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

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  1. #1
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    Apr 2007
    Inner South East suburbs Melbourne
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    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

  2. #2
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    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
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    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.

  3. #3
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    Jul 2004
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    Would there be a problem with the cord getting tangled at all because he keeps flipping so much? Today he is head down again!

  4. #4
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    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
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    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.