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post #1 of 14
2/29/08 at 7:30am
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Yesterday (37w) my midwife said baby was posterior. I know this isn't ideal for birth as it can cause back labor...

Could baby turn around on their own between now and labor, or should I just wait for it to happen during labor? Are there exercises I could do now to encourage them to pick a better birthing position? I don't want to disturb them too much if this is how they're most comfortable...

Anyone have any experience with this?
post #2 of 14
2/29/08 at 7:54am
from what i've been told spending some time on all fours can help baby turn but not sure if it works so far all 3 of my labours have been back labours but i could never be bothered trying to turn any of mine. if you do have back labour just rember to stay off your back as much as possible as lieing on your back only makes the pain worse, walking about and leaning forward on a raised surfase or your birth partner whille having a contraction will help in easing the pain on your back as will sitting on a birth/gym ball and rocking your hips.
post #3 of 14
2/29/08 at 11:05am
www.spinningbabies.com has some good advice.

As a side note dd was posterior (born that way) it wasn't ideal but it was fine. So far this little girl is also posterior and never seems to turn to anterior.
post #4 of 14
2/29/08 at 11:14am
They can still turn around. You can usually tell the position by where you feel the punches: if those little fists are poking out your lower stomach, the baby is posterior; if you're getting blows to the bladder, anterior.

Mine has flipped back and forth many times in recent weeks, though he/she now seems to have settled into an anterior position.
post #5 of 14
2/29/08 at 11:52am
My doula said that 20% of babies are posterior at the BEGINNING of labor and that many shift during labor. So there's definitely time for your lo to scoot around! There are exercises (lunges as well as other things on spinningbabies.com) for encouraging the move to anterior and you can do them both before and during labor.

DS #1 was posterior and I am hoping to experience an anterior birth this time!
post #6 of 14
2/29/08 at 12:03pm
Definitely check out spinningbabies.com for some exercises, positions, etc to try. And if the babe is still posterior when you hit early labor, my midwife friend just told me that there's good evidence that spending 45 minutes in an inverted hands & knees position (head to the floor, butt in the air on your hands and knees) will help a baby to pop out and turn into a better postition for the rest of labor and birth.

My lo was posterior until about a week ago. She seems to have settled into an anterior position at this point, but she keeps moving around so we'll see. I'll just keep doing my cat/cows until she comes!
post #7 of 14
2/29/08 at 12:06pm
My little one was also posterior - still posterior on Monday and I gave birth on Thursday and she had flipped anterior. My doula gave me some exercises that I did to help her move. Some were mentioned above - I spent some time on all fours and sometimes would lay with my head on a pillow, bum up in the air and some pillows underneath me. Also, she told me whenever I had a braxton hicks to stand up with knees bent a little a push up on the bottom part of my belly. Just like ELKmama said, she also told me, as well as my ob, that babies to tend to move to the correct position during labor. It's definitely not too late for your baby to move!
post #8 of 14
2/29/08 at 2:44pm
My DS was very stubbornly posterior (possibly because of his anterior placenta). Nothing I tried could get that boy to move. His labor was tough - he did rotate at the end, but it took a good hour or 2 and that part in particular was very intense.

If your little one is still posterior when you start labor, having a warm tub or at least a shower can help take your mind off the back labor, and hands and knees laboring, or sitting on the birth ball and leaning on the bed can help too.
post #9 of 14
2/29/08 at 4:10pm
I love feeling the punches and kicks-but I am starting to worry that this lo is pretty constantly posterior also. Once in awhile I get a back or butt sticking out, but not much. Gotta remember those cat-cows!
post #10 of 14
2/29/08 at 4:21pm
Mine's posterior too! I've been sitting forward and spending time on all fours. . but still no change. Good luck to the both of us!
post #11 of 14
2/29/08 at 9:09pm
Dd2 was posterior and it was godawful labor. Looong and horribly painful (not to scare you or anything...sorry!)

To turn her my MW had me get on my knees with my head and chest to the ground and my butt in the air. All fours is good too! I'd really try to get her to turn now, I don't want you to go through posterior labor! Of course it's survivable (I'm alive!) and it's possible to give birth to a posterior baby, but if you can get her to turn, you'll save yourself a lot of pain!
post #12 of 14
2/29/08 at 9:41pm
My baby rotates around quite a bit. I'm not too worried about if the baby is posterior or not prior to labor. I hope I don't regret my thinking.
post #13 of 14
3/1/08 at 2:15am
My DD1 was posterior for the beginning of my labour with her, but she turned by the end of it. I didn't do any special positions to get her to turn during labour (I was stuck in the bed due to her tachycardia, I wasn't even able to sit up in a chair).
post #14 of 14
3/1/08 at 3:45pm
No advice on spinning a posterior baby but wanted to offer some encouragement. DS was born posterior and though I had major back labor, I didn't know any different since it was my first labor. Getting on all fours and getting pressure applied to your back makes it more tolerable.

I wouldn't stress too much, you can do it if your LO doesn't end up turning anterior.
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