[Doodlebugsmom]

My little guy was posterior until about 37-38 weeks. It was excruciating for my pubic bone and bladder/urethra. Well, one night I was very relaxed in the bathtub, and I started talking to him and telling him that he needed to turn so he could come out easily. When I stood up to get out of the tub, my pubic bone, bladder and urethra felt normal for the first time in a month! He turned when I asked him to! If only he was still so compliant!

[PancakeGoddess]

thanks for the suggestions - keep 'em coming. I will try again with chiro. I've tried a few over the years for various reasons and I just don't seem to get results. What kinds of questions should I ask when choosing which one to visit?

Oh, actually, I think I know which one I'll see - there is a chiro in the area who knows that technique - I'm blanking on it - for turning breech babies. She just had a baby herself, so I'm thinking she'll be a good one to see for anything related to pregnancy.

[grace's voice]

Webster.

When looking for a chiro my #1 tip is do not go with one who promises immediate results! A competent chiro will want to see you 2-3 times a week for a few months, do a reevaluation, and then go down to 1-2 times a week, and so on. It usually takes 4-18 months to heal past traumas (which we all have) and that healing won't even begin until after your pregnancy when the relaxin is out of your system. If she says you'll only need a treatment or 2, I'd move on.