transverse presentation

[madmomma]

Anyone any experience of transverse presentation? I'm 35wks and baby is transverse. How does it get managed? I'm being scanned next week, but what tends to happen next. First 2 babies were LOA so no experience of this sort of thing. Any advice welcome, thanks

Hello, my third baby was transverse at 38 week midwife appointment. I was told to go straight to hospital where I stayed until she went head down and I was induced nine days later. I had a couple of scans during my time in hospital just to check position. I am now 30 weeks with my fourth baby and this one is already transverse too. I will have a scan at 36 weeks and then they take a view on how they want to proceed. I bet your baby will move head down, you've still got plenty of time, but best to be prepared with a hospital bag in case you do have to go in and stay. Good luck x

Hi there. My current bump (37 weeks) was transverse until last week. My midwife told me to get on all fours for at least 10 mins a day which should encourage the baby into the right position - i looked online some pregnancy yoga moves that would help; so rocking back forth and circling your bottom (it sounds weird, i know!) seemed to help. I also got myself a gym ball and sat/ bounced on that every day. Had a scan last week and baby had moved head down - phew! I don't know if these things really helped or if he/she would have moved any way but it was a great relief! Good luck!!

Not sure about transverse, but my second baby was breech until 36 weeks and she moved - just to reassure you that as this is your third, you're plenty baggy enough for baby to move!

Try swimming breaststroke.

Nicely put, phlossie!

If you subscribe to this kind of thing, homeopathy and acupuncture has been known to help, but needs a day or so to work.

My baby was transverse, but I had chosen an ELSC anyway so not much help I am afraid! She remained transverse until my waters broke at 37+4 when I went in for a slightly earlier than scheduled ELSC!

Thanks for replies.
It's very confusing that some women get kept in when it's found their baby is transverse & some are left to go into labour at home. I also thought babies rarely turned after 34 wks. I don't like the idea of 'trying' a vaginal birth. Would far rather have a planned section really.

If your baby doesn't put its head down, it'll have to be a CS. Transverse babies cannot be delivered vaginally, and so you would no be expected to "try". Perhaps you could ask when they would make a CS decision if there was no movement?

They can turn quite late in the day - my 3rd didn't go head down until the 39th week (that "baggy" comment had quite a resonance!)

Haha! I'm quite sure I am indeed baggy as hell. I guess I'm worried about going into labour at home and having the cord prolapse. It can happen so quickly if yr waters break can't it, and the hospital is half an hr away. I just feel nervous and want to know what's going on. I hate the thought of waiting and seeing - it makes me anxious. Is that irrational?

Talk to your MW but I was told if my waters went whilst baby was transverse to get on my hands and knees with bum in the air to keep baby to the top and pressure off the cord and call and ambulance to blue light to hospital.

DS - my first - turned very late and oscillated between ceph and transverse until D-Day itself. I was told that I had to go in sooner than I'd have liked and instantly if my waters went but I was petrified of a CS so willing to 'risk' a VB given his indecisiveness, although if he hadn't turned it would have been ELCS obviously.

I second all the pregnancy yoga advice etc and I found the spinning babies site useful. Little bugger still managed to be OP though

My DD was transverse for most of the pregnancy, then turned head down in week 35, but turned back transverse in week 36. Perverse baby, intent on torturing her mum!