bub's laying transverse

Hi Everyone,

I posted yesterday about bub's being in breech position, well after Ob app this morning bub's is laying transverse and i think its been there for the last fortnight, should i be worried about this?
I have been doing the stupid thing of searching the net and have found out that some bub's in the transverse position come out with their face disfigured for a while, hip displacement and its very dangerous if you go into labour due to cord prolapse, so now of course im freaking out,:( im having a c-section anyway but now i just hope bub's turns or i don't go into labour before the 26th April.:pray:
Has anyone else had a transverse bub's that did turn late and not had had any complications? :rolleyes:

Hi Shellstar

Hi Shelstar
sorry pressed wrong button on previous post

You are a naughty girl. Stop using google
It is true that their face can be disfigured but it only lasts for a few days. Also baby's who have not been transverse can also have disfigured faces and deformed heads. But again it only lasts for a few days. For you to have a cord prolapse your waters need to break but normally you would have a C/S long before this happened. Basically all the things you have posted here, and many more, can happen with a transverse baby but they can also happen with a baby in the normal position.
There is still time for your baby to turn head down. The following tricks may help
Rest on elbows and knees for 20 mins each day. You can do this on the bed, floor, lounge, anywhere that is comfy.
Shine a bright torch on the lower part of your tummy
Get DP to put his head low down on your tummy and talk to baby
Get a radio and put it low down on your tummy with music playing
You could also try acupuncture/pressure.

Thanks Alan, Yes i know i have been a naughty girl, i promise i will stop googling!!
I will try all those things you have metioned starting in the morning and hopefully bub's will turn! if not i will try not to worry, thanks for the reassurance. :D

Hi Shellstar
My dd was lying transverse at 37 weeks and we tried everything to move her - exercises, lying upside down, torches, cold drinks on her head, accupuncture! Nothing worked, she was happy where she was! My dr was planning a c-section at 38 weeks if she hadn't turned, but at 37 weeks I went into labour - waters broke and contractions 10 mins apart. Luckily we're close to the hospital, and as soon as we got there the midwives were calling people in to do an emergency c/s. She was born two hours later, with no problems, scars, marks or complications. I was fine too. I wouldn't be worried at all, I wanted a natural birth but in the end I trusted my doctors and this was the way Chloe wanted to come so that's how it happened. I felt confident the whole way through the c/s because of the great hospital staff.

Try the things Alan suggested, they are good ideas, and try not to be worried.

Another one I was told when Oskar was transverse was to lean forward over kitchen bench during BH.

Hi Shellstar,
I agree with everyone else, worrying won't help :) I've had 3 babies transverse, they just liked it that way, the dr said it could be the shape of my uterus, but either way that looks like it's the way for me, I've had 3 elective ceasers and didn't have on single labour pain and all went well with each and all my babies came out perfectly, no misshappen anything.
I hope it turns out well for you, I'm sure it will :)

Shell - this little person in me also seems to like the transverse position. Currently I think he thinks it is a hammock to loll in. Consequently, I am getting worried about little *alfie* staying in this position and me needing a c-section.

Just a question for Alan (if he is around) - when should I start to try to get the little person to move to a more *suitable* position for delivery?? I have had a small septum repaired prior to conception but I am not sure if this is likely to impact on foetal positioning. I really want to try to avoid a c-section if possible to have the birth centre birth I am working toward. At the moment I am having regular chiropractic and muscular alignment (I have the beautiful "nurses back" with a heriditary lordosis) to help with SPD which has been fantastic and working well. I have seen an acupuncturist in the past and will go back to her ASAP. I know my work increases the chances of posterior presentation but is there anything else I can do????

Try the spinning babies website and google optimal fetal positioning their are heaps of great exercises to do to help bub turn. I found a fab chiropractor who specialised in pregnancy and specific manouvers to help bub turn.

Thanks Sarah!! I have been surfing and looked at spinning babies. I have also spent part of the evening in the inversion position (much to the amusement of my DH :rolleyes:) Might go and check out the optimal foetal positioning .......

Alan - while you are floating around .......... ;)

Hey Michelle71,

I tried lots of the techniques they say to use and each time i would go to my ob app, he would "nope sorry still transverse!!" so i kinda gave up as getting down on all fours was starting to kill my back, on Wednesday i went to my OB app and he asked me if the movements had changed and i said "no still sideways" and he said got news for you the head is down!!:D I had no idea and it still feels same as it has always felt, so there you go, im 37 weeks now so *Alf* still has time to head down!!!

Shellstar - Kahmanya ( Ros) had Sebastian lying transverse till about 36 weeks I think and he then turned of his own accord and she gave birth with no problems whatsoever.

Thank goodness for a positive story in a second pregnancy - thanks Shell (and Relle)!!!! :D Just finding the transverse lie a little uncomfortable so happily anticipating a turn at some stage.

Imran was transverse right up until just a couple of weeks before he was born - his face was beautiful.

Michelle71, i hear you on the discomfort part,not nice!! hopefully *alf* decides that being all squashed up sideways is not that comfy after all and stretches out down wards soon!

Still transverse :( I am not sure if anyone can answer this but am I a second pregnancy (even though I have never been this far along before)?? Caitlyn was a head presentation inducted vaginal delivery at 25 weeks so it makes me wonder if I now meet second pregnancy criteria and *alf* could turn later than what would be expected for a first pregnancy. I just don't want to be worried about nothing - even though I am trying all techniques at the moment and hoping he decides to turn on his own.

I REALLY don't want to head down the c-section path.