labor with baby transverse- does this feel different?

[Emily's Mama]

My first baby was posterior, ending in unplanned C-section.

I'm due any day now, and I still feel that baby is moving around a ton. Limbs feel to be in totally different positions all day. Today she's felt transverse.

So my question is, when baby is posterior, you often have a clue if you have back labor, but is there an equivalent if baby is transverse (or if breech, for that matter too)? does it feel different to "normal" labor?

[chandasz]

Do you have a caregiver? They should be able to tell you by palpating what position baby is in

[ChantelMonet]

My baby was tranverse-

and before labor had been breech mostly. I think she was trying to turn, but just hadn't made it all the way yet. I knew something wasn't quite right when I was dilated to a 4 and started feeling the contractions right on the spot where her bottom was, over to the left and a bit on the lower half of my belly. The pressure from the contractions stopped feeling like it was on my cervix- b/c it wasn't anymore
I was at the hospital and they got out the US machine and took a peek. Sure enough, she had turned transverse. So the Dr. stopped my labor with turbutaline, then did a manual version, where he turned her back vertex (head down). I know some people say this hurts badly, but really there was no pain, and it was done in about 10 seconds. Of course it was our seventh baby- but I am small- I am 5-4 and weighed about 140 when I gave birth. So, it all worked out for us, and we went on that night to have a beautiful waterbirth.
Chantel

[funkychunkymunky]

Originally Posted by Emily's Mama

My first baby was posterior, ending in unplanned C-section.

I'm due any day now, and I still feel that baby is moving around a ton. Limbs feel to be in totally different positions all day. Today she's felt transverse.

So my question is, when baby is posterior, you often have a clue if you have back labor, but is there an equivalent if baby is transverse (or if breech, for that matter too)? does it feel different to "normal" labor?

I didn't get the desire to push like you do with a typical labor even though I was fully dilated.