I am 27 weeks 2 days today. At the last scan baby was growing well for her dates.

I'm wondering when, if ever, I should be able to feel in what position the baby is lying.

To be honest, I'm rather overweight. So there's a lot of, um, padding between baby and the outside world. And when I feel my ever-expanding uterus all I can feel is the firmness of it, kind of like a firm bag of water, but no suggestion of a head here or a foot there.

I have assumed that when she's kicking down low her head is up and when she's kicking near my ribs her head is down low. But beyond that I can't tell a thing.

Should I be able to feel this? I'm starting to wonder whether I'm missing something, when people say they can feel the way their baby is lying.