Hello,

Just a quick question and if no one knows then that is cool, but you all seem to know so much stuff so i thought i'd just ask here anyway..

Anyhow, my baby was head down and facing towards my left side during the later part of pregnancy and all through labour.... once I wanted to push she was still in this position and didnt move until the ob came in and put his hands up there to turn her around. She was getting stuck on my pelvis, and every push I did was doing absolutely nothing. She'd come down a bit, but as soon as the contraction finished she'd go back up to where she started.

My question is, do they normally turn around on their own or do you normally need an ob or someone to turn them around?
or can you push them out when they are facing to your side?
or was I maybe pushing too early or something?

I probably should have asked the midwife or ob, but i totally forgot about it when I was finally holding her!