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April 2012 Moms
jkfranklin
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Shouldn't a pregnant woman know this?
jkfranklin
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I had girls' night last night and one of my friends is due 5 days after me. We were talking about peeing and I said that I was peeing a lot less with this baby and I thought it was because s/he was transverse and therefore not putting at much pressure on my bladder. My pg friend asked what that meant. I had to explain it to her and then physically show her on my belly, like head is here butt is here. Isn't positioning of baby something pretty common to know? Of course I shouldn't expect much of this friend because her form of birth control was "my mom had a hard time getting pregnant so I probably can't get pregnant".
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Re: Shouldn't a pregnant woman know this?
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I wouldn't have know what you meant, and I consider myself pretty smart, I am at least well educated
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To be completly honest, I had to ask my doctor what a placenta was when he told me I had an anterior one at my 10 week appt. Even now I can't keep up with all the vocab, nor do I really want to.
I also wouldn't know what that means. My Dr doesn't use any of those terms with me. She just checks and the baby is always just laying the same way as it always has. Nothing different.
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Same here, I suppose unless it was brought up to her about her baby she would have no idea...well she does now
Well honestly I would think she'd've researched baby positions on her own if she hadn't heard it -- but maybe not by now (closer to delivery).
Her bc method is interesting though!!
Yep, I'm in the same boat as a lot of the other posters. Pregnancy is not something I ever really thought I would experience up until about a month before I actually took this road. Researching it was never priority for me. I know basically what I need to know. Now, with the context of your comment, I think your meaning was relatively obvious, but honestly I couldn't have said which side position was correct versus the transverse.
I just show up to the doctor on time, do what I'm told, and when they say "push", I'll push
This. Even in the dozen pregnancy books I own, the only ones I recall mentioning baby's position are Ina Mae's ones.
Even with my third I didn't really hear much of transverse. I learned the position and what it meant on the bump. Same as an anterior placenta. I only knew what that was from here as well
. I guess back in my naive days I didn't really pay attention to positions or other things I do now (kick counts, types of movements, etc). I only knew of a placenta previa because I had one with DD2 but with DD1 I have no clue where the placenta was located or how serious Pre-e was until I had to deliver 3 1/2 weeks early. So thanks to the bump I have learned so much about pregnancy (the good and the bad).
ETA: and I think my LO is transverse as well. Where the movements have been and not much pressure on the bladder either.
DD#1 9-4-04 *** DD#2 10-15-07
BFP#3 10-25-10 *EDD 7/1/11 * missed m/c @ 13w3d
BFP#4 7-30-11 *EDD 4/8/12 ~ DD#3 born 4/4/12