Try & make sure you sit with your knees lower then your hips & don't slouch back on the couch, slouching back encourages posterior babies. Also try & get down on your hands & knees & scrub your skirting boards or something while your down there LOL. Might help bubby get better positioned. Laboring posterior babies suck!
eta - if you don't mind me asking.. Whats your plan c/section for? Will you go in if things ramp up or just go naturally?
Slouching on the couch today was not comfortable at all, and unfortunately it has been my favourite position this pregnancy. But I have been sitting on the edge of the couch all morning but my knees are "slightly" higher than my hips so will push my feet forward.
My planned c-section is for a number of reasons
1st Pregnancy - Failure to progress with induction, large baby and wrong shaped birth canal (they didn't mix) he never went below station -2, ended in distressed baby, raised temp so off for an emergency c-section
2nd Pregnancy - Planned c-section due to birth canal, another large baby... waters broke so had emergency c-section, then got Necrotizing Faciitis (Flesh Eating Bacteria) in my c-section wound resulting in ALOT of scar tissue, a few more operations and 2+ months for the wound to close.
3rd Pregnancy - Planned c-section due to the issues in last c-section, the unknown of the scar tissue and how it would react to labour. Started thinking of a VBAC about three weeks ago but since have had alot of pain in scar and due to the increased risk in infection (low immune system since infection) I'm following hospital advice (both hospital I had DS2 in & this pregnancy)
So once / if I get into established labour at all I will head in and they will do c-section, only issue being that having back contractions on my shaped body (obese) doesn't seem to show on CTG very well... haven't last last two labours anyway
Ahh ok. Well make sure you keep the hospital up to date with whats going on.
I so hear you on the slouching though. my Second was born posterior & it wasn't till after that someone said its sitting like that which encourages it. But DS use to sit so high with so much pressure on my sternum it was the only comfortable way to sit. I try & make sure I don't sit that way as much as possible but its so comfy LOL
Do you have a fitball? Sitting on that and leaning onto the back of a chair may help. The rocking helps too. I found slow, deep breathing and rocking in rhythm helped a lot.
Here's one I read on spinning babies - get up on the couch on your hands and kness. Slowly and carefully lower you hands to the floor and lean on your forearms. This moves baby up towards your sternum and encourages them to rotate to anterior. You may need help getting out of this position. I slowly slid my knees down to the floor. Putting cushions on the floor to land on first helps
Do you have someone who can give you counter pressure on your back?
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