Birth after a posterior baby

[MoosMa]

DD1 was OP and took a LOT of effort to get out! DD2 is due in Feb and the panic is starting to set in that she will also be OP. I know I ought to wait and see how it lies, but now I'm worried that because I've had one, I'll have another.

So anyway, has anyone had 1 back to back, then gone on to have another one, or did subsequent ones face the right way?

had an op baby second..who turned in labour to face the right way

google for optimal foetal positioning....can;t do links as on laptop and can't cut & paste etc.......! OFP helps LO get in the right position for birth...... OP makes for a longer labour and possibly more painful...but 2nd time around, you are better prepared mentally and your body 'knows' what to do...

an active & upright first stage should help if OP......and if not.then you know that you can birth an OP baby...

Not sure about subsequent births but all my 3 were posterior babies

optimal foetal positioning

My first was an OP baby who didn't turn and the labour was very long. I was concerned that it would happen with my second too but it didn't and my labour with him was only 40 minutes!

Thanks ledodgywizardrobespierre, that's exactly what I wanted to hear!

I did all the OFP stuff last time and had her facing the right way, but then I was told to lie back for an hour after having the pessary when I was induced and she flipped back. Being a first timer I just did as I was told, but this time I shall know better...

I had a long OP labour with no1 then two 'normal' labours followed by another OP labour.

My ds2 was OP but they didn't realise til he crowned - I am expecting no.3 - it didn't occur to me that could happen again! Thanks for the link.

ds was op but dd was better positioned - proabbly thanks to mobility and ball - although did require a certain degree of "manupulation" for delivery

there is a lot to be said for keeping mobile in the first stage..and having the freedom to listen and move when and how your body asks .........when i lay down on the bed in labour....the pain in my back was unbearable.... whn i got up ,standing up ( between the contractions that made my knees buckle!) was better.....

if the baby is malpositioned...can stop even & and equal pressure being applied to the cervix,.which can mean slower dilation and a longer labour......with encouragement and patience...you can deliver an OP baby, without it turning in labour.... sometimes assistance is needed,.,but it can be coped with..especially if you have had it before

and the other way to look at it is, that if you have had an OP baby and are expecting another,,,you know you can deal with it and do it!!!!

DS1 was OP, pain all in my back (v sore) and he took 12 hours from first twinge to baby in arms.

DS2 wasn't OP, less painful birth, born in 8.5 hours from first twinge to baby in arms (hardly had to push at all for him - v straightforward, would do it again tomorrow).