Posterior baby

[teacentral]

At which point in my pregnancy should I start being concerned about a posterior baby and/or exploring turning techniques? My baby is head down, but it seems to be posterior. I will be 37 weeks tomorrow, and I know there should still be plenty of time for the baby to turn on his/her own, but how long should I wait?

Comments

[bloojanuary]

I wouldn't worry at all. My daughter turned during labor, and I think most babies rotate before (or as) they're coming down the canal.

[indyselsa]

My son turned during labor, too. No tearing, no fuss!

[sandokai]

Not necessarily the case. Mine didn't and the labor was a bit ridiculous and ended in a c-section. I think something like 10-20% of the time they don't rotate "properly".

[rhye]

My husband just asked me this like 10 minutes ago XD As I told him, the baby can turn even in labor. In our birthing class they said that all the back-labor measures are good not only for relieving the mother's pain but also for getting the baby to turn during labor. Our baby's posterior at 38 weeks, but posterior babies often turn in labor according to our birthing class so I wouldn't worry.

[_venus_]

They can and do (mine did) but if a labor starts with baby posterior, it's likely to be a lot longer with unproductive contractions, so if baby can be encouraged to turn it's ideal.

[frogger414]

My OB saw that my son was posterior when I was fully dilated and pushing. He turned him but from what I hear, that's really rare. My OB has been practicing for 51 years so he's a bit old school but I was so thankful because all that back labor went away after he turned him and he was born about half an hour later

[tikizeekbaby]

Having gone through both posterior and anterior labors, after my posterior birth (1st) , I basically started doing pelvic rocks and sitting tailor style or on a yoga ball whenever I could starting at about 32 weeks or so, it really made that much of a difference for me. My first labor was over 18 hours in length and resulted in a Csecton because she never fully decended (she was head down but at a funky angle between posterior and the side) and wasn't able to be adjusted (I'd caved and gotten an Epidural when the labor became "unbearable" to me... it was a mistake for us). With my 2nd and 3rd, I started doing pelvic rocks, sitting on a yoga ball, sitting forward, etc at about 30 weeks; stepping it up in the last few weeks. My 2nd labor was 11 hours in duration, only about 3 hours of that was "hard labor"... my 3rd labor was 9 hours in duration, only 1 hour of that was "hard". I really attribute the difference to the baby's position being "optimal" going in to it. There's no guarantee it will work, but at worst, you alleviate

[x_crash_into_me]

Did you ask your doctor/midwife?