June 2012 Moms
Loskadoodle
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Can you tell where the baby is?
Loskadoodle
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Lately he has been pushing out alot in different places in my belly. I can feel him but can't tell what body parts they are. Sometimes they are small, so I'm guessing fist or foot. But alot of times its a big hard spot, so I don't know if its head, back, butt???
I go for an US on Monday so I will ask then, but I am impatient so help me out if you can! 
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Re: Can you tell where the baby is?
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How can you tell the difference between punches and knees??
I'm assuming Baby is head down, as I feel his hiccups waaaaay down below my bump. And I feel a lot of pressure on my ribs-it's hard to breathe-so I think he pushes up with his feet. I also feel really sharp jabs on my lower right side, and was told this weekend by a relative that it's his elbow. I didn't even consider those jabs in the middle of my stomach might be his knees.
I could be totally off, but his hiccups so low really make me think he's head down. I haven't had an ultrasound since early 20's week, so I have no idea other than this speculation.
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At last week's appointment, I had a really hard patch on my right side. I thought it was her back. The MW thought maybe it could be the back, but when she checked for a HB, she didn't pick it up there, but on the leftside.
I am now chalking up those hard spots as my uterus getting Braxton Hicks.
I think it depends a bit on where your little munchkin is located. My boy has been head down for the last 6 weeks or so, his back is always pressed into my right side, and his butt is packed underneath my ribs. I think that once you locate the back, it's pretty easy to determine whether yours is head up or head down.
A few appointments ago, my midwives palpated for his head and then showed me how to do it. Laying on my back, I use my four fingers to press (kind of hard) into the the soft part of my belly right above the pelvic bone. You have to push pretty hard, but at one point I could easily feel a very hard bump that was much harder than the bump underneath my ribs. That's what tells you it's a head rather than a butt.
Another thing that's helpful is laying back and "kneading" your belly side to side (as though the belly is a huge lump of dough). If the baby's back is facing more toward your belly than your back, it's pretty easy to tell. When you press on each side, you'll feel one side that is really soft and feels "empty". That's where your babies legs and arms are folded up. Another side will be much harder and firm. When you compare sides, it's much more obvious where the back is and where the front of the body is.
Lastly, spinningbabies.com is a great resource. Check out the belly mapping section. It's super helpful in my opinion.
Have fun!
I thought for sure a few weeks ago that the baby turned head down. I felt a lot of "dragging" for a while and then instead of feeling kicks or punches on either side, I was feeling sharp jabs up under my rib cage on my left side and around mid and lower belly. My OB confirmed at my appointment last week that the baby is head down. I can tell that his back is out and to the right side of my belly button. I also feel his hiccups very, very low in my pelvis.
Knowing those things, I can only assume that the jabs I feel under my ribs, on the left side are his feet. The ones mid and lower belly are knees, hands, or elbows. I'm guessing when I feel pressure around the middle of my ribs, it's his bum. Then I have also felt as if he is stretching out, where I've felt some pressure down low in my pelvis and at the same time, a jab into the left side of my ribs, then they both relax (I can see my belly pushing out on opposite sides and then kind of spring back).
Like a PP said, you can definitely tell by feeling around (with some pressure) which side of your belly is empty (has arms and legs in it) and which side their back is on. That's assuming they are head down. I had a friend that knew her baby was Frank breech all along (feet up at the head, bum down) because she only ever felt jabs in her ribs - she never felt anything lower.