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anyone got belly mapping down?

lovin life23lovin life23 member
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I cannot for the life of me figure it out!! I really am wondering what position the baby is in! was told she was breech last thursday, I think she might have turned really late sunday/early AM monday..cant be sure...trying to do the belly mapping but am having a hard time...can anyone share their tips or their own belly maps?
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  • HML5382HML5382 member
    Not sure how helpful this is but if your LO gets hiccups that is how I figured out when mine turned. My girl gets hiccups daily it seems though, so I could definitely tell when the little movements made their way down low and then the Dr confirmed she was head down. I really can't tell the difference between the head and butt myself just by feeling though. 

     
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  • oliversmommy32912oliversmommy32912 member
    I had an anterior placenta so I found it very hard to do the belly mapping until the very end. By 34 or 35 weeks I could definitely tell where his feet were...lodged up under my right ribs! Also, as PP said, I have hard you can tell by the hiccups. Mine were always on the lower left.
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  • nosoup4unosoup4u member
    I got pretty good at it by the time DS2 was in the third trimester. The hiccups tip is good for figuring out head down, and I *think* the butt is bigger than the head. Can you feel kicks at all? That's how I would figure out where his feet and back were (he was always vertex, though, so no help with the breech). hth
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  • CelynCelyn member
    Do you know if your placenta is on the front side (anterior)?  If it's not in the way, what you should feel is a for a long cannister shape (the back), which is the place to start.  If you're feeling a large round bulb at the top of your uterus, that narrows at the base instead of elongating, and doesn't connect to a thinner shaft, then she might still be heads up.  If instead, you get elongation on one side and thinner shaft extending out on the other side, with a hollow space beneath that, then she's likely head down.
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  • 9fraulein9fraulein member

    imageoliversmommy32912:
    Also, as PP said, I have hard you can tell by the hiccups. Mine were always on the lower left.

    Me too. I had an ultrasound a couple weeks ago which confirmed the baby in head down. Everyday she hiccups and I always feel it from the lower left side so I know she hasn't really moved much since then.  

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