Is anyone any good at baby mapping? She was breech two weeks ago at my ultrasound. I'm 30+6 and I have tried doing some of the spinning babies inversions but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out if she's flipped or not. She's mostly laying at a diagonal, and I will feel a big bulge on my right side above the belly button and I get lots of movement and flutters down below my belly button. I keep using my heart Doppler and the heartbeat is usually to the left and just below my belly button. I'll also feel a lot of pressure and bulge right at my belly button, like she's pushing her body away from my spine out through my belly.
Any help for identifying her position?
Re: Baby Mapping
The firm bulge up by your belly button, when you push on it from side to side, does the whole mass move? If it was a head, you'd be able to decipher the neck moving slightly. A bum/hips will move as one solid mass.
Feeling little movements and flutters bellow your belly button could indicate a posterior presentation. That combined with the heart beat being found on the lower left quadrant leads me to believe that the baby is likely posterior and head down. You're just 31 weeks though, so you have a LOT of time left to get baby into an optimal position. Since this is your second baby, you may not engage for several weeks, or even just before/during labour. Try to continue with the spinning babies techniques and avoid leaning back a lot during the day.
Perhaps if you don't think there's a point in changing your baby's position at 30+6 you can go ahead and not do that yourself, but leave the decisions of others up to them. Your comment comes off as judgemental to me.
FWIW I'm no expert myself @kristanoah , but with the heartbeat location, flutters below the bellybutton and bulge above, it sounds to me like baby has flipped! Keep tracking what you're feeling and asking for OBs opinion on where they think baby is hanging out, would be my advice!
My baby has been head down for as long as I've paid attention, however seemed to favour my right side, which my midwife said sometimes leads to a posterior position, so I've done a few spinning babies things here and there and now I realize he's pretty back and forth between left and right. I'm 35W. If it feels like he's picked the right side exclusively as the weeks go on I'll get more intense with spinning babies to do my best to avoid back labour!
You could consider not commenting in a judgmental tone on something you clearly have no experience with.
I appreciate your input!
Here it is: https://www.livestrong.com/article/184741-how-can-i-tell-what-position-my-unborn-baby-is-in/#page=1
Edit: tried and failed to gif
I can't.
Low progesterone
Baby boy born 01/2016
Currently: NTNP
I have a bulge on my right side under my ribs, his butt, he's laying on his side, head in my pelvis. I feel hiccups mid belly on my right and most kicks/punches are under my left rib cage and I swear sometimes I feel a hand about to come out of my vagina. It's odd.
And as for having a version performed- there are risks- but that is why they perform it in a hospital, and wait till at least 37 weeks to do it. I've opted not to go through it, but if someone else was to chose it, I'd understand why. Kim k just had one succsesfullfy!
And lastly- @ChrissyD1203 you are so right- ive been so paranoid about the chord being around her neck and I've googled it that much- no one needs. To hear uninformed opinions to scare the crap out of us further!