[MotherWhimsey]

So I know that it's way early to worry about this, but my kid is almost always feet down... I think. I get kicked in the bladder the cervix and the rectum most of the time, and I really think it's a pair of feet. So if a baby spends most of it's time in that position, is it more likely to be breech? My first kid was head down and way in my pelvis by 20 something weeks. I just don't want a breech baby. And does anyone know of the exercises that you can do to turn a baby? thanks!

 

[momma2girls]

No sorry but I feel like mine is always transverse. It is starting to bother me b/c I know the other 2 were already head down by this time. Maybe it is a head or hands you are feeling instead of feet. We still have 18 weeks for them to turn around. There is still a lot of room in there.

 

[sunnmama]

Mine is doing somersaults! Head up...head down....changes by the quarter hour, lol.

But my first dd was head up thru the 8th month or so, and flipped late in the game. I don't know about probabilities, but that was my experience. I was under the impression that was fairly normal (to be head up, and then turn in the last couple/few weeks).

 

[Naughty Dingo]

It is never too early to promote good positioning. Check out these sites for some things you can do in pregnancy to encourage good fetal positioning.


preventing posterior babies

optimal fetal positioning

At this point baby has lots of room to move around, and will, but it is good to get in the habits that will promote babe's good birthing position.

ND

 

[boscopup]

I feel everything on the bladder and cervix, but in my case, it's hands. He was head down at the u/s, and I can feel his head down there (hard and round) if I palpate - very very noticeable that it's a head. My placenta is on top, so I think that's why I don't feel much up top. Also, he's facing my back - not turned to the side or anything. So all the movement would be back there. Sometimes I think he turns diagonal or possibly transverse, and I get a bit of movement on the far side, but mostly, it's smack dab in the middle and way down low.

But if your baby IS breech, yeah, I'd definitely do the optimal positioning exercises now. Won't hurt to try! I really prefer my babies to be vertex early on, since my last one was a preemie, and preemies typically aren't considered good candidates for breech vaginal delivery. Thankfully, DS was in the perfect LOA vertex position when my water broke at 29 weeks, so he was a quick and easy vaginal birth - the doctors never even hinted at C-section, since he was positioned so well.

 

[autumn_faune]

more on optimal fetal positioning and exercises/posture that helps.
www.spinningbabies.com