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How can you tell the baby`s position?
Added: 816 days ago.
Added by: coolnessa8
Section: General.
Status: This question is Closed. (Questions will be closed after 10 days.)


I`m 31 weeks & wondering how to tell the baby`s position. I hear many women on here refer to their baby being breech or making other references to the baby`s current position & I`m curious how they know. At my last appointment (28 wks) my doctor said she couldn`t tell by feeling my stomach whether baby was breech or not & at this point there are no plans for another ultrasound. Is it possible for me to be able tell by her movements whether she is breech or not? If she flips, will I feel that? Like I said, I hear many women who seem to know, so I`m curious how to tell. As I get farther along, will it be easier for me to tell? Will the doctor be able to tell by feeling my stomach? Thanks!!

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nutnut - 815 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i get ultrasounds once a month thats why i know, but also the dr. can tell sometimes. mine said his head is right under my breastbone up front and thats where he was on the ultrasound that the dr. didnt see yet lol.

lb71 - 815 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Wow, oskygirl, that's really helpful!! I know mine is head down because I just had an ultrasound, but before that I suspected because I've been feeling hiccups in my cervix.

hebelboy2 - 815 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I don't know much about telling the babies position (even though oskygirl seems to have it down, P.S. Thanks for the tips osky)but I do know that with my first, we actually watched him move from breech to head down one night right before I delivered. Also, he would stretch and his feet would kick me in my ribs and lungs. When you feel it, you just kinda know....

coolnessa8 - 815 days ago Thanks!!!

oskygirl31 - 816 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) If your belly and navel pop out and/or you feel kicks under your ribs, chances are your baby is in the anterior position, with his or her back facing your front. If your belly appears slightly flatter and/or you feel your baby’s kicks at the very front of your tummy, your baby is probably in the posterior position, with his or her back next to your back. If you feel a lump near the top of your belly (usually on one side or the other) push lightly on it. Then: If you feel the whole baby move, he or she is most likely head down, meaning you pushed on the baby's bottom. If the lump you feel moves by itself, without the rest of the baby's body re-situating inside your belly, then that lump is probably the baby's head, which moves independently of the rest of the baby's body. If you feel your baby's hiccups lower in your belly, then the baby is head down. If the baby's hiccups are higher up in your belly, or even above your belly button, then your baby is most likely head up. If the baby is kicking above your belly button, he or she is head down and in a good position for labor and birth. If you're feeling extreme abdominal and rib pain, and you're in the later stages of pregnancy, then your baby is probably head up with his or her head close to or under your ribs. If you don't have this pain, your baby is probably head down, not breech. Using a fetal stethoscope (or even a toilet paper roll), have your partner listen for your baby's heartbeat. Then: If the baby's heartbeat is low in your belly, the baby is head down. If the baby's heartbeat is either level with or above your belly button, the baby is head up.

anna85 - 816 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Yeah i can only guess where my bubby is by the movement that i am feeling. My OBGYN has a Ultrasound machine at his office that he uses every visit to check bubby out. (27 weeks) I have just started having appointments every 2 weeks. He usually tells me then what position she is in. Maybe closer to your due date you doc will organise for another u/s? Might be worth asking.