Dumb question re: position of baby

BabyCopper

So, if all is going well and you don't get an ultrasound after the 20 week mark, how does the doctor know the position of the baby (i.e. head down, breach, etc.) closer to your due date?

Are they able to tell just from feeling your stomach from the outside?

MELuckyInLove

Yep they can tell by pressing on your abdomen where the head, back and tush is.

BabyCopper

Wow, this amazes me for some reason   And also makes me now irrationally paranoid that they will smush the baby's nose!

BlondeBeachBride08

BabyCopper:

Wow, this amazes me for some reason   And also makes me now irrationally paranoid that they will smush the baby's nose!

LOL! 

MELuckyInLove

The baby's nose will be just fine - a baby in utero is squished anyway. Just be sure to empty your bladder before the doc attempts this

*Laney*

LOL!  I was wondering about the same thing.  I guess it takes  experience to be able to tell.  I'm 26 weeks and when she is doing gymnastics in my tummy I can never tell if the bulge is her tushy or her head.

BlondeBeachBride08

*Laney*:

LOL!  I was wondering about the same thing.  I guess it takes  experience to be able to tell.  I'm 26 weeks and when she is doing gymnastics in my tummy I can never tell if the bulge is her tushy or her head.

I'm trying to figure that out too. At this point all I can figure out is where the feet are and sometimes where the hands are. Kicks feel different than punches.