Does having an anterior placenta mean...

[ubba82]

You are more likely to have a posterior baby?

[Winter]

I hope not! I have an anterior placenta so am interested in the replies!!

[Amaunet]

I have read that too and it was true in my case :?

[Arimeh]

Wasn't true for me - I've had 3 anterior placentas

[Liz]

I've heard the baby tends to face the placenta.. But I don't know where I heard it lol. I have anterior this time.. And tbh have no idea where placenta was other times.. So I guess I'll see which bub is facing when the time comes

[LimeSlice]

DD1 - Posterior baby, posterior placenta.
DD2 - Anterior baby, anterior placenta.



But then again, I'm not normal.

[ubba82]

Thanks Mel :-)
Lol Lime - not normal!

[ubba82]

Thanks Liz, id be interested to know too!

[Mad Scientist]

Apparently your chances of a posterior birth are increased but an anterior placenta doesn't guarantee a posterior birth thank god! My DD1 was full OP vaginal birth with anterior placenta. I however wasn't aware of the positions that can aid in preventing a posterior birth. I recommend researching the positions and exercises to help prevent posterior birth. A posterior birth won't kill you but boy, it is hard hard work. I didn't realize just how hard until I had a perfectly 'normal' birth with DD2 which was an absolute breeze compared to first time around. The exercises are easy and worth it x

[JennaJayen]

Just wanted to say that I had posterior placenta's with both of mine but:

DS - Posterior
DD - Posterior until 35wks, turned anterior, then turned 60 degres to the side so she was facing the inside of my hip, then during labour she turned posterior before finally turning anterior while I was undergoing transition.

I think it just depends on the baby, woman and the individual pregnancy.

[Heaven]

I've had 2 anterior placentas and 2 anterior babies

[Pandora]

Supposedly, yes, as apparently baby likes to face the placenta.
However that's only for during your pregnancy - lots of babies turn in labour.

For subsequent pregnancies my mw told me it's even more likely that they will turn.

I had two babies and two anterior placentas. First was anterior in pg and birth. Second was posterior for the last few weeks but anterior when born. Not sure when he turned as i didn't feel it.

[loulabelle]

Both times I had anterior but had one anterior baby and one posterior.


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[OceanPrincess]

I've had 2 anterior placentas and 2 anterior babies

Me too!

[Ilithyia]

For those that did have an anterior placenta...

Was there anything that made you suspect prior to having it confirmed via ultrasound that made you think you had an anterior placenta?

I've been wondering if I do as most of babe's movements are right down low, just above my pelvis despite my fundus being at my belly button.

[Rosey]

I had an anterior placenta. Movements were late for me, after 20 weeks and we're always a little muffled, although first pregnancy. My DD was posterior, didn't turn. My waters also broke prematurely.

[Cassius2]

I had posterior placenta for DD1 and she presented anterior.

I had anterior placenta for DD2 and she presented posterior.

For this bub I have another anterior placenta but bub is also anterior (atm lol).

Sara: I had zero suspicions with DD2 that my placenta was anterior as i was getting bucketloads of movement from about 11 weeks so was shocked when it was anterior.
This baby i was fairly certain was anterior and down lower than with DD2 as the movements were much harder to detect and not where I expected them (right down low). and sure enough the placenta was momentarily low lying and bubs was all snuggled up into lol.

[Three Graces]

I had posterior placentas with DS1 and DS2 and they were both anterior when trying to labour.
With DD this year I had an anterior placenta and she tended to like facing it, but was in a good position by 40 weeks. The u/s confirmed that it was anterior, but I could definately tell the difference, as I couldn't feel the kicks as strongly as the prior pregnancies. They were definately felt later and more muffled.

A chiro that I saw worked wonders in getting the pelvis alligned and helping the baby to get into a good position as I was worried about the anterior placenta this time. I was also worried that it would be too low (I was trying vba2c and ended up with another c.s) and wasn't sure if there would be complications with the incision site etc. Turned out that the placenta moved up enough anyway.