How do you avoid a posterior baby?

[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.

[Yeddi]

Avoid monitoring during labour with anything other than a doppler only used for a minute at a time (if possible). I did all the "right" things, being very conscious of my posture and things that I did and had my baby in a LOT position when I went to the hospital but being a VBAC the hospital policy called for continuous monitoring. I knocked that back and "compromised" to allow ten minutes ever hour - big mistake. Every time they put on the sensors DS would move posterior to get away from the frequency. After they were taken off he would then spend the next 50 minutes turning back into the LOT position. After four times of this pattern repeating itself I realised what was happening, but because the staff on where "old school" in their thinking they would carry on with the emotional blackmail (just what you need when in labour with a possy baby) when I asked them to switch to the doppler, so I went and hid (having to hide - there's something wrong with that isn't there) in the shower instead which restricted their access to me and they were forced to use the doppler instead and when I felt him starting to move I would pull away. In the end they would let me go for a couple of hours before trying again because I was such a trouble maker and I was finally able to dilate.

[Isadora]

Yeddi that is so interesting! What a cheeky bub

Off to buy a fit ball today, I have been told they are excellent during labour too so it will have multiple uses