How do you avoid a posterior baby?

[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