38 weeks and baby is in posterior position

[Mumnewbie17]

Hi

I'm feeling a bit low, I'm 38 weeks and found out at last midwife appointment baby is 3/5 engaged but is lying in the posterior position. She has told me to get on all fours as often as possible but I'm not convinced this is going to work if baby is 3/5 engaged. Its basically the one thing I have been conscious about so I'm annoyed with myself for perhaps getting a bit slack with my posture.

I'm not really looking for any advice although if people have gone through the same thing I would like to hear how it went for you. I guess I just wanted to speak to people who are at the same stage of pregnancy as me.

 

[Rose83]

I had a back up back labour with my first baby, she was fully engaged and back to back when I went in to hospital, by the time I gave birth (18 hours later) she had turned without me doing anything. I was on a drip so couldn't do anything. So it's perfectly possible for them to change position at 3/5 enraged x

 

[Hoping4Rainbow]

Hi sweetheart, just to let you know that in my previous pregnancy, I did pregnancy yoga throughout the pregnancy, insisting on best exercises for it and practising in class and at home all those positions and postures encouraging baby to avoid posterior position. When labour time came I had a wonderful experience in a birthing pool at my hospital for about 9 hours, coping well with no pain relief other than gas&air (amaaaazing stuff) and pushing for a good 3 hours, with midwife saying repeatedly "I can see the head, one more push, you can do it!" only to be examined by a Dr who was called in the end, to realise that baby was back to back. They thought I was too exhausted to carry on pushing like this with no progress, so I needed intervention (low forceps) for my baby to be "nudged" out. Felt suddenly and blissfully pain free (diamorphine) and baby was in my arms in what felt like 2 seconds!

I have friends that had a back to back /posterior labour, all natural without intervention, the only difference is that they had longer labours than usual.

Please do not blame yourself/think that it is your posture or not doing certain exercises that caused this. I had done it all I thought, yet baby somehow had other plans and decided otherwise. I still got my baby in the end and have good, positive memories from the whole experience. Also your baby might still rotate, you never know!

I hope you are feeling/soon feel a bit better about it and I am wishing the best for you and your bubba xx

 

[kumber]

My first was back to back the whole way through labour and twisted very quickly just before I needed to push, so try not to worry.