How do you avoid a posterior baby?

[appletree]

i third the spinning babies website! Take the info with a grain of salt though, i find the site to be extremely prescriptive (very american style) and preferred to pick and choose what suited me!

[luna moth]

Yep, I say spinning babies too. When you do sit on a couch, sit on a cushion so your knees are lower than your hips. If you're on a kitchen/dining chair, sit backwards. Fit ball is great, I always use mine.

The other advice I got was to get on a swing set and rock up a really good swing - works if you know the baby is posterior - the big swing action gives it a chance to lift out of your pelvis and turn a bit better. Get off carefully, watching your centre of gravity and balance as you get off, and then when you do, see if you can get into a forward kneeling position. The park where I did it has a table and bench, so I did it there, and it totally worked.

Also, swimming is really good, especially with tumble turns. I added a few extra somersaults - to be on the safe side and to have a bit of fun!

[onthefly]

I was just going to add - just pick and choose things that fit in with your lifestyle. There are no guarantees here - you don't want to stress yourself and put yourself out doing all sorts of weird and wonderful things and then have it not work, ykwim?
Swimming, that's a great one. I used to sit backwards on the dining chairs a lot too - quite comfy.

[Artechim]

I was told to sleep on my left side. I did it religiously with both and neither were posterior, but I am not sure if that is a fact or an old wife's tale lol

[human bean]

All great advice so far, one I was told was try and think of having a beam of light coming from my belly button, and it should at some point hit the floor. In other words, most of the time, try not to be too 'reclined'.

[Cassius2]

i vouch for what marcellus said. you'll be wanting to open up your pelvis and sit with a more forward possie. i did this as often as i could (so for example i sat on the fit ball with my legs to side of it and slightly back...kinda like when you ride a horse) at the dinner table. i also had a swedish ergonomic chair in the house so used that when i was at the computer).

for sleeping, we were told to lie on (preferably) left side and have the right leg swung over as high as it would go...i could almost sleep on my belly in that position. and towards the end of the pregnancy i would use a pillow to support the aching in the hips...

check out spinning babies too (as others have mentioned). it gives a great insight into 'baby mapping' which i followed and was able to use to see where this bubs was positioned.

HTH!

[Isadora]

Thanks so much ladies!! I must check out this spinning babies website.

So basically its all about posture....which is hard for me, I really do have terrible posture and I spend most nights hunched over the computer writing essays. Hmmmm. Going to have to make some changes I think, I just cant go through that again.

[human bean]

Perhaps if you sit on a fit ball when at the computer that could be an easy change to make. Make sure it's the right size ball for you - your knees should be lower then your hips.

[Shanti]

woops, double post.

[Shanti]

I was told to sleep on my left side. I did it religiously with both and neither were posterior, but I am not sure if that is a fact or an old wife's tale lol

Hmm that could be an old wives tale! I slept on my L side all the way through (way more comfy) and DD was posterior!!! Yeouch.

Isadora - some great advice here. I'm interested in reading all the posts too as I do not want a posterior baby this time around either!!!! It was SO PAINFUL being all in my back..... awful!!!! (and no drugs!!).

Oh yeah, and I'm a sloucher too which I was told "after" the birth, could have caused it!!!

Good luck hun.