[ADVICE] How can I avoid a posterior birth 2nd time around??

[Taurean]

They are damn painful babies to birth! Hats off to you doing it drug free!!!

From what I've been told (possibly misinformed ) it's a case of luck of the draw. I tried lots of things to turn DD and she did spin but then she'd spin again.....and again....and so on right up until she was locked into the birth canal - in the posterior position I had an awful lot of amniotic fluid though so I'm not sure if that made much difference.

My midwife and OB's (my OB plus the one that delivered DD as mine was away) all said the chances of another posterior birth in the future was unlikely as although they are normal, they aren't super common. The likelihood didn't increase or decrease because I've had one though, it really was just 'one of those things'.

It definitely can't hurt to try some techniques from the Spinning Babies website though. Despite everything I just wrote, I'll be doing that with me next pregnancy.

Good luck hon. I'll be stalking you!

[Persephone1]

My Midwife/Doula told me that baby turns during labour so trying to get them into an anterior position prior to labour means very little. If you're going to have a posterior labour you won't know about it until you're actually IN labour.

However, she also said that there are positions you can assume DURING labour that can help turn a posterior baby to anterior. I don't know what those positions are, cause although I had a hell of a lot of backpain, DS kept moving himself back and forth during labour (we think). I expect some of those positions include on all fours.

[Beach Mama]

Good posture during pregnancy can definitely help hun, lying on the couch on your left hand side if you want to lie down otherwise don't slouch back because it just bub want to slouch on your back too Sitting nice and upright with your hips and back out instead of tucked in if that makes sense and fit ball can all help. Hard to do all the time but whenever you notice yoruself sitting with bad posture do something to fix it like putting a cushion behind you etc.

Good luck hun - Izzy was posterior too and it's definitely not nice. xoxo

[Taurean]

Izzy was posterior too and it's definitely not nice. xoxo

Must be something in the name, that's DD's nickname too

[~*familyof3*~]

DS2 was also posterior it is so much more painfull than the other lol i to am hoping this one isnt the same too. Ive also just been told posture and getting on all 4's helps il let you know how i go lol

[Cricket]

Apparently in cultures where squatting is common, and reclining on couches/chairs is uncommon (ie. third world countries, where the women might squat to cook by the fire, etc.) posterior babies are very uncommon. That might give you a bit of an idea as to what to avoid and what to do.
For what it's worth, I've had five babies, and they have all sat the same way through the late weeks of my pregnancies. They all were head down, with their backs on my right side. Since babies usually rotate clockwise in labour, not counterclockwise, they all might have been posterior births. My first, second, and fourth all moved to anterior on their own during labour, without back labour. My third flipped right as I was pushing and came out really fast then! My fifth was born as a posterior brow presentation. (At home. Without drugs. One heck of a lot of pushing! Ouch! His birth story is on here if you are curious.) It was during that pregnancy that I did the most "hands and knees" stuff, which should have put him the right way!
What I'm trying to say is, there are things that can help prevent a posterior birth, but sometimes babies will just do their own thing, good or bad.
I think that the first birth is usually the worst. That was definitely my experience anyways! I'd rather experience my posterior delivery again compared to my first delivery! This baby will likely be easier even if he/she presents the same way.
And, you know you can do it! All the best for a great birth!