Is there something not quite right or does he just like it there?

[Antheia]

Well ever since like 25 weeks Bubbles has been turning from head down to breech and back again over and over. Between weeks 28-30 he was breech and then went head down again for 6 days. I was sure he would stay because he has had a growth spurt and there is not much room left and he felt comfy. But this morning be went breech again. He is having a lovely time kicking my pelvic floor and head butting my ribs!

Now not that i am worried about him being breech as i can still have a homebirth if he is, my midwife is not worried about that. But i am just wondering why he would be turning breech and back again all the time. Is he not comfy? It's just weird for me as the other 2 kids were head down all the time and engaged from 30 weeks(#2 at 28 weeks).

[Ellibam]

are you spending more time resting??
he still has some room so might be just having fun!
my mum had problems with us we used to fall out of her pelvis, if she wasnt upright.

im sure sooner or later the wind will change and he will get stuck in the position he will be birthed in.

[puppies]

My bump has been engaged since 27 weeks and I am pretty sure he is still head down bum up. Will know when we see Obs again tomorrow. I would say that you have lots of fluid and he feels comfy enough to move around a bit. Its funny they already have a personality don't they!

[Heaven]

I have no answers for you sorry T. But I have a question, how do you know which way bubs is? Just from the kicks etc you can feel? Coz I have no bloody idea. At 28 wks bubs was head down and I think it still is coz kicks are never really low. But I mostly get really big kicks on both sides at the same time. Feels like it's lying acrossways, lol, but I thought it wouldn't fit that way anymore.

[Kitt3n]

He is probably just a little groover, just having a bit of fun in there!

Dont worry about being engaged, this one still isnt !!

[Antheia]

Oh im so not worried that he is not engaged. lol its so uncomfy when they are! Feels like walking around with a ball between your legs.

SJ, when bub is head down i feel the kicks up high near my ribs and when he is breech i get kicks only in my pelvis or hips and i can feel his head. Plus last pregnancy i got taught how to feel for bub's position. So i know where the arms, legs, head, back etc are just by feeling around like the midwives do.

[Heaven]

Oooh....I wish I knew how to tell what things were, I have no idea! lol.

[Pretty Butterfly]

My last 2 bubbas moved constantly, only going head down in the last weeks, and engaing JUST before birth!!

But I had a massive amount of fluid with both. When my waters broke, it was HEAPS!!! So they had lots to swim in!!

Maybe lots of amnio???

[Shanti]

Don't worry Sara, i have no friggen idea where my bubs is lying either
I get heaps of kicks either side too!! I get like a butt or back poking out sometimes which is cute.....

Although I know bubs is most probably head down because last two visits to GP she said bubs was head down and in nice position....

[Antheia]

Yeah maybe it is a lot of amnio fluid in there. Cause my belly is huge, but when i feel around for bub he is not that big and only fits in half my belly so still has loads of room. He doesn't feel squished at all.

[~Raven~]

T it's your third bub and there is a bit more room in there for him to play around in Plenty of time for him to turn head down and stay there!

[Toomanytoomany]

Second and subsequent babies don't engage in the pelvis until right at the end, so it's not unusual for them to have an unstable lie right until then. Even breech babies can turn all of their own accord very late. My second dd was transverse (sideways) until the end and flipped while I was in labour. Your pelvis is a little roomier after you've already had a baby, and your uterus a little more stretched, so there's more room for somersaulting around

[Trillian]

Plus the old stomach muscles just aint what they used to be by now so your muscles don't hold them in as tight kwim? I would say he is just making the most of having enough room to move around in, but he'll know which is the right way to go when the time comes.

[Antheia]

Would there be a problem with the cord getting tangled at all because he keeps flipping so much? Today he is head down again!

[Trillian]

Could be, but it's really hard to say. I know when I had Alister the assisting nurse and DH were physically pushing on my belly to get him to move to a better position (he was OP and not descending terribly well) and the cord went around his neck right at the last minute when he turned, so I think it can happen, but I wouldn't say it will definately happen kwim? But because you are getting so much movement I would say he's doing just fine.