postierier births

[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.

[~Minny~]

starrysky - thanks and i hope you get your vbac as well

Miss E - thats interesting as when i got to 6-7cm dilated i needed to push as well! Never got told why that was the case but it was the most excruitiating pain i have ever felt having to push and not being able to!

[Visitor7]

Both my girls were posterior. DD1 labour was 9 hours, DD2 labour was 6 hours. I did the second labour drug free. Both times no tearing, and I pushed while on my back.

[SammyRo]

starrysky - thanks and i hope you get your vbac as well

Miss E - thats interesting as when i got to 6-7cm dilated i needed to push as well! Never got told why that was the case but it was the most excruitiating pain i have ever felt having to push and not being able to!

I had the exact same pushing urge at 6cm or so! It is so painful trying to ignore that urge! I remember with DS, I went from 3cm dilated to wanting to push in just over an hour, and I kept trying to ignore it to begin with as I assumed he was posterior and it was way too early to push! I couldn't believe that I had gone from 3cm to fully dilated so quickly after my experience with DD.

[Trillian]

My last two were OP births and they were both vaginal. first OP birth was 4.5hrs, induced with syncto with minor shoulder dystocia and I had a 2nd deg tear. 2nd OP birth was 6hrs with shoulder dystocia and only a graze. He actually got into a position at the end where his head was looking over his right shoulder, suggesting that he was still OP, but his body had turned so that his back was along my left side, so he was sideways, hence the shoulder dystocia. Neither time did they use instruments.