Spine to spine V Ceph presentation. Advise please

[Knitterbird]

For ages I was having the text book pregnancy. The baby was ceph presentation every time the MW checked. I'm now 38 weeks. The last time I saw MW, the baby had twisted 90 degrees to the right (still head down thankfully). In the last week it's even worse as I'm getting kicked right across the front and when I lie down the bump is softer. This is making me think that it's back to back.

I'm sleeping on my left side, on all 4s as much as possible otherwise sitting bolt upright with my pelvis tilted forward. Nothing seems to be working.

So I have 2 questions:

1. Is there anything more I can do to get it to shift back to being spine to tummy
2. It's not breach so am I just worrying about nothing and just get on with life?

have a look at optimal foetal positiong and spinning babies site.

if baby stays back to back, it might mean a longer labour, with more pain in your back, but it is not the end of the world...

try not to worry too much, OP babies can turn in labour, mine did !

You've still got time for them to move round. The best thing is for you to be aware of babies positioning when you go into labour so that you are able to make an informed decision about pain relief etc and whether the labour may be longer than usual.

I was completely unaware that DD was back to back, despite the pain in my back...until the surgeon said that she was after my emergency c-section. Had I have been more informed about babies position I would have definitely been more prepared for the labour ahead!

Knitter, try not to worry too much. Cephalic presentation is excellent and back to back is normal but tends to occur in women with a particular shaped but normal pelvis. It might take a bit longer for the head to come down because a wider diameter has to pass through your pelvis but this is not by any means a problem. You may find that you have a longer labour than you might othewise have done and may decide to go for an epidural. Not the end of the world by any means and certainly not worth losing any sleep over.