Position of baby

StayingFocused · April 2016

I hear people saying they feel baby's butt or elbow or fist.... How do you know? I dont even know if he is head up or down. I feel movement all the time but other thinking he might have 10 legs I can't differentiate anything. I'm also not supposed to have any more ultrasounds (since anatomy scan), so how does the OB tell? Obviously I'm a FTM...

AmberLiz99 · April 2016

My midwife can tell by feeling around pretty accurately after 32 weeks. This baby was head down last week.

My old OB with my first was worried that ds was breach by the way he felt, so sent me to a late ultrasound. She was wrong, he was head down.

vulpini · April 2016

My OB could feel that he was head down at 24 weeks and saw it on a brief ultrasound at 28 weeks (she was checking because I had some abdominal pain). I haven't felt any movement that I would attribute to him flipping all the way around, so I assume he's still head down and the firm larger thing I'm feeling up high on my bump is his butt or knees. I can't tell for sure though.

Shanna2016 · April 2016

Thank you for asking this question I thought I was alone and the only one that wasn't having a later US. My Dr feels around but says nothing about position. My kicks or punches feel so random all over I can't sort them out either.

gauge1234 · April 2016

My midwife could tell my feeling and so could my friend who has 2 babies ... Both of their prodding was rougher than I feel comfortable doing lol

baby was head down last appt but I think has changed since I am not getting kicks up near my ribs recently and instead have a dance party on my pelvic floor

Lyette1206 · April 2016

This is my second pregnancy, and I've never been able to figure out what is what. My midwife says that baby is breech (first was as well), and they basically just push on the head/bum until they figure out which one is rounder. Because I know baby is breech I can tell when the little bugger is head butting me in the ribs, or stretching out (aka I can't bend forward for a bit, or a large bulge comes out that side). Other than that, have no idea.

BakerBird525 · April 2016

At my last u/s, which was at 26 weeks, the baby had moved head down and I can tell he is still head down since most of the strong movements are from my belly button up and sometimes I'll feel a protruding hard spot in the middle above my belly button which I think is his butt since it does go away. Also, he gets hiccups almost every day and I can feel a very soft 'thump' over and over for a few minutes basically right above my vag.

I think if you focus on the strength and location of the movements, you may be able to tell if he's head down or not or OB may be able to tell at your next appt (or ask if they can tell).

Bear14+ · April 2016

In addition to feeling around, at my 35 week appointment with DS they did the GBS swab and checked me for dilation. They can actually feel LO's head if they are head down.

sorarose · April 2016

I'm an STM, and I really have no clue. I was told she was breech at 20 weeks, which I could feel from the kicks to my cervix. Now, I feel more movement closer to my ribs and some closer to my bladder, but not sure which are fists and which are feet!

NLewis1 · April 2016

gauge1234 said:

My midwife could tell my feeling and so could my friend who has 2 babies ... Both of their prodding was rougher than I feel comfortable doing lol

baby was head down last appt but I think has changed since I am not getting kicks up near my ribs recently and instead have a dance party on my pelvic floor

My baby is head down (US confirmed on Thursday) and I still feel a lot on my pelvic floor and below my bikini line. She had her feet in front of her face at the ultrasound so even though you feel a lot down below doesn't mean baby isn't head down. They also move their hands a lot by their face which you can also be feeling. So don't give up hope!

StayingFocused · April 2016

I go this week for my 30 week appt. I'll ask her what she thinks. She hasn't been feeling at all, just listening to the heartbeat.

kwife15 · April 2016

Mine doc either. She said no worries till 36 weeks.

gauge1234 · April 2016

Thx @NLewis1 !

MynaBird · April 2016

Another STM who has never been able to figure it out with any degree of confidence. My OB says he could feel the head down at my appointment last week, and most of the kicks are above my navel, so that sounds right to me. It gets a little easier as they get bigger, but with my first, I was never able to say for sure what was a foot, etc.

Boonhilde · April 2016

I feel my baby's heel up by my right ribs. I know it's his heel because omg there's no way it's anything else. It's got some power behind it, and a hand is more... handlike.

I know. I'm a huge help.

NicknShan · April 2016

Here is what my OB told me:

I feel a big bump near my right rib cage. Is it head or rump? Push on it. If the entire "bump" moves (for example, when I push on it, I can actually feel baby in my lower left hip), then you are pushing on rump and baby is head down. If you are pushing down on head, you won't get that same movement of your entire bump because the baby's head will move at the neck, and the entire body will not move.

MrsAlliKat · April 2016

BakerBird525 said:

At my last u/s, which was at 26 weeks, the baby had moved head down and I can tell he is still head down since most of the strong movements are from my belly button up and sometimes I'll feel a protruding hard spot in the middle above my belly button which I think is his butt since it does go away. Also, he gets hiccups almost every day and I can feel a very soft 'thump' over and over for a few minutes basically right above my vag.

I think if you focus on the strength and location of the movements, you may be able to tell if he's head down or not or OB may be able to tell at your next appt (or ask if they can tell).

This is almost exactly what I was going to day. I get the hard kicks to my rib area and the little consistent hiccups way down low. Ultra sound showed he was head down last week.

kbequette08 · April 2016

My baby has been head down for weeks now and the midwife said his butt was probably in the center of my bump and his legs/feet are hanging out on the right side of my belly. That would explain why I feel a tiny little knot on the right side at times rolling over there.

SMLmom · April 2016

I found out last week that mine is head down (in an ultrasound), but honestly I have no idea how to tell what's what. I'd been thinking he was kicking my cervix but apparently he was punching it! I swear he uses my bladder as a pillow.

BPaisley · April 2016

No clue! This is my third. The OB I had with my first would like feel around my pelvis area and could somehow tell if she was grasping the baby's head, so she would usually do that to see if he was head down at each appointment. I don't remember at what point she started checking.

This OB does an u/s at some point to check, but I can't remember how far along. Otherwise, I have no clue how to tell. When I feel hiccups, they are very low, as others have mentioned, so likely head down I would think.

likeabel · April 2016

NicknShan said:

Here is what my OB told me:

I feel a big bump near my right rib cage. Is it head or rump? Push on it. If the entire "bump" moves (for example, when I push on it, I can actually feel baby in my lower left hip), then you are pushing on rump and baby is head down. If you are pushing down on head, you won't get that same movement of your entire bump because the baby's head will move at the neck, and the entire body will not move.

This is exactly what I was going to say. Also, if your LO gets hiccups as much as mine (rhythmic "kicks" for :30 or so) that's a pretty good way to tell where the head is.

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