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Lying Transverse ...any advice?

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 21:45

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:04

Was dd your first baby? I'm sure the next ones take longer to be head down. 27 weeks does sound early for baby to be head down to me? Hope some pg mums can help hun xx try not to worry

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:07

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:09

I was in hospital at the end of my pg and the mum in the next bed was transverse but further on than you. she was told to go on all fours then stick her bum in the air and stay down there for a while.

I still think it's early though mosschops IMO. Have you looked in any baby books?

onlyjoking9329 · 24/09/2004 22:09

my twins were transverse but they didn't turn so i had a section

JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:10

I think it has something to do with baby having more room than first if that makes sense? your tummy muscles were tighter first time round

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:11

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:14

Please don't worry about C section. My mate had a baby a few months back, her 3rd, and baby was acrobating like she belonged in the Moscow circus right up 'til D Day!

Slinky · 24/09/2004 22:17

My 2nd child was transverse then breech up until 38/39 weeks then turned head-down at the last minute.

My 3rd was transverse and turned head-down about 38 weeks.

Advice I was given to get baby in ideal position was to get on all fours with head near the floor, bum in the air.

You still have plenty of time for it to turn around. DD1 was head-down very early on (never engaged).

JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:20

I said she could do the bum thingy but she'll be fighting dh off with a stick

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:25

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:31

Mmmm ok mosschop's dh, I believe you

JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:32

OMG what site was it? Just goes to show you have to be careful what you read on the net

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:33

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:34

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:35

Ermmm no all dhs like to shine torches up their wives nether regions......honest!!

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:39

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:42

Hehehe sorry that's so funny. Hope no one reads this and says they tried it

Mind you I tried allsorts to get DS1 to come out but he wouldn't budge the blighter. If someone said if you do a headstand on the high street whilst whistling waltzing Matilda I may have tried it??

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Mosschops30 · 24/09/2004 22:45

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JuniperDewdrop · 24/09/2004 22:47

15 days late and it almost took dynamite lol

I'm off to do chores I should've done earlier now
Hope you get some sleep, try not to worry. Night x

florenceuk · 25/09/2004 16:53

Mosschops, at 27 wks it's still quite early and there is lots of room for it to turn (esp as second!) I found baby was lying transverse at 36wks, but by the time i'd got to see the consultant it had turned. FWIW things I read on the Net included: lying upside down, lying on all fours, diving down to bottom of pool, and wearing very tight cycle shorts every day (the idea being that one reason they're transverse is that there's lots of room in there, your tummy muscles are a bit weak and if you squeeze them a bit they'll move their head down).

OldieMum · 25/09/2004 17:09

Transverse position a sign of abnormality? Pah! Dd was transverse by about 36 weeks and I had a section. She was perfect at birth, and still is now at 20 months....

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