baby face up..,help

Hi all, baby is face up on scan today, I'm 37 weeks. Has anyone else been at this stage and told this? What did you do?

Me! DD1 was face up even when I went into labour. My OB turned her during labour and she was born facing the correct way. It was never raised as something that my OB was concerned about prior to the birth.

DD3 was face up and a horrible birth, no contractions just white hot pain, I didn't even know I had to push, had 3 vacuum suction, and a go at forceps before episiotomy. I was being sown up for ages!! DD4 was correct positioning, whole labour was different. Do you think it's too early to try turning baby???

Are you familiar with the spinning babies website? There's some good suggestions on there for encouraging optimal positioning. Even just thinking about the way you sit and lie, and getting onto all fours at times might help.

i was going to suggest the spinning babies website too. good luck

give the spinning babies website a go, but don't stress yourself out. babies can and do turn and move right up to and during labour. stay as active as you can, and avoid interventions to give baby the best chance of doing the moves he needs to do.

I third (or fourth) spinning babies. In particular pay attention to the rebozo technique - my acupuncturist swore by it.

I gave birth to my DD3 naturally posterior (face up). It does cause pretty full on back pain, but it can be done if it comes to that. You just need to keep active during the labour.

Labours with babies in awkward positions can often slow down & this is when things usually go hay wire. Any good m/w or ob will know that when this happens you need to get moving, but it is advice you need to know yourself, because often these labours end up as an emergency c/s as they see it as labour not progressing.

Get onto the spinning babies website, but also educate yourself & prepare yourself for what may be a more interesting birth ;) There are a few birth stories on here that are posterior births, so go have a read of them as well, so you can see that it can be done :)

Good luck!

Ds2 was induced 2 weeks early from low fluid and was born face up.
I didn't find him any different to my other 2 in many ways. He was born with no drugs, took about 4 hrs. I had 2 stitches.
Made the drs work a little harder, 1 was clearing his airways before he was even fully out. But everything was fine.
Baby will do as baby wants at the end of the day.
In saying that, I know the best way is face down so I hope baby turns for u.
Try to relax. that's the best thing for a great birth :)

with all the bedreast you have been on Nel it would be surprising if bubs wasnt face up! i always carry posterior babies and work hard in the final weeks to 'spin' them. check out spinning babies website (easy to google).

But what i garnered from it were some pretty basic strategies:

sit on a fitball with your hip slightly forward. each night during one of my fav shows on tv i would sit on it and do circular motions (sitting like straddling a horse). this opens up the pelvis and the circular motion can help baby to spin.

Sleep as much as you can on your left hand side and use a pillow between your knees (again to open up your pelvis to allow baby to spin).

No slouching. especially on the couch.

No reclining (so semi-seated positions).

When you can, get on all fours (this is especially helpful while in labour too...it helps work with contractions to turn baby around).

If in labour with a posterior baby use your fitball as your friend (either doing the circular thing OR by kneeling down and lying across it and moving backwards and forwards and side to side). basically you want to open up your pelvis and girate a bit to help baby turn.

HTH sweets xx

My first was born posterior and as Clover said, there was a fair bit of back pain. To be honest, with it being my first, I didn't realize that the pain I was feeling wasn't what I should be feeling if bub was the right way round. It was a long delivery, and I was pushing for quite a while, but I birthed her with no drugs and no help so it can be done. I found leaning on the fit ball helped in the earlier stages, and then as it progressed, I was on all fours or leaning over the bed.