Can anyone help? I'm 40 weeks plus 5 today, went to see midwife yesterday and was told (for the first time) that DS may be in a posterior position (i.e. back to back) . She wasn't completely sure and said he could be lying with his spine down my right hand side, but from reading that doesn't seem to be good either! His head has been engaged for a couple of weeks now (he's baby no 2 so this surprised me).
I am planning for a home birth so obviously less than delighted with this news as I understand it is likely to be longer, more painful and more difficult for DS to emerge. Midwife's advice for responding to this was rather vague ('keep active' and 'go on all fours when you start labour') and I've been trying to read up online on ways to try to get DS to turn around. So far I'm quite confused by the info - I find the Spinning Babies website fairly baffling and it seems that you really need someone knowledgeable to help you do it. The homebirth.co.uk website recommends crawling around on your hands and knees for more than half an hour (just what I feel like doing right now ). My main confusion is whether he can turn if his head is engaged and whether I could actually make it worse! Any ideas? Also anyone know how likely it is that he just turns as I go into labour given that the head is engaged?
The midwife did a membrane sweep yesterday and I spent much of the night having Braxton Hicks but it didn't develop into anything. DS has never moved around so much though, so I wonder if he was trying to turn.
Sorry this was so long! Any thoughts or experiences muchly appreciated
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Please help me think/act positively about possible posterior positioning
lilysma · 22/07/2011 09:46
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