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BaAsKa 
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 8:33pm |
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ok so obviously its head down but i cant for the life of me remember the rest!!! like which side their back is facing or which way they are "looking".....
I was going over Astins notes and his back was ALWAYS on my right (so left if your looking at me!) but this baby has been breech then off to my right once and then on my left for the rest of the time and i can now feel myself without MW as to where bubs is laying so i know its almost always off the my left...
Is there a right and wrong side for them to be on???
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Rachael21
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:06pm |
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Left is ideal as babys tend to turn clockwise in labour. When baby comes out he/she will have their back directly out the front (ideally). Right is still good though and to be honest they are still discovering how much babys actually turn in labour. So it may not even matter where baby is facing before labour.
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:11pm |
oh awsome thanks Rach  i wont worry about it so much then as long as its head down! 
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:12pm |
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the most favourable positions are the LOA /LOL and ROA /ROL posititions as they allow the head to descend firmly into the pelvis and press onto the cervix , which encourages it to dilate, however, LOP and ROP positions often turn into LOA and ROA positions just before or during labour .
and what they mean issssss....
LOA =Left Occipito anterior, the back of babys head (occiput) is to the left within the mothers pelvis (therefore so is the babies back ) and angled slightly towards the front (anterior ) of the mother
ROA =right occiptio anterior , meaning that the head is to the right within mums pelvis, angled at front
LOL=Left occipito lateral , meaning the head is to the left within mums pelvis , with the back on the left side of mum
ROL=right occiput lateral , meaning that the head is to the right within mums pelvis , with the back on the right side of mum
LOP=left occipito posterior , meaning the head is to the left within mums pelvis and angled towards the back
ROP =right occipito posterior , meaning the head is to the right within mums pelvis , angled to the back
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:16pm |
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OK so if i can understand that properly - i would say my baby is LOL because its kicking off to the right and back in off to the left..
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:20pm |
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LOA and LOL can be quite hard to establish the difference and a lot of the time baby might just be in between them both. LOA is babys back out the left of your tum and LOL is babys back right on your left side.
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:45pm |
oh gosh thats so confussing!!! But it certainly makes understanding my maternity notes alot easier!
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 9:45pm |
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If your baby is posterior when you go into labour try to spend your contractions on your hands and knees with you rear in the air. This will encourage bubs to turn before descending.
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 10:18pm |
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sorry for the dumb questions but which one is prosterior??? is that with babies back to my front??
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Posted: 26 April 2009 at 10:21pm |
oh going by what Kelly said i think it mean babies back to my back???
I never cared about any of this with my others but this time baby seems to be a bit more differcult than the others! lol so want to have some knoledge!
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