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Ladies that had anterior placentas--question.

JaredandKatieJaredandKatie member
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Hi ladies!

At my big us I found out that I have an anterior placenta.  After some googling, I found that some women said that the baby has a greater chance of being born face up.  Since I'm only 19 weeks, I haven't done too much studying about birth but I know that having the baby face up isn't ideal.  Has anyone else heard of this?  If so, how does being face up affect the baby?

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  • MarriedBestFriendsMarriedBestFriends member
    I had an anterior placenta and DD was face down. And I never heard that bit of info...
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  • SoTouchySoTouchy

    I never read that an anterior placenta is more likely to lead to a sunny side up baby.  DD#2 was sunny and I had an AP.  I wound up needing a c/s, not because she was face up, but because her head wasn't tucked down, so she got stuck.

    Face up doesn't affect the baby so much as it causes back labor for mom.

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  • mrsmcdonaldmrsmcdonald member

    imageMarriedBestFriends:
    I had an anterior placenta and DD was face down. And I never heard that bit of info...

     This.

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  • JaredandKatieJaredandKatie member
    Good to know that this isn't always the case and that even if it was, it doesn't make much difference!  :)
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    i never heard that either, but i did have an AP and a sunny-side up baby... interesting.  it didn't effect her at all, it just required me to push A LOT longer :)  she also had her hand up next to her face too, so that might have added to it.  nothing to worry about though!
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  • WaitingforOlivia2009WaitingforOlivia2009
    I have an anterior placenta. At first I was confused and researched it as well. So much stuff comes up and none of it was true for me! We had a normal vaginal delivery.
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  • TabithaGoinsTabithaGoins
    I had an anterior placenta and he started coming out sunny side up.  After 2 1/2 hours pushing he actually turned and came out face down.  The mid-wife said it was actually really neat to see him turn himself. 
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  • ChrysallysChrysallys member

    I've never heard that but DS was indeed OP ("sunny side up") and I had an anterior placenta.

    Being OP made labor much harder and more painful for me and I've heard thers is a much greater likelyhood of an OP baby having to be delivered by C/S. I almost was sectioned myself.  You also have a greated chance of tearing, which I did. As for what it did to DS, he got stuck due to his position and had a gnarly bruise on his head where he was stuck. Other than that he was great.

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  • TimsMayBrideTimsMayBride member

    imageMarriedBestFriends:
    I had an anterior placenta and DD was face down. And I never heard that bit of info...

    ditto

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  • hisbabybearhisbabybear member
    I had an AP and I had a normal vaginal delivery.
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  • Pecas13Pecas13 member

    No AP for me, but DS was face up while I labored. It caused terrible back labor for me which caused me to not sleep for two nights and get my epidural sooner.  (4-5 cm) I wanted to try for no epi at all, but after those contractions...NO WAY. He was face up to start with, but turned after 3 hours of pushing and came out face down.  I did have an episi which turned into a 3rd degree tear when DS was assisted out with a vaccuum.

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  • cathy_and_mattcathy_and_matt

    Interesting...it does kind of make sense, since I think babies usually face their placentas.

    I had an AP, and ended up having a c-section due to malpositioning. He was trying to come out face first, and he was also asynclitic (head was titled)

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  • Gator_Bride07Gator_Bride07 member
    I had an AP and my baby was face up to start with but I had no back labor.  She turned herself face down by the time I was ready to push. I only pushed for 35 minutes.
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  • kpearl30kpearl30
    I had an AP.  He was not face up but he was turned to the side.  I pushed for over 3 hours (he was over 9 lbs as well).  I think that if I didn't deliver at 2 am they would have given me a c-section.  I had an epi and the last hour of pushing hurt like hell. If you do get a epi, don't let them turn it down when it is time to push, my only advice.
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