posterior transverse

just found out my baby turned - at 32 weeks it was in perfect position and now at 34 it's turned posterior transverse - the placenta is anterior meaning i have been given 2 weeks for the baby to turn by itself before it could become wedged in there. natural birth is impossible with the baby in this position, so whilst i was all optimistic and hopeful about having a natural birth it doesn't look like that's going to happen :( i have a scan next week which is the bright side of the situation - imagine how much more detail there will be with a 35 week scan!! and then a final check at 36 weeks before my ob will decide if he will turn the bub (which i've heard is painful?) or if i will have to have a c-section. i'm trying to be positive and think that at least i've been given time to prepare for this (and time to try and will the baby to move back into position!!).

anyone else going through this?

Personally - I think 36 weeks is early to make a final decision? I haven't been in situation of bubs being tried to turn, but I have heard it is painful too. I have had anterior placentas with all mine and current so am really interested to hear about the bub being wedged, it has never been bought up with me before even though my DD didn't turn until 33 weeks!

re the scan at 35 weeks, actually the reverse is true with regards to what you can see - everything on scan image is so big at that stage it is hard to figure out what is what! Why have they suggested a scan so late - just to check bubs position?

Good luck and I hope bub co-operates - get on all fours and do some crawling around!

the scan is to confirm the position and check the size of the baby from what i've been told. bummer about not being able to see as much!! maybe because i see two drs that's why i'm being told lots of different things as i have shared care?? not sure about why it happens maybe because of the size but its called deep transverse posterior when it gets stuck and so maybe that's what they're going to check for in the scan - i have no idea. i will post again at 36 weeks when i know whats happening - hopefully the baby will have turned and it will be all good :D

I haven't had any scans (other than heart beat monitoring) since week 19 and I asked the ob this week about baby's position, he said the baby can continue to turn around until week 36 and not to think about it.

I really like my no-nonsense ob, by the way. He's never measured my weight at all and he never prods around to see how high my uterus is or anything.

I've heard other people they'd been measured and poked and prodded, I get none of that and I have to say I feel quite comfortable with this pregnancy. You know what they say, "KISS=Keep It Simple, Stupid".

Anyway, my friend told me something about doing lots of housework on your hands and knees to encourage the baby to "swing" into the right position. (I told her "screw that, I'm not doing any hands-and-knees housework", but I suppose someone's going to have to clean my bathroom sooner or later :wall:).

If baby is head down then it isn't impossible to give birth vaginally so you've been given a bum steer on that one. Or do you mean by transverse that baby is laying across your stomach horizontally with its back to your spine? Check out Welcome to Spinning Babies! and do some Optimal Fetal positioning to try to encourage baby to turn into a more favourable position. If you still want a vaginal birth then its up to you to put the hard yards in and do all you can to help your baby or you can just wait and see, but I would be taking the more active solution and doing everything I could to avoid the surgeons scalpel.

yes it was sideways across my stomach with spine to my spine (as the placenta is anterior so it wouldn't be able to be the other way). but.... GOOD NEWS!! after lots of those exercises and being on my hands and knees and all other sorts of weird positions the baby moved at 35 weeks!! We had an ultrasound done and its definently now head down and the sonographer said that there was no more room for it to move anymore. thanks everyone for your advice, support and encouragement :D

That's fantastic news!