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Anyone with reassuring stories about a baby in an oblique lie in late pg please?

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alittleteapot · 04/09/2009 22:04

I posted earlier in pregnancy about what i could be doing to help move the baby back to ceph, but have since been doing too much googling and it's all feeling a bit more worrying. the baby was ceph but has been oblique for a couple of weeks now and i'm nearly 36 weeks (35 + 3)

They didn't seem worried at the hosp today but google has fuelled my imagination (will I never learn!) so just hoping some of you ladies have some positive experiences to share!

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thisisyesterday · 04/09/2009 22:06

yes, with my first he was all over the place right up to about 38 weeks iirc
head down, sideways, diagonal, back to head down, then diagonal again.

bah
he did get head down properly in the end though and all was well

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alittleteapot · 05/09/2009 07:47

Thanks thisisyesterday, just the sort of thing I need to hear!

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KristinaM · 05/09/2009 07:54

my second was breech ( transverse) at about 38 weeks ( had scan) and he turned himself

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alittleteapot · 05/09/2009 08:48

Thanks Kristina - did you do anything to help? yoga? acupucncture etc?

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KristinaM · 05/09/2009 12:45

i did yoga anyway throughout my pg, but have no idea why he decided to turn

next baby was also breech and he was turned by ecv at about 38 weeks

Highlander · 05/09/2009 13:56

DS1 was TS then oblique from 30 weeks. I had already opted for an elec CS, but it was still tricky to get him out and he needed a ventouse. The OB said after the birth, 'just thank god you didn't try and push him out.'

DS2 was all over the place (mostly breech). Breech at 8am on the morning of the section but wioerdly had turned by the time of the section!! (10am)

On a more positive note, I was breech but turned naturally the night before my mum's induction.

Highlander · 05/09/2009 13:57

I had low anterior placentas both times - don't know if that influences the baby's position

Portofino · 05/09/2009 14:05

DD was transverse for a while, changed position daily then went head down just in time for my planned section. They then sent me home!

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alittleteapot · 06/09/2009 09:55

thanks all. feels to me today as though the head has swapped to other side of pelvis, so still not straight down but good that it's moving ie not wedged or anything. I'd competely forgotten all that stuff about not sitting with your knees higher than your hips etc so hope that by implementing some proper positioning in the final weeks that everything will be ok...

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rubyslippers · 06/09/2009 10:14

i have an oblique baby - had a scan yesterday to confirm (am 36 weeks)

have been told to sit the wrong way round on a chair

lean forward to get baby to drop

sitting on birth ball and leaning into something

am desperate to avoid a section ...

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alittleteapot · 06/09/2009 10:53

thanks rubyslippers. have you also been told the thing to keep your knees lower than your hips? what are you leaning into on the birth ball?

Good luck to you - I'll be 36 weeks on Wednesday. Have MW appt on Tuesday - will see how that goes - where the baby is and how worried they seem.

Feeling annoyed i haven't paid more attention to this earlier. dd was always cephalic so I think I've taken it for granted this one would be do.

like you, REALLY don't want a section...

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rubyslippers · 06/09/2009 10:58

am leaning into the side of the sofa which helps my knees to drop lower

it is also weirdly comfortable

also, am getting down on my hands and knees - am avoiding scrubbing the floors whilst I am down there

ohmeohmy · 06/09/2009 11:24

have you seen spinningbabies here ?

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alittleteapot · 06/09/2009 12:14

I'm typing this sitting backwards on a chair.

found spinning babies difficult to navigate and no mention of oblique babies but will have another more thorough look.

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rubyslippers · 08/09/2009 17:47

alittleteapot

just had a scan and baby now breech

having a ECV tomorrow

how are you doing?

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alittleteapot · 08/09/2009 19:37

sorry to hear that - although breech seems to be less dangerous in terms of waters breaking - one positive? good luck tomorrow. as of today my baby still oblique. obstetrician not worried but if still the case in ten days we'll have to come up with a plan which I assume (judging by my internet research) means c section or hospitalisation. As I have a two year old I think I'd go for the former with great regret as I just don't want to be away from home for long. but still time for it to sort itself out, fingers crossed. feel like i want to get all prep finished this week in case the whole thing is brought forward...

by the way have you tried acupuncture? loads of people really reckon it works to turn breech babies so might be worth a go if doesn't work tomorrow.

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rubyslippers · 08/09/2009 19:58

you are right - breech is better in terms of waters breaking

if ECV doesn't work am going to try accupuncture and/or reflexology ...

fingers crossed for you too

LissyGlitter · 08/09/2009 20:07

eek-just went for a midwife apt today and the baby is oblique (30 weeks) I wasn't bothered till I read this thread-DD was an undiagnosed breech at 36 weeks leading to an emergency section leading to much trauma, so I am petrified of it happening again. I would rather go for an elective section than try for a VBAC if there is a high risk of it happening again. When is a second baby meant to settle into position?

whelk · 08/09/2009 20:10

dd2 was oblique and basically bobbing around everywhere until 40 weeks. Did lots of exercises astride birth ball, rotating pelvis etc. DD2 did evetually get cephalic at 41 weeks and all was well. Good luck!

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alittleteapot · 08/09/2009 21:20

whelk, did they hospitalise you while you waited?

lissy don't worry too much - you've got a good few weeks to go. I'd get yourself to a good yoga class though and do everything you can to get it down. I've heard second babies can bob around a lot till quite late, it's just that once you get to term oblique becomes a bit more risky.

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alittleteapot · 08/09/2009 22:22

just read an interesting article that said good to do yoga exercises such as cat stretch when you can feel that the baby is awake (ie moving) as it's more likely to respond and work with you...

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alittleteapot · 17/09/2009 21:30

rubyslippers - how's it going?

I had acupuncture this week, midwife appt in morning

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CelticFay · 21/10/2021 20:00

I'm 36+4 weeks and I'm planning for a homebirth. My midwife today told me she didn't know exactly how my baby was lying, so she booked me a scan to confirm. She could either be oblique or head down. She moves so much I hope she moves back to a head down position by the time I have my scan or my homebirth will be cancelled 😬. I'll try leaning on the wrong side of the chair as suggested here, thanks!

CelticFay · 28/10/2021 08:40

UPDATE : I had a scan at 37+1 weeks, just before the scan my baby turned head down. I'm 37+4 and DD hasn't moved, my home birth will go ahead as planned.

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