https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:17:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628131 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:15:51 +0000 Silva 2628131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I totally get it. After the way my first went down I was so anxious about the second. It all worked out in the end, but I've come to peace with the idea that this is just how my body carries babies and I'm going to recline in bed while reading as much as I want next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628128 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:13:32 +0000 avivoca 2628128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: You weren't, don't worry! This baby has been spinning from side to side but spun to the back this week. The nurse was really discouraging. My husband thinks I shouldn't worry about it, but I can't help it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628121 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:03:21 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2628121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and I did all of these things with both babies. K was delivered sunny-side up, and Max turned during labour. So maybe they don't necessarily work. Best of luck though!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628118 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:02:22 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2628118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hot and cold! Both babies were posterior (K stayed that way). Get an exercise ball, drape yourself over it, and put a heating pad on your back. If you can handle it, you can also put an ice pack on your belly. My midwives said that the gravity, combined with baby wanting to turn their face away from the cold can end up rotating baby.<br /> I leaned over my exercise ball like crazy- kneeled on the floor and leaned over the ball.<br /> I also floated in the pool on my front too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628117 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:02:19 +0000 Silva 2628117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't mean to be discouraging- I just have the experience of feeling like I failed when I did everything "right" and it didn't work... I don't want you to put the same pressure on yourself! My second spun around constantly, sometimes anterior sometimes posterior- even in the days before labor. I hope it goes well for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628115 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:58:31 +0000 avivoca 2628115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Thanks for your input. The nurse who did my exam today just wasn't very good at bedside manner, so she really freaked me out about it. </p> <p>@coopsmama: I was going to ask you about that! I read your birth story and saw that you did that and it worked. Once I'm in labor, I'all have my husband try it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628093 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:37:33 +0000 Silva 2628093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did all the poses and kept proper posture my whole second pregnancy and ended up with another posterior baby and tough labor. My doc and my friend who is a midwife both agree there is little evidence to support all those moves on spinning babies. I put a lot of pressure on myself to get my second baby in the right position and it didn't work. I'm tired of beating myself up and comparing to others for stuff that is likely just luck. But it doesn't hurt to try!!! Good luck! Also, they can still turn a lot. And as others have mentioned posterior doesn't always mean long or difficult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628073 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:07:46 +0000 MrsSRS 2628073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ALL of the cat cow and just hanging out on hands and knees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628063 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:52:18 +0000 KayKay 2628063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first was posterior and delivered relatively easily vaginally (as easy as a really long first labor can be...but the pushing wasn't too bad!). So you may still be good even if bebe doesn't turn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628030 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:09:49 +0000 coopsmama 2628030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and also - no to squats. You don't want the baby to engage while in that posterior position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628023 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:02:49 +0000 Mrs. Pajamas 2628023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dd was posterior. I did lots of lunges with one leg up on a higher step. That will probably accomplish the same as curbs. I had wicked back labor but she turned at the last minute and I pushed her out med free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628020 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:57:51 +0000 avivoca 2628020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: We lack curbs too, but I will do my best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628017 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:53:31 +0000 IRunForFun 2628017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: You don't have to walk with one foot in the gutter. If you walk along the street with one foot up on the curb it achieves the same thing.</p> <p>You could also try asymmetric lunges with one leg up on a couch or chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628015 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:48:44 +0000 coopsmama 2628015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't be worried about it. All 3 of mine have hung out posterior and the first was really difficult, but most first births are your most difficult labor anyways. I will say that the abdominal lift and tuck (on Spinning Babies) worked REALLY well to turn my sunny side up baby last month and she was born less than an hour and a half later with a nearly pain free delivery. You have to be actively contracting to utilize the move but it would be worth having the directions printed out, I think. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2628004 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:35:17 +0000 skipra 2628004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: Try not to worry too much! I was so nervous with my second because at one point in the last week I could feel him kicking straight out into my belly. That is so disappointing the student is making you more nervous about delivery. Not cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2627993 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:22:01 +0000 avivoca 2627993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: Thanks! I've been reading that site too (I am so unproductive this week at work lol) and I saw that too. I feel much better now that I've read all of this because that student nurse really had me feeling like this was not going to work and it was my fault that the baby was positioned this way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2627991 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:17:21 +0000 skipra 2627991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://spinningbabies.com/learn-more/baby-positions/posterior/" rel="nofollow">http://spinningbabies.com/learn-more/baby-positions/posterior/</a></p> <p>Sounds like left side posterior is "better." And being a second time mom with a successful vaginal delivery with your first all work in your favor. </p> <p>All three of mine have been on one side or the other and I swear at least my second was posterior. He was the only one I went med-free. My third kept moving sides even through the last week and didn't get into position until labor started. Fingers crossed that she cooperates for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2627988 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:15:41 +0000 avivoca 2627988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: Dang, we have 0 gutters in my neighborhood, but squatting and inversions I can do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2627985 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:13:12 +0000 Kemma 2627985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of crawling on your hands and knees, walking with one foot in the gutter, deep squats (before and during labour), inversions from spinningbabies.com.</p> <p>Fingers crossed baby gets itself turned around for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/turning-a-posterior-baby#post-2627977 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:38:16 +0000 avivoca 2627977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 39+3 and just found out at my appointment today that baby has moved to a posterior position with her back to my left and her legs to my right. My midwife and chiropractor have given me some exercises to do and positions to try to get this baby to turn, but I'm also trying to prepare for delivering a sunny-side-up baby. Any recommendations on things I can try or experiences delivering a posterior baby? </p> <p>Suggestions from the midwife/chiro:<br /> - Forward sitting<br /> - Cat/Cow yoga position<br /> - leaning on birth ball and letting pelvis/abdomen hang to open up<br /> - The Miles Circuit</p> <p>My last delivery was 15 hours med-free and baby was anterior from 32 weeks on, so I'm really thrown for a loop and hoping to achieve a med-free birth this time as well. </p>