When could you tell your baby's position in the womb? I'm 30 weeks, and I'm almost certain the nice hard lump right above my belly button is the baby's butt, but I'm not 100% certain. At 20 weeks, he was breech but I think he might be head down now.
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I couldn't tell with either pregnancy. They told me at my first cervical check that baby was heads down.
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Look up belly mapping! Spinning babies has some great tips on how to do this yourself, but of course asking your doc/midwife is best.
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I could never tell for sure!
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Yes, it was really easy for me to tell. But I know it's not for everyone.
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@Mrs. Microscope: I just started watching a few videos of this this morning! The only thing is, is that I have an anterior placenta. Although I can still feel kicks on the side, just not right in front.
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@MrsBrewer: I was never able to tell with both pregnancies
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LO1 was ROA from 22 weeks on. This time around, I can NEVER tell!! My midwife told me today that she's LOA (ideal), so I'm happy. I tried feeling when I got home, and was totally clueless as to what I was feeling.
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I'm 25 weeks with #2 and I've been able to tell what (I think is) the baby's position for a couple weeks now. It was the same with #1 and I'm somewhat confident I'm right because I remember having an us at 24 weeks last time and telling the tech how I thought she was laying and I was right. At this point it's less about where I feel lumps and more about where I feel movement. It seems to me the stronger/sharper jabs are generally feet and the less strong jabs and rolling motions are more arms. Usually I'm feeling a ton of kicks either high, low, or on one side or the other-- so that pretty much tells me what is going on!
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I could tell that DD was head down because I felt her kicks in my ribs. I've also heard that you feel hiccups really low if they're head down (which I did).
ETA: I could tell from about 28 weeks on.
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I can tell based on where I feel hiccups. DD1 was head down from 20 weeks on. This baby was head down until a month ago. Now she flips between breech and transverse frequently. Today she's halfway between being head down and transverse. She keeps poking her butt out on my right side.
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Another vote for telling with hiccups! They were so low ... I also could feel/see a baby buns lump as I got further along and it would swivel side to side.
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So my midwives told me for weeks that the baby was head down, ready to go, and I kept feeling this hard lump under my ribs that I assumed must be his butt. So we used to always poke him and pat him in the bum. Until I had an ultrasound at 39 weeks, learned he was breech, and we'd been poking the poor baby in the head for months. Long story short, I apparently have no sense of my baby's position in the womb.
With my second baby my midwife told me he was head down and I thought "Nope, this baby is breech just like the last one" because everything felt the same and I was right. So maybe it's my midwives who had no sense of a baby's position.
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I veto the hiccups method, I feel them really low but baby is breech. I think it just shakes the whole baby! I can tell exactly what is where about half the time, laying flat on my back or on my side in the tub. It's so fascinating to me.
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@Cole: I agree! My youngest was breech, and I felt hiccups super low too. The only time I could really tell his position was when he was transverse, because it was hella uncomfortable and I felt like I was going to split open.
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