trying to turn a posterior baby - yoga poses?

[jlbaby]

MW really thinks my baby is posterior - she was feeling for her head on tuesday, and couldn't....so thought she was probably getting all face. (and also said she feels lots of water, which is nice). she suggested i do some cat/cow stretches each night. i thought about adding some pelvic openers/pelvic rocking and circular motions. anyone else with posterior babe trying anything? MW thought anything on hands & knees would be best, so i'm going for it!! i would loooooooooooooooove to not have back labor!

[leurMaman]

The old standard of hands and knees is what I've always heard - even that you should get on all fours and crawl around the house as often as possible. When watching tele, sit forward, not leaning back on the couch or bed, and definitely keep the pelvic rocks up. Good luck!

[Skrimpy]

hands and knees as much as possible (crawling games on the floor with your DS if possible are really good - I pretended to be different animals with my kiddos).

I think what helped my babe the most though was getting a birth ball and sitting on that a lot each day. It forces me to sit nice and upright. Sit on the edge of chairs and couches rather than recline. My LO was persistantly posterior til we got the birthball - he's been anterior since then (mostly LOA).

[AmamaAgain]

Hands and knees def! But that can be uncomfortable at this point. Try and sit forward and also do pelvic swings. After having a labor w/ a posterior baby the first time (never want it again), I've been doing tons of these. Just stand up and swing your hips in big circles. My doula and a midwife both said that helps the baby naturally get into the correct position.

[TaraRae82]

Cat/Cow is def great. I imagine bridge pose would be good too since it is recommended for turning a breech baby as it gives baby more room to move. Sitting on a stability ball and making a figure 8 with your hips (keep your upper body stationary) or making a circle, being sure to make movements really extreme (really tuck your pelvis and really stick it out), is also good. I believe couch-sitting can contribute to a posterior baby or as least doesn't encourage them to turn. So you might give up your couch and sit on a ball instead. GL!!!

ETA: You don't have to be on your hands and knees to do pelvic tilts/cat/cow. Put your hands on a coffee table or other stable, shorter surface and tilt there. You could also do elbows and knees on the floor since that's easier on the shoulders and will actually take some baby pressure off your pelvis because your hips will be higher than your chest.

[Amber Lion]

Originally Posted by TaraRae82

You could also do elbows and knees on the floor since that's easier on the shoulders and will actually take some baby pressure off your pelvis because your hips will be higher than your chest.

This is really good too if your baby has already engaged! It's hard to turn when your head is already good and down in Mom's pelvis, so putting your upper body on the floor with your bum in the air can get baby to move up (ha, down relatively in this position) and out of your pelvis enough to be able to turn. So doing this, followed by hands/knees/forward leaning and then being upright and walking. Kind of moves them out of the pelvis, turns them anterior, then settles them back down in the pelvis... if that makes sense. Good luck!

[ferretfan]

my babe is posterior too

i had a 37wk visit today and doc couldnt even feel the head because it's so far down in my pelvis. i've been doing all the tricks and nothing seems to want make it shift. my only hope is that it turns during labor, and that my water doesnt break too soon. i carried dd the same and had awful, awful back labor with her. dont want to do that again, but it looks like i'll have to *sigh* my ability to deal with it mentally is much different this time, so i'm hoping i can stay away from the drugs

one thing i havent tried is swimming to the bottom of the swimming pool a few times. cant get to a pool and i look like a beached whale right now

[jlbaby]

this is all interesting stuff - i'm 37w tomorrow. it actually felt really great to be on my hands and knees last night, breathing deep and swiveling the hips around. i had been going to yoga since i was 10w, but the last month has been SO hectic and i have missed all my classes. i definitely need to make a concerted effort to stretch at least every evening. i bought this great birth ball last month, and don't use it nearly as much as i should. (in fact, i should be sitting on it right now instead of the computer chair, yes?!)

[TaraRae82]

^Oh yeah...hands and knees is definitely my fave place to be right now. It feels so much better on my back and hips than sitting! I also spend a lot of time in child's pose.