Posterior babies

Looking for comments.... My mum had 10 children (I know, I know) and she told me just the other day that she always had long labours because every one of them was posterior at birth. I think my first daughter was posterior but can't really remember, since she was a c/s. But my second daughter was definitely posterior and it feels like this one might be posterior for the moment.

I was thinking, #1 if she had 10/10 posterior then maybe her uterus or pelvis is a funny shape (like the "loveheart" ones always carry breech) and #2 if that is likely to be genetic. Also, I have a scan on Tuesday so is it possible for the sonographer to have a look around at the same time (or not apparently on scan)?

Sorry such a long post...

All ten were posterior?!?  Oh that just sucks!  My midwife advised me to lean forwards whenever I sit down, to not lounge backwards at all, lie on my left-hand side when I lie down, sit on a swiss ball (don't got one) and go on all fours for at least 20 mins a day to turn a posterior baby.  None of it's worked so far, but last night I gave baby a little smack on the bum and she soon turned!!  Can't figure out if she's turned back overnight though.  Your midwife can feel the baby's position and confirm that for you, but I'm also pretty sure a scan would tell you if there was a funny shape to your uterus.  You'd think they'd have picked it up earlier if there was, though. 

i think...and someone else said this I'm sure so this is third/forth hand info, that posterior babies are more common now because we have a more seditary lifestyle. jake was posterior and presented the largest part - his labour was just under 5 hours I think.

My first born Josh was posterior, long labour but finally delivered naturally, all 9lb 5oz of him. My second Brooke was anterior and she was a piece of cake natural birth. This one looks like it will go the same as Brooke so hopefully not too long labour. Although as I have GD this time around I may end up having baby early induced and c sectioned. will know by end of month. As
As someone said I would say to ask your midwife. There is alot more things you can do now-a-days to turn the baby.

Maya was posterior too, usual story - long labour. But she turned at some point during the labour and was born right way up.

I wouldn't worry too much about bubs being posterior at this stage Busymum - breech babies can turn right up until around 36 weeks, and posterior babies even later. Your next scan will be able to tell how bubs is lying at the time but at 25 weeks they move around so much that they won't give a definite presentation till around 36 weeks.

And just randomly, Liz is right - the number of posterior babies has increased in part due to our more sedentary lifestyles and the fact that we tend to spend more time sitting in slouch positions like on sofas than past generations. Also, first babies are more likely to be posterior than subsequent ones.

Oh the things you learn when you get paid to learn them!

There's a link between having an anterior placenta and a posterior-facing baby.  And our antenatal teacher said the same thing about modern lifestyles involving a lot more sitting in comfy chairs and jobs where you sit mostly, whereas back in the day chairs were straight up & down and people moved more, so babies tended to face the right way more then.