please come and talk to me if you have had posterior babies!

[mabel1973]

I am 39 weeks pg with DC3. Ds2 was posterior and looking back now, i believe DS1 was as well (although I was never told this), both overdue, long labours, terrible back pain, had to have ARM
I tried to go for a waterbirth with DS2, but after 4 hours in the pool and nothing happening, i was examined and my waters broken, to be told the he was posterior, ended up getting out of the pool and having an epidural ,as I couldn't cope with the pain....V disappointed.
This time round the midwife has told me this one again is posterior, so I am doing all I can to try and get it to turn.
Sitting on birthing ball, hands and knees, I went for reflexology yesterday...but the kicks are stubbornly staying in the same place, all round the front, so I am guessing from that this baby just does not want to turn.
I have gone from willing this baby to come, to dreading the whole experience.
Again I was hoping for a pool birth, but I can see that slipping away.
I am feeling very negative about the whole thing.
Can someone give me advice / encouragement / experiences...anything. I just need to try and get into a positive frame of mind about this.
TIA

Hi Mabel, my son was a weird position, sort of diagonal OP, he didn't turn in labour, but he was a big boy with a massive head (!) and I always felt he didn't have much room/fluid in which to turn in the last weeks, despite me spending loads of time on all fours etc.

One piece of advice I heard (after the birth) unfortunately, was that burning chinese moxa sticks can help, they're usually used with breech births. Also sleeping on the left side. Maybe they'll work for you?

Good luck anyway. Love your name BTW, it's my current favourite for number two due Feb!

Hi lotster

this baby was breech til recently and the midwife did tell me that had it still been breech at 37 weeks they would have referred me to the hospital for moxibustion and accupunture, it was something I had never heard of before, I believe it has a 75% success rate for turning breech babies (which I am assuming is why they provide it on the NHS here), they don't refer you for it for a posterior baby though.
I tried reflexology last week, but no joy.
According to my midwife there is still loads of room so I am guessing that even if it turns now, it will just go straight back to it's original position.
So I although I am sleeping on my left (it's the only comfortable position anyway) and spending loads of time on my ball, I am not sure if it will do anything til labour actually starts.
Mabel is actually just my nickname, not my real name, it was one of my cats names! However, had i not already called the cat it, i would've chosen it for this baby! Along with Daphne which is the other cats name!!!
Good luck for feb X

Ha ha, thanks!

Hope your LO turns, hopefully it's siblings will have made a bit more room to do so!