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[glitterintheair]

3rd baby, overdue by a few days so far. Baby is posterior, not engaged (however is bobbing up and down on the rim, if you will) no dilation or effacement at all. I am hoping for my 3rd homebirth but after a really horendous visit with the hospital today for something unrelated that resulted in being told to prepare for a c-section due to all of the

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[katie_wagner]

That's crazy. There's no reason to "prepare for a c-section" especially if this is your 3rd baby. You can go from 0 to baby in a manner of hours. Ignore them and don't let them get to you. Hospitals are prepared for c-sections...doesn't mean you have to be.

[merilla]

Don't lose all hope! I had a (medically indicated due to hypertension) induction with my second, at 38w 0d. Bub wasn't even slightly engaged, was posterior, and I wasn't dilated or effaced. My obstetrician broke my waters, and my baby switched to a lovely anterior position, and I delivered naturally an hour and a half later. It can be done!

[so_there]

I have gone overdue with my last 3 kids and have never been checked for dilation or effacement.. which means I have no idea if I was dilated or effaced by my due date or a week after. I might have been, I might not have been.

there's no reason for the baby to be engaged before labor starts. in fact, with a posterior baby, be happy he's not! you're looking at a better chance of turning him. stay on hands and knees as much as possible from now until birth. never slump back into a chair.. make sure your knees are lower than (or level with) your hips at all times when you sit, and and arch your back towards the baby a bit. when you're not on hands and knees. ;) my last baby was posterior the day before she was born (at 41+4) and I spent the day on hands and knees. she was born the next morning perfectly positioned.

[girlinahouse]

A friend of mine just home birthed her third in a few hours. He was born posterior and she did not know until he came out. No back labor whatsoever. Your body and baby know what they are doing!

[transfattyacid]

It's as though doctors are looking for reasons to perform c-sections. When I delivered my son I was the only mother at the hospital that didn't have one and I think me voicing my determination against it is what allowed me to birth vaginally. They definitely tried to prepare me by telling me a 9 lb baby is too large to deliver naturally. Trust yourself. You've already done this multiple times. You are perfectly capable to do it again.