Birth and Babies

My baby turned posterior yesterday for a better part of the morning and afternoon.  If you’ve never experienced the pain a posterior baby can produce, count your blessings.

Anyway, it seemed no amount of positioning on my end would get this baby to budge.  Until i turned into a slide for my toddlers.  With my bum in the air and my shoulders and head on the floor, my toddlers (3 and 18 mos) had a ball climbing up mommy and sliding (or rolling) down her back.  Their weight offered counter pressure which helped with the pain.  The constant jostling, I’m guessing, encouraged the baby to kindly move off of my spine (in conjunction with my positioning).  It also helps to get on all 4’s and let the kids sit on your lower back - they had fun while I did some pelvic rocks that way.  And it really felt good.

Finally I experienced relief and my baby took up a more favorable position. Yay for toddlers!

So… If the baby is posterior when I go into labor, I think I’ve found a job for the kids!

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