Anybody have any success turning a posterior baby when head completely engaged?

[Thandeka]

Bub is posterior but only found this out at same time as finding out her head is completely engaged and cervix is 1cm dilated! Yay! (am almost 38weeks but they are varying between saying- any time now too saying posterior babies are often overdue due to crap alignment with cervix so cant start labour off properly!)

So midwives seem to think it she is unlikely to move until labour and contractions as she is so jammed in (and obv if she doesn't shift then will be increased intervention). Am still trying to keep forward as much as poss and on all fours and debating trying the more intensive but recommended (and somewhat uncomfy) on all fours, arse in air, shoulders and head on bed for 15 minutes every 2 hours for every waking hour!

But is it all just going to be wasted effort? She is completely back to back- not even at a jaunty angle- grrrrr!

Hi Hun,
You could go and see a chiropractor if you can find one thats experienced in pregnancy in your area, that might help.
Sometimes it can be due to the shape of your pelvis, an old injury or tension in the uterine ligaments.
A baby that is posterior in pregnancy can still turn anterior in labour, but its good to be prepared with techniques in case your baby is back to back.
The best website with positions to help turn the baby (to be used in pregnancy and labour) is-
www.spinningbabies.com/
With an engaged head you could try the inversion (which is similar to what you have been doing but a little harder)
Selina

i tried all that stuff with number 1. it didn't work: he eventually turned after 12 hours of labour. so i would say it's worth a try but don't beat yourself up about it. FWIW he was early and i got away without any interventions.

oooh just tried the inversion! That was fun- takes all your upper arm strength though (of which I have none!) so I only managed 30secs. Bloody good job I waited til DH got home to help me! It felt good to do though and actually felt like it was doing something whereas the others sometimes feel like a waste of time.

Will try that twice a day plus all the other positions and see what happens.

Just wanted to say, don't worry too much. DD was "the wrong way round"/back to back/posterior. I was a first timer and really panicked! I tried all the positions recommended by my midwife to try and shift DD - but nothing worked except labour!

In the end, DD turned round herself during labour and it really didn't have much effect on my labour: I didn't need any interventions. The only thing I'd say is that my labour ended up being a little bit longer than average - but hardly horrendous(14 hours total in established labour.)

Obviously, this is just my personal experience but hope it's a bit reassuring. (Like I said, I worried soooo much about it myself and I would have liked to have been told that it could all work out fine!)

My DC turned during labour, but he was baby No3 so not sure if that makes a difference. DC1 didn't turn and came out fine and quickly too.

Hurrah just to update you all she seems to have turned into optimal birth position! Mw thinks she is gonna be a big baby but that I'll have a fast labour. Hmmm!