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DD was posterior. I was in labor for a long time. Induced because my water was leaking and i wasn't having contractions. I had a c section four days after I got to the hospital. DD was LGA and had major head molding despite being a csection baby.

@coopsmama: Perfect! I will send you the video and my mom's Texas spaghetti recipe

DS was posterior. It wasn't pretty - got an epidural because of the back labor being so intense, it didn't fully work, had to push flat on my back because of the angle he was at (kinda stuck in my pelvis, I guess?), pushed for three hours, he rotated at the last minute and came out kind of half and half posterior and anterior. 2nd degree tear, but I think that was from his shoulder slipping out too quickly.

How can you tell he is posterior? My MW says she can only tell if baby is head down, but that one posterior birth likely means another. Great...

I've heard cat/cow exercises help, though!

DS2 was on my right side forever and Im pretty sure posterior but the midwives were not concerned. I went into labor naturally and had a pretty long but relatively easy early labor. Contractions started early afternoon on Wednesday and continued all night about every 10 minutes. By next morning they got to about every 6 minuted but then around noontime slowed back down to every 12 minutes but increased in intensity. The entire time I wanted to work through contractions on my hands and knees so that probably helped DS get into the right position. Contractions didnt actually become really awful until we were driving home from an appointment and were still only 10 minutes apart until my water broke at 4 pm. At that point we rushed to the hospital and he was born at 5:20 after a few kind of practice pushes (i was afraid to push with no epi) and one major push. I was on my hands and knees delivering too. It didnt feel like the back labor i had the first time but was the only position that i could do, if that makes sense.

Long story short, early labor was long but I think because I avoided the epi he was able to get into the right position and actual delivery was quick and intervention-free.

I delivered DD posterior as she never turned. It took over 3 hours of pushing.

I had a 56-hour labor. I didn't start progressing (just had terrible, unproductive back labor- they were real contractions that made me throw up from the pain but just weren't getting us anywhere!) until I got an epidural and a small amount of pit at about 50 hours. My body kind of held her up and posterior until I was able to relax (and, obviously, get some assistance from the pit). After that things went quickly and pretty smoothly- she turned and engaged, my water broke naturally, and I pushed her out in 40 minutes.

I'm really, really glad I decided to use some interventions. I think they helped me avoid a c-section (and my doc agrees!)

@coopsmama: I was planning to avoid intervention. But when I decided to go ahead with it, it was definitely the right choice. I was exhausted. I was able to get a little bit of sleep before pushing, and pushed very effectively, which was important because she started to have trouble (long labor for her, too)! Who knows what your experience will be like. I've since heard many similar stories from mamas with posterior babies, but every labor and birth is different, I think keeping an open mind and being willing to acknowledge when an intervention will be useful, is a great approach regardless of babe's position. That's what medications are there for!

@coopsmama: I do them before bed, and when I'm just hanging out on the floor playing with my son. He thinks it's funny to say "moo/meow" with me. And when my back hurts.

Ugh, I really hope I don't have another posterior baby!! I feel like LO1 kicked soooo much more than this one, and I've heard that posterior babies can feel like that, since their hands and feet are towards your belly. This guy feels more like squirms than sharp jabs, so I hope it means he's turned around in the right direction.

I had the same attitude going into labor. I wanted to do natural, but if I had back labor, I wasn't going be a hero. But since my epidural didn't work because of the back labor, I'm back to wanting to do natural. But on the other hand...delivering a posterior baby naturally...
But we made it through once, right??

I'll ask my MW tomorrow if she knows if he is and if I can do anything to turn him!

J was posterior and crooked, he didn't turn but I was able to have a vaginal birth with the help of the vacuum and episiotomy.

@Rainbow Sprinkles: J had a black eye and bruised face too!

@lemondrop: J turned posterior when my water broke in the hospital, he was on the bigger side so he got wedged crooked as well

Unplanned induction, Posterior and crooked, and the OB was *manually* turned her on her way down. (Yeah, it was as pleasant as it sounds.). I will spare you the other details, but will say it was a long tough road, but everything worked out in the end.

I am totally rooting for you to have a smooth, easy delivery!!!