posterior baby
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Topic: posterior baby
Posted By: isabel
Subject: posterior baby
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:55am
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okey, so baby is head down but with her back on my right side. mw want me to try and get her with her back on the left side as i understand it, its more likely she will be posterior in labour otherwise. my question is apart from being more painful delivering a baby in posterior position, does it increase your risk of having medical interventions?
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 10:06am
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It can do. But you can still deliver naturally. In posterior they need a bigger opening to get out than if it were anterior. With daniel I dilated normally, got to 10cm but needed an extra cm. After a couple of hours of pushing I wasn't getting anywhere and needed an epistomy and then he came flying out. I did that on gas. I almost belted the mw when she tried to take my precious gas away from me! lol. Certainly not everyone needs to cut or tear.
I had more pain in my lower back but I didn't get the ring of fire or anything like that. |
Posted By: Jelly
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 10:22am
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C had his back to my right as well, which wasn't too much of a problem but things certainly would have been faster and smoother if he had been facing the right way.
I got to 8cm after I think 10 hours before I asked for an epi, I think I would have gone longer without one if he was positioned better. Most of the issues with C's birth were because of the epi (weaker contractions) and the clever boy pointing his head the wrong way so he got stuck, not because he was posterior. 
You definitely should try everything you can to turn baby though, feeling contractions in your back is a million times worse! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 10:49am
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Posted By: KiwiAtHeart
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 11:26am
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Madison was posterior and no one knew until she was being born and her head was coming out the wrong way, but apart from back pain and a longer labour everything went textbook for me, only a little bit of gas then pushed for 20 mins and she flew out so it can all still go normally. -------------  
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 12:18pm
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My second baby turned posterior during labour and got stuck and I ended up with an emergency c-section. If she hadn't got stuck it would have been a 2 - 3 hour labour all up. She was big though, 4.1kg, if she'd been smaller I may have been able to push her out! ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 1:27pm
My boy was posterior, and I have nothing to compare it to, but he was delivered naturally with no intervention needed. As for pain, I have no idea - I had an epidural  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 2:11pm
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Pretty much just like FebGirl, My boy turned posterior in labour, made for a wicked painful back. Unfortunately he got lost coming out and ended up stuck so we ended up in theatre with a ventouse delivery. I got to 9cm within about 5 hours of labour and I believe I could have coped fine without any drugs etc if it weren't for him coming in at the wrong angle and my cervix stopping dilating -------------  
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 2:14pm
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Lilia also had her back to my right, however turned enough during labour that she came out fine. No interventions required and no tearing or anything.
She was 4.1kg too, though I think positioning and head size play a bigger part in how easily they come out (her head was only 34cm)  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Caro07
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 2:40pm
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Similar experience here. Long labour with pain in my back. Had an episiotomy but would probably have needed one even if he was the right way round.
Not always longer though. Some posterior babies are born as quickly as anterior. Depends on the individual. Think I am heading for another posterior bubs - this bubs prefers my right side and occasionally flicks posterior. Have given up trying to make bubs move. Chances are I'll spend ages on my hands and knees to encourage an anterior position and bubs will go posterior as I start labour! ------------- Caroline, SAHM to 2 boys, S (4 years old) and J (2 years old) 
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 3:15pm
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My DS was posterior despite my best efforts of trying to turn him for about 4 weeks beforehand.. spent SO much time on my hands and knees and I didn't sit back against the couch for weeks! Anyway, he wasn't budging and I had a shocker of a time with contractions all in my lower back (thankfully eased with an epi).
He ended up getting stuck and distressed which ended up in a crash c-section. I was SO close though, got to 10cm and started pushing so I was really gutted when it turned a bit pear shaped! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 3:30pm
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My DD turned posterior during labour. I laboured on a bean bag hoping she would turn anterior, but no cigar. She had everything against her being born vaginally as she was posterior, facial presentation and a big baby. 27 hour labour and I pushed for 3 hours then had a crash c section. I also survived only on gas until I was told i was having a c section, I was gutted!!
My whole labour was in my back, my tail bone in particular and it still gives me grief some days  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 5:43pm
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Some of y'all might find this useful:
http://www.spinningbabies.com - Spinning Babies ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: bebebaby
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 9:10am
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Isabel, my bay was posterior at times during my pregnancy, and for the last 2 weeks was ROA. So like you, babies back on my right side, head down. During my labour he turned to the middle then to the left side. So they dont always turn posterior. When the midwife was checking his heartrate, she noticed that he'd moved.
So try to stay positive and definatley try some ot the things on spinning babies. I was so sure he would be postieror, but there you go. They have a mind of there own! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 2:20pm
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my boy turned posterior a couple of days before i was induced, he started labour posterior but somehow turned around while i was in labour and came out the right way. lol ------------- 
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 4:22pm
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My wee boy was posterior a couple of weeks before I went into labour, in the perfect position the week before, then posterior when I went up to the hospital in labour!!
The good news is it doesn't automatically mean interventions etc. My labour was in my back, but he turned in the three hours I was at hospital, came out within three minutes of pushing (well, actually his head birthed before anyone had the chance to realise what was going on then he was born three minutes later!!) - no drugs, no interventions. Try not to stress about it too much. But obviously, if you can get bubs forward with leaning etc it helps. Good luck! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 7:09pm
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for me both my boys turned posterier in labour.. the first time that lead to emergency c section.. and the second was supposed to be elective but nearly wasnt.. anyway as others said it can increase chances of medical intervention and did in my case.
kebakat me too....having started both labours in tummy i preferred the back. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 7:10pm
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oh both labours 2-3 hours 9.5cm with number one so not longer for me ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 24 April 2010 at 8:46pm
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Posterior baby here too! Very painful lower back pain during labour also. However, she turned in the last hour, but by then (after a very long labour) I'd had an epi and needed an epistomy and vontouse delivery.
My MW got me to take some homeopathic tablets during labout try nd get her to turn. I'm pretty sure they're what helped. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: isabel
Date Posted: 25 April 2010 at 7:58am
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Thanks guys. it helped knowing that sometimes anterior babies turned posterior at labour and vice versa.Im trying hard to turn her but after reading your stories im not as stressed about as i realise i can have my natural labour.going to try acupressure next week and see if that helps. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 25 April 2010 at 10:59am
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My first two were posterior. Painful labour, long, lots of intervention & c-sections. #3 was the right way around & she was born at home in 4.5 hours from first pain to out.... It can make a huge difference the baby's position ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |