those who know what position the baby's in...

curlydoglover · October 2010

How? Is this something your OB/MW has told you or is it something you've deduced based on kicks? If the latter, how?

Because, for the life of me, I can't tell. I feel like I've got Vishnu in there, for all the bizarre places I get poked and prodded.

utlawgirl · October 2010

I totally couldn't tell until my OB checked externally and told me last week. Sometimes I thought I had an octopus growing in there! Now that I know what position she's in, I can deduce what I'm feeling for the most part, but before that, it was a total mystery.

LaLaaaa · October 2010

I'm with you. I have no freaking idea which part is which or how this baby is positioned. I plan on asking my OB at my appt tomorrow.

belizeitornot · October 2010

I wouldn't have known except we had a 3d u/s and they told us she was head down already (also where her stomach and butt were), which my OB confirmed at the next appt.

Even still though, I get lumps in the oddest places and can't fathom what body part she is smushing against my uterus...

MrsTechie · October 2010

I figured it out and then had it confirmed with an a few days later. And since then, I've been able to correlate his movements with what I see on the ultrasounds for future reference.

What gave it away at first for me was the poking sensation I was getting on my bladder/lower uterus area. I knew it had to be a small appendage creating that sensation. The other thing that confirmed it for me was the small, long appendage pushing out where my ribs used to come together. I was associating that with a foot.

I was right on both accounts. He's head down and stretches his arms out sometimes, catching my bladder area with his tiny hands. And he's got tons of leg crammed in my upper ab area with feet that like to stick out when he's trying to get comfortable.

TtotheG · October 2010

My MW told me she was head down. I had no idea prior to that. LO's back/butt is on the left side of my belly and her feet are to the right. She often kicks her heels out to stretch which is strange.

edit: i can also tell because my belly looks low & the pressure is ridiculous.

GrayGhost13 · October 2010

I couldn't tell either, but I had a u/s last week and they told me then.

I think the doctor can tell just from examining you, but I haven't been asking at every appointment, so I didn't know until last week.

SOC · October 2010

At my appointment last week, my OB felt around the outside of my abdomen and told me baby is definitely head down and his back/butt is on my left side. He said he could tell by the hard spots and lumps he felt when pushing on my uterus. Before that, I didn't have a clue and actually thought baby was transverse because of where I felt his hiccups. My OB said the hiccups I was feeling was from his diaphragm, which this also went along with where doc said he was laying.

jillybean800 · October 2010

I have no idea what is poking me or where LO is at all. I often feel hard things that feel like his head all over the place, but at 31 weeks, the dr said it's unlikely he has truly settled in to being head down all the time. So I just go with the idea that he's probably still moving all around! I can't believe that some people know what they're feeling! I'm jealous!

jedrumwright · October 2010

My MW told me head down. She felt around from the outside and also picked up the heartbeat pretty low.

heyitsme · October 2010

With DD I had no idea she was transverse until I kept "measuring small" and my OB sent me for an u/s around 32 weeks. Then at 35 weeks she was head down. I never knew when she actually turned to head-down, though.

This baby I suspected was transverse because EVERY TIME I lay on my right side, I feel these LITTLE nubbins (so I knew it was fingers or toes), and EVERY time I lay on my left side I feel something round and huge (head or butt). At 32 weeks, though, my OB did an u/s and baby was head-down and "sunny side up." I have no clue what position LO is in now, there is still SO much movement going on! My OB said if there was any concern they could check again by u/s at 36 weeks.

bosha711 · October 2010

At my anatomy scan he was breech.

Since then, I figured he was head down, but on a diagonal b/c I get bony foot & leg-like protrusions far on my right side. I can trace it with my fingers & certainly looks & feels like a leg. Then when I get lumpy toward the same side, I figure it's his butt. When I get lumpy on the other side, I figure it's his shoulder.I also feel hiccups pretty low.

Last month, I asked the OB if she could tell his position & I described what I was feeling & she confirmed at least that his head is down left where I thought it was.

He's still in the same position as far as I can tell. I do not get kicks high up in my ribs. I do get the suffocating feeling daily though, when something is pressing up on my diaphragm.

I keep telling him to straighten out!

winswee2002 · October 2010

My doctor checked yesterday with the in office ultrasound machine becuase she was 90% positive my LO is breech. I am hoping she turns on her owe in the next few weeks.

decemberbean · October 2010

My OB checked and told me the positioning. At my last three appointments, and growth ultrasound, my baby has been head down.

ChatterboxBride09 · October 2010

I assumed he was head down because my belly was lopsided and his kicks were always high up on my belly.

My OB confirmed that he's head down and has been for the last several appointments.

welshgirl · October 2010

I'm having frequent scans, so that helps. And my MW is telling me now, palpating (?) at my appointments.

After my one scan told me she was head down and feet to where I'd been feeling the most kicks, now I know when I have that sensation again, she's head down. Likewise, I can tell if she's breech (rare) because I feel like lots of little steps on my lady bits.

lulu3061 · October 2010

I figured it was his little butt in my rib cage because I could push on it and his whole body would move and I had stronger pokes/punches/kicks up at the top of my ute. under my right ribs and less strong pokes/punches and kicks down at the bottom of my belly. It was confirmed at my last appointment.

kaleqt · October 2010

My Ob told me at my last appt. Otherwise I would have no idea!

DaisyCakes18 · October 2010

I found out at my u/s last Friday that he was head down. All weekend I could feel his feet in my rib cage but last night I was wondering if he flipped again because it felt more like his head up and feet kicking down...but it could be his butt up and arms down, I don't really know. I'll find out on Thursday.

abovewedding · October 2010

I wasn't too sure except that I felt really strong kicks up by my ribs. I was pretty sure it was a foot since it was so strong and big. Sure enough it is a foot and the baby is head down. Now I can tell that the big lumpy thing that sticks out is the bum, which is super cute.

JoJoMama730 · October 2010

The hospital did a quick ultrasound over the weekend and told me LO is head down, but otherwise I wouldn't have known that for sure. About a month ago LO was kicking me in the crotch something awful, but the kicking has since become regular on the left side, so s/he is apparently better-positioned now.

JulietL129 · October 2010

I thought our little guy had about 6 arms for a long time- he can hit so many different places at once! :-P My Dr felt externally (and felt his head pushing down internally) and it was confirmed on an ultrasound of my cervix. He's head down and his butt it sticking out my left side.

AndysGrl08 · October 2010

My OB told me a couple of weeks ago that LO is breech due to where she found the hb. It was confirmed at our 3D u/s. I'm thinking he is transverse rather than feet down though, cause I swear his head is in my left rib with his feet kicking me on my right side.

Mrs.Honeybear · October 2010

i just asked my OB about this last night cuz it's fascinating to me that they can tell just by feeling our bellies....she said right now, for me, it's still a little too early to tell and that he still has enough room in there to change positions so he might not have settled into his permanent spot yet...she said by 33 or 34 weeks they'll definitely be able to tell just by feeling my belly. so bizarre.

EvelynHawaii · October 2010

I knew because I was feeling lots of kicks in my ribs and more pressure lower. My doctor was able to confirm little one was head down just by feeling on the outside. And she said that at 33 weeks it's pretty rare they'll be able to move out of that position.

britne08 · October 2010

There is a very hard lump at the top of my uterus. Also when I went to my doctors appointment last week I had an internal exam and she could feel Gabrielle's bum through my pelvic floor.

guppybaby · October 2010

MY OB pokes around down at the bottom of my tummy each time and tells me he is head down.

Temp103605875001677 · October 2010

I had no clue prior to my 32 week ultrasound. He is head down.

Lynball · October 2010

the u/s tech at my 3D scan told me he's breech. lucky me.

xxbabycakesxx · October 2010

curlydoglover:

How? Is this something your OB/MW has told you or is it something you've deduced based on kicks? If the latter, how?

Because, for the life of me, I can't tell. I feel like I've got Vishnu in there, for all the bizarre places I get poked and prodded.

at my last ob appt she felt around my stomach and said babys head is down and i know this from 20 yrs experience. lol so...im not sure how correct she is but ill take her word for it.

eta: also, all the hiccups i feel have been lower down between my pubic bone and belly button.

pitterpatter129 · October 2010

Ultrasound to check growth last week. Head down, feet in my ribcage (very apparent from the pain and the fact I can push them!) and a little butt that he likes to press up against my belly as hard as he can (while pushing those little feet into my ribs!) I guess beforehand that was his position though, judging by the feet.

missliz01 · October 2010

We had a 3D ultrasound recently and she told us our girl is head down. Now with knowing that I seem to be able to tell when I get a big lump sticking out whether it's her head or her butt.