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Anything I can do to flip a sunny side up baby?

amiseripamiserip member
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Does anyone know of any methods/exercises I can try to flip my sunny side up baby?
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Re: Anything I can do to flip a sunny side up baby?

  • dangerkitty102dangerkitty102

    You need to get on all fours. My midwife suggested scrubbing floors. I kneeled and leaned over onto an exercise ball and rocked back and forth in front of the tv for a couple of hours. It worked! I felt him turn.

    You just need to get gravity working against the baby. They tend to turn their backs towards the gravity.

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  • yogisunamyogisunam member

    Hands and knees and variations of that.

    The thinking, according to my yoga instructor, is that the back of the head is heavier so you can get into positions that would encourage gravity to turn them.

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  • Aloe0lAloe0l member
    You can do pelvic tucks - where you are on your hands and knees, and then you arch your back up similar to as if you were doing a cat/camel type stretch and tuck your pelvis under.
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  • drewiekcdrewiekc
    Yep, pelvic rocks/tucks! 
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  • amiseripamiserip member
    How often do you do the pelvic tilts/tucks?  Or how long should I stay on all fours?  Has this worked for anyone?
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  • brooke9280brooke9280 member
    You can also do a version of Cat/Cow (only just the Cat and then back to straight back). My hypnobirthing instructor said to do 100 a day and that she rarely ever has a client with a sunny side up baby. Good luck!
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  • silverflowerssilverflowers member

    Totally worked for me! Do everything the ladies suggested... also try swimming (its kinda like being on all fours). It's a two-for-one, you get your exercise and it helps baby turn. Plus, for me, it helped reduce the swelling.

     Keep in mind, though, that babies can always move and turn up until the day you deliver.

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  • nycnolanycnola member
    I agree with all PPs, but I am 39 weeks and my baby was sunny side up last week, and at my appt this afternoon I told my midwife that I was anxious about that and I got a (very nice and caring) lecture about not worrying about it because babies can flip all the way to the very end. I feel a lot better and a lot calmer after talking to her. GL!
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  • AprilCachetAprilCachet
    All fours, Pelvic rocks, cat/cow....this all worked for me! I also saw a chiropractor to get the baby in the right position. 
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  • lotsofbustleslotsofbustles

    At least 3x/day get on all fours, alternate between arching and rounding your back.  Also DO NOT lay on your back or recline back AT ALL. 

    check out this website:  https://www.spinningbabies.com/

    Ds was posterior and it was not fun.  I have been obsessed with doing everything I can to make sure this baby is not sunny side up. 

     

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  • trickywootrickywoo member

    Yep - all the above.

    Also, don't lean back in chairs.  Try and keep your pelvis above your knees.  So straddle a chair with the back facing you or sit on a pillow with legs spread wide.  Anything to keep the heaviest part of the baby (the back) from settling in to your spine.

     

    Good luck!

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