Cord issues and malposition are such luck of the draw though. About 1/3 of babies are born with the cord around their neck, only a very small percent it is a problem for. The thing is, when you are given syntocinon, it restricts blood and oxygen flow to the baby. It can create a problem (a major cause why synto labours can end in c/s, fetal distress). So your bub had the cord around its neck and induced contractions - which may have been the right or wrong decision, not arguing anything about that, this is just the nature of synto. We dont feel the intensity of the contractions with epidurals but babies do. So previous malposition and cord around the neck do not automatically mean an emergency or even any issues next time. It just happened to be what your baby did at the time.

To avoid that, your acupuncturist can help, other things include www.spinningbabies.com and also get your hands on the pink kit, which amongst other things, teaches you to map your pelvis to learn the shape and tells you what positions are best to adopt to make the most of your pelvis. Active birth is so important, and once membranes have ruptured, you'll often find malpositioned babies find it harder to move. In fact one midwife mentioned in her practice that the day she stopped rupturing membranes was the day she stopped seeing persistant posterior babies. You cant help it when your waters break, but the most important thing to do when it does (and you are time limited) is to get that pelvis moving. Stairs, walking, its just a must.

Did you have a doula? Maybe look into that, if money is tight a student is ideal.