Should my chiro be able to help my posterior baby move? *Frustrated update in #6*

[Rikki Jean]

I may have said this elsewhere, but my baby decided to flip into the posterior position on Thursday night. : When I went to the chiro on Monday, I asked him if there was anything he could do for it, since it's always been my impression that there are certain adjustments that can help encourage the baby to move. He said no, there was nothing he could do.

Am I just confused? FWIW, he is not Webster certified (he claims to know the specific techniques, but doesn't believe he needs to be certified in it). He does tend to have quite a few preggo patients though...

[sorteep]

Webster should or could help with any malpresentation , not jsut breech.. as will any good lumbopelvic clearing chiro technique.. BTW you can be really good at Webster and not be officially cert..

having said that there is no guarantee baby will turn or rotate no matter what you do, all you can do is try all known ways and see how it goes

Ironically I have had two posterior babies and I am a chiro!! sometimes things are just built that way...

you will do FINE , don't let it freak you.. I del both posts natural..

[yogachick79]

Agreed with Laura, DS was posterior but check out spinningbabies.com too if your chiro can't help any more. They have good moves for getting babe in to correct postion from almost any issue (posterior, breech, transverse)

[Rikki Jean]

Originally Posted by sorteep

Webster should or could help with any malpresentation , not jsut breech.. as will any good lumbopelvic clearing chiro technique.. BTW you can be really good at Webster and not be officially cert..

having said that there is no guarantee baby will turn or rotate no matter what you do, all you can do is try all known ways and see how it goes

Ironically I have had two posterior babies and I am a chiro!! sometimes things are just built that way...

you will do FINE , don't let it freak you.. I del both posts natural..

Laura, I was hoping you'd chime in on this.

I definitely don't doubt that you can be good at it without certification. I've been having other issues with this chiro too, so I guess his total disregard for it is what irks me, kwim? He also acts like he knows so much about fibromyalgia, but he continues to give me some painful adjustments (like two weeks ago when he pushed so hard on a pressure point on my rear that I could barely walk that night).

Anyway, I'm trying not to let it freak me out. I'm totally confident that my natural birth will go just fine; I guess I'm just not looking forward to the extra pain! Mw says that the baby may not actually be born that way though; ds spent the entire pg on my right side, and was anterior, so this one could be the same way. She actually said, "The baby might just be hanging out over there so that it doesn't fall out," (there has been lots of effacement going on for weeks and weeks).

Originally Posted by yogachick79

Agreed with Laura, DS was posterior but check out spinningbabies.com too if your chiro can't help any more. They have good moves for getting babe in to correct postion from almost any issue (posterior, breech, transverse)

I always forget about Spinning Babies. I'll have to check it out. My mw has given me lots of advice and exercises I need to do too.

[superfastreader]

My baby's posterior, too--facing front with one leg in my right side and the other leg down by the baby's head (which is nice and low, thankfully).

I've been having regular adjustments since week 26 or 27, though not specifically for position. My midwife tells me not to worry, that the baby can move when labor starts. And my chiro says that the adjustments have created a lot of room & flexibility in my pelvis.

I keep forgetting to hang out on my hands & knees or on the birth ball, though.

[Rikki Jean]

Today I decided that I've had it with my chiro. I talked to him about the posterior thing again (he asked how things were going, and I said that everything was good, besides the baby still being posterior). He then tried to tell me that the baby isn't truly posterior, because it doesn't count until I'm in labor. Then he tried to convince me that my mw can't really tell what position the baby is in, she can just guess. :::

I just can't take this know-it-all nonsense from my chiro anymore. He gave me a hug today when he found out it was my birthday, and I really just wanted to knee him between the legs while I was there (yes, that's how pregnant and hormonal I am ). He swears that since he's had three homebirths and caught the last two himself, he is some kind of almighty authority on everything birth and pregnancy related.

Ugh, sorry, just needed to vent about that. I'm planning to call the chiro that all of the mws around here love, today or tomorrow. I just hope that he will be within our budget...

[sorteep]

a change sounds like a great idea! esp if the MW's recc the otehr one... isn't hubris one of the seven deadly sins???

hope you get a better matcha dn feel better soon!