Posterior babies - it can be done

[Alan]

OK girls this post is to help reduce your concerns about giving birth to a posterior baby.
I was working night shift last night when a woman came to the hospital 1am in labour. This was her second baby and after feeling her tummy I could tell that the baby was posterior (direct OP). At 1:15am she decided that she would get under the shower to help with the pain. At 1:30am she said that she needed to push and wanted to get on the bed. At 1:38am she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, had a couple of grazes but no stitches. Baby was breastfeeding 20 mins later.
So just to reassure you all you can give birth to a posterior baby, yes sometimes the labour can be a little more painful but you can do it.

[LisaL]

OMG Im sooooo jealous! I had a posterior bub too, but that labour didnt end so pleasantly

Keep up with the positive birth stories

[Isadora]

I had a posterior baby too, and while the labour wasnt too good, its all worth it in the end isnt it. Cant believe she birthed bub so quickly, well done!!!

[StrawberryMumma]

How brilliant!! Thanks for sharing Alan.

I had a posterior bub too, and I think I was very lucky too. No intervention needed, just lots of determination managed to do the trick for me! Plus I'm tiny!- so I would definitely agree that it can be done

[Visitor7]

Both my girls were posterior, and I birthed both of them on my back, without any tears or medical intervention. It can definitely be done.

[Trillian]

Hi Alan, I just tweaked the thread title a bit - I hope you don't mind?

I have had 2 OP babies during labour and yep, it sure isn't the easiest way to birth LOL. But defiantely doable if you are given the time to do it. And mine weren't small babies either.

[krisp]

I have a friend who gave birth to her 10lb posterior bub in 3 hours. No pain relief(other than a bit of gas), no stitches, no worries!!!
I had 2 posterior bubs not so happy to come out but lets not get into that.
The moral of the story is posterior labours are not always horror stories so don't be afraid, it can and does happen every day...

[mrsmac]

My 1st was posterior but none of the others were. She was forceps and episiotomy but the other 2 i didn't even tear.

[~clover~]

I didn't have stitches with any of mine. I had a 1st degree tear with DD2. I dunno if it really was better to leave it or the ob left it more coz of my fear of them!
But with DS I didn't even graze.
Both posterior, & both SO different.

[krysalyss]

My bub was posterior. The back pain was pretty strong (umm really really strong) and I don't really remember any tummy pain through it. I was strapped to the bed for monitoring (bubs HR kept dipping cos of an induction) so didnt get to do a lot of the things I had planned. I got through it just with gas. Plus no stitches even with his hand up near his ear. So if a natural birth is what you want it can be done with a posterior bub.

[Alan]

Cookiemonster
Your midwives may not have told you that your baby was posterior. Back pain is a sign of a posterior baby so there is a good chance that your baby was posterior.

Sophia
As far as I know just because you had one posterior baby does not mean that you will have another one.