Baby Position, how can you tell?

Bananappeal145 · August 2011

I read a post on here about a baby that had flipped back over, which was followed by a slew of people saying, Well my baby is sideways, or my baby is feet up. How can you tell??? I get relatively strong movement usually to the right of my belly button and in my pelvic floor at the same time. They both feel about the same, pressure wise. I can sometimes feel something round up at the top of my uterus but I can't ever tell if it's a head or a butt. For all I know she's doing a tumbling class in there b/c I can never tell what position she is in. Any tips?

ArcadianDreams · August 2011

I base it on where I am feeling the movement. If I am getting kicked or poked in the crotch, well, his head sure isn't down there. Also, he's noticeably had hiccups twice now which was another way to guess where his head was.

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert but I've had two monitoring ultrasounds within the past month and been correct both times. But you're right, it's still just a guess.

JMack1117 · August 2011

With this one, I can't. With DD it was so obvious. She was transverse or sometimes head down, with her little butt parked right up by my ribs on the right side. The top of my belly was hard as a rock, and i actually looked lopsided. The right side of my belly had a huge lump the left didn't have. I could feel her butt and her back. I don't know where this one is. I feel movemement everywhere, and I can't find any distinguishable lumps. It doesn't help that I'm 15 lbs heavier this pregnancy, and carrying much lower.

adri77 · August 2011

Honestly, none of us really can tell 100%. It's just educated guess based on what we think we are feeling and where.

FuFey · August 2011

I had no idea what position LO was in until Saturday morning. I was laying on my side (so gravity had moved my extra padding out of the way) and there was this big, hard, round lump sticking straight out my side. I was like 'holy sheet!" and made Dh come and check it out. I wasn't sure if it was head or butt, but it was def too big to be an arm or foot! I had it again this morning, but on the opposite side and while I was sitting back on the couch. Big hard lump, way off to the side then it moved and my belly got squishy again. Then it came back again, but slightly up closer to my rib cage. I still feel movement way low, like on my cervix and bladder, so I think he's just moving all around in general and not specifically "head down". This is LO#1, so it's pretty much just guesses as to exact movement, whether it was head or butt, etc. I'm not going to worry about being head down until we get much closer to his due date. I'm just going to enjoy the hard lump. Stick out tongue

mrsredrox · August 2011

I can't really tell but I know that I feel it a lot in my lower abdomen. Plus, I had an ultrasound Friday and they told me how low he was so that's how I know.

authorofdreamz · August 2011

I don't know how you could tell either. Also my doctor said that until about 34 weeks they are constantly twisting and turning and wont be in any one position for very long. I think this is the case with my LO as I feel movements all over the place.

Jing22 · August 2011

I can't really tell either.... but I feel like I'm getting kicks up by my belly button about 90% of the time. Sometimes it will switch to my cervix... but that mostly feels just like pressure there and not kicks.

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