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In 95% of cases, babies show up head first when labor begins. But not all adopt the ideal position to engage and turn in the maternal pelvis. Of course, it is the obstetrician or midwife who will determine in what position our baby is before delivery, helped by ultrasounds and the medical examination. But we too can try to get an idea of it, depending on the sensations we feel, and the shape of our belly.
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At the end of pregnancy, we pay attention to our feelings
The baby’s hands and arms are probably close to the baby’s head, as he enjoys sucking on his fingers. If we are careful, we must certainly feel them like ripples. Conversely, when our baby moves his feet and legs, the sensations are more frank. We feel small strokes outwards and in the center ? It may mean that the baby is in the posterior position. Are they more internal under the ribs and on one side ? Its position is probably anterior, that is to say the back towards our stomach.
Our sketches to better understand:
He is in full seat
A rounded and regular area in the back of the uterus? A zone convex and regular laterally? a irregular and bulky pole in the pelvis? Baby is certainly in a full seat. In this case, the heartbeat is heard around the umbilicus on the side of the back.
It is positioned across
The baby’s axis is perpendicular to the axis of the pelvis. It is a mandatory caesarean section if it remains like that during childbirth. When the baby is across the uterus, you can’t feel anything in the bottom or the bottom of the uterus. Sometimes a sensation towards the neck when he wriggles and stretches his legs.
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It is in posterior position
La head is down, but still the baby’s back is facing mom’s back. If you stay in this position, you may feel the contractions more in your back than in your stomach. The head tends to press on the bladder.
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His rear head is in an anterior position
A rounded area down, strong movements felt on the right side towards the fundus of the uterus and a flat area on the left : baby is in a good position! He has his head down, and his back is to the left and forward.