April 2013 Moms

sunny side up

well apparently my doctor had an emergency today so i had to see another doctor at the practice. a very unfriendly dry rude man i might add.

anywho baby has been head down for weeks now which is great. but the doctor barely felt my stomach and said he thinks she is sunny side up! I am 38 weeks today and i asked him what does that mean. He said you can still deliver but it will just be more difficult. awesome. - but curious how he 'thinks' he could tell just by barely touching my stomach- and also this has never been mentioned by my real doctor. 

anyone gone thru this or delivered a sunny side up baby? 

Re: sunny side up

  • See my response in the back labour post. I didn't know DS was sunny side up until I was 8 cm. Yeah it sucked but the epi was helpful and it only took 40 mins of pushing. 6.5 hrs of labour in total.  

  • My daughter turned into the correct position with three hours left of my 28 hour long labor. I wouldn't worry too much but it's a good idea to look up some positioning techniques and start them now. I do cat-cows (yoga position) every night and I've been
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  • My baby is sunnyside up as well, and my doctor can tell his position just by feeling my belly during our visits. I second the cat-cow stretches, and also rock side to side while you are doing them. I do this everyday for 10 min. to encourage him to turn,
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  • Google/youtube the ironing board trick... worked for a friend of mine. :) You lay upside down on an ironing board leaning against your couch. I think its a few minutes each day. Maybe you could flip baby on your own. 
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