Todays antenatal appointment..

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Was a little weird..

Not only did i have a midwife who didnt seem to care very much about her job.. she was very blunt and upfront.

She measured my belly and i've only grown 1cm in a month she said its nothing to worry about im smack on what i should be but iv always been a few ahead.. so im not sure if i should worry.

Then she felt for wear bubba is and she said that her spine is against mine and that i have to do these exercises to get her to roll over.. she seemed quite concerned about it and she made me feel bad for it..

Should i be concerned at all? Im just so confused she made such a big deal about it but ive still got 10 weeks to go wont bubba move then?

Any advice is greatly appreciated

[Mad Scientist]

Sorry you had such an impersonal antenatal appointment. Maybe the mw was having a bad day. No excuse. Hopefully you won't get her again. If you're measuring right for your dates I wouldn't worry at all. As for spine against spine, after going through a posterior labour and birth with my DD1 I'd recommend trying some of the movements and positions to encourage bub to move around. It's nothing to worry hugely about but I wish I'd known more before I had DD1 about these things. DD2 wasn't posterior and her labour was so much easier. HTH x

[Visitor7]

Like Mad Scientist has said, I wouldn't worry about the measurements. Bub could have been having a growth spurt the last few times and has slowed down her weight gain over the last week or so.
And with the position, that just means bub is posterior. You can still most certainly birth a posterior baby vaginally. I did both times, 2nd time without drugs. What it means is that it'll be back labour and it's usually a harder, slower labour. Although with DD2, 'active' labour was only 55 minutes lol, so not exactly slow. But most definitely hard and fast.
Have a look at the spinning babies wesbite for positions to get bub to turn around.

[Laranna]

Agree with the other posters. Your measurements are spot on, so I wouldn't worry. Because bubs is sitting posterior may make your tummy slightly smaller than what it would be if bubs had her spine running along your belly, pushing it out, if that makes sense.

I second Jodi on the Spinning Babies website. Lots of great positions and things to do to get bubs to turn around and settle in a favourable pozzie.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Thanks ladies

I was just concerned because she made such a big song and dance about it..

I will check that website out.

Thanks again.

[Alan]

I agree with all the other posts there is nothing to worry about. And that midwife sounds like she needs a good slapping.

[Visitor7]

When I was in labour with DD2 the midwife made a huge song and dance about the fact that she was posterior as well. I just told her to shut up, that I'd tried everything, she wasn't budging, and I was the one in labour, not her! lol She shut up about it after that

[OceanPrincess]

... I just told her to shut up, that I'd tried everything, she wasn't budging, and I was the one in labour, not her! lol She shut up about it after that

LOL

As the others have said about measurements - don't stress. They are notoriously unreliable!!!

[Glamourcide]

Sounds like it's all going really well for you My second bub was posterior and nobody picked up on it until her little face appeared between my legs - I managed a completely natural labour with only a couple of puffs of gas to get me through the really hard bits, so you're very lucky that it's been picked up now. Bub has plenty of time to get into the right spot on her own, but the exercises definitely won't do any harm so go for it! Not sure what the mw's problem was, but sheesh... they know how to treat first-timers, don't they? You sound great, if measurements are all good then you have nothing to worry about. Not long to go now!! Hope you get a better m/w next appt and that everything continues to go great

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Thanks heaps glam

I do have to say that i am glad she picked up on it now and not later on and i can do something to help move bubba in the right position.

I guess they forget what its like to be a first timer and if they dont word their sentences well we'll take things the wrong way and think somethings wrong..

[*TripleJ*]

like the others said try not to stress u'll be fine xoxoxox

FWIW jamie's head came out sideways not sure wat that means but it happened lol

[natwantsababy]

sorry to hear that you have had a bad experience, they can sometimes be a little bit insensitive but in saying that some can be amazing!!

As for posterior labour, although i havent had a posterior delivery i know people who have and it hasnt been a great experience so if you can move bubba round that would be advisable, you may find that bubba might move round naturally but the later you get the harder it will be as there will be limited room for movement as i am sure you are already feeling!! Good luck and i am sure it will go smoothly.

[deletedit]

Last time I was at the doc (with 7 weeks to go) they declared bub was mostly sideways (probably why I'm not at all uncomfortable) and that there's heaps of time to get em to move, don't worry about it, see you in 4 weeks, hang on you need anti-D, see you in 3 weeks!

I'm not sure how close you have to be for them to get really concerned.