Turning baby round (spine, not feet)

[motherinferior]

Sprog still spine to mine at nearly 37 weeks. Yes, I know there's no need to panic but I'm panicking, OK? Am I supposed to crouch on all fours wiggling my bottom in the air?

[Oakmaiden]

PrincessPeaHead - I wonder if your baby was ROA? (So that the babies back is slightly to the right of the centre of your tummy, rather than slightly to the left) According to um, the person who did most of the optimal fetal positioning stuff (can't remember her name right now, and can't seem to locate the book) if a baby is ROA then sometimes they try to rotate into LOA (The "optimum" position)at the last minute and have a tendancy to go the wrong way round, so that rather than turning from slightly right through the middle (OA) into LOA, instead then take the "long rotation" and go through the posterior position to get there.

Does that make ANY sense?

[princesspeahead]

goodness, no idea, it was 5+yrs ago! could have been... sorry not much help

[pupuce]

LADIES - all these are 1st time babies... and I also had a first time OP (so I can symapthise, I pushed for 6h 1/2 because he was OP!!!!)... 2nd time labours of OP babies are much easier - please don't scare everyone off - they turn during albour as you will have morer room and more efficient contractions....

Oakmaiden.... Jean Sutton

[princesspeahead]

my mw told me today that I shouldn't worry about the baby currently being breech - since it was my third I had flabby stomach muscles so the baby would find it nice and roomy to turn around!

nice to find a positive side to having a flabby stomach...

[motherinferior]

Dr Bourne would be shocked, my dear.

[princesspeahead]

Dr Bourne sounds like a royal pain in the ass...

[Hales]

My first was op and ended up with forceps. To avoid it happening this time, my midwife said to put optimal fetal postioning in a search engine and look up any site which mentions Jean Sutton.
One good websiet is spinningbabies.com.

I'm due in 3 weeks and so far it looks good. I've spent 20 mins a day on all fours, bum in the air and it is not only getting baby in the right position but stops the back ache I've had. My dd also likes riding around on my back...so everyone is happy!

Also I've been going to a cranial osteopath and it is fantastic for back ache and getting the baby into a more comfortable position. I can really recommend it!

[Oakmaiden]

Jean Sutton. Of course! Doh!