postierier births

[Swoop]

DD was posterior.

I had active drug-free labour for approx 7 hours, followed by emergency c/s. The fact that she was posterior was only a partial factor in the c/s - I had pretty severe PSD and turning with forceps made it likely that I'd end up on crutches. During labour, DD's heart rate kept dropping low and taking too long to come back up so they had concerns for her safety too... turns out she had a knot in her cord so a vaginal delivery would have been out of the question after all.

[allycat06]

Had my first niggle at 4.30am, DS was born 6 hrs later. Drug free posterior birth assisted with forceps and large episiotomy.

[YoYo]

DS was posterior but managed to turn during the birth. Was born vaginally with minimal tearing (and he came out with his hand against his head!) no other intervention other than epi. Labour was 5 minutes off 9 hours...start to finish!

[Lilly-Pilly]

DD was 32 hours labour. They told me she was posterior from about 36 weeks
1 shot of peth, gave birth kneeling on a mat on the ground with my arms on a chair in front of me.
No complications, no intervention, no stitches

[SammyRo]

DD was posterior, had SROM and then contractions started 15hours later. Active labour for 15hours, 2.5hr pushing stage, she didn't turn, no drugs, no tear (slight internal grazes) no intervention.

DS (born Monday, yay!) was anterior, and much quicker (4.5hours in total, 8min pushing stage )

[~Minny~]

Thanks ladies, not as many ceasers as i thought there would be. Both DD and DS were both posterier and as they were turning i can only assume they both got stuck and went into fetal distress in the same position. Both were brow presentation as well from what info i can gather.

Im not pregnant nor looking to be for awhile yet but am hoping the next one is going to be anterior so hopefully a vba2c will work.

[STARRYSKY]

My DS was posterior, also would have been brow presentation. (they said he was a stargazer??) I had pre labour for 1-2 wks, ARM at 40wks, laboured for 10 hours (gas and epi towards the end) only dilated 4 cm, emergency c-section.

Good luck TTC (when you do!) and I will be on your cheersquad for a VBA2C!! Im hoping for my own VBAC with the next one.

[Miss E]

My DS was posterior with an anterior lip (only discovered that when I needed to push at 7cm's). I was induced, but after 10 hours on syntocin I had to have an emergency CS because he was stuck thanks to the anterior lip.