Malpresentation Pregnancy Poll
I havent found any information in my research of malpresentation (when the baby is not vertical and head down after 37 weeks) with variables that I am looking for. So I thought I would conduct a poll and hoped some ladies would like to input. Here are my questions:
What Position was your baby in:
1) Breech (vertical w/ head up)
2) Transverse (sideways)
3) Oblique (diagonal)
4) Unstable lie (kept changing positions)
Did your baby change positions before you went into labour?
1) Yes
2) No
Did you end up delivering vaginally or c-section?
1) Vaginally
2) C-Section
How far along were you when the baby turned:
1) 38 weeks
2) 39 weeks
3) 40 weeks
4) 41 weeks
5) 42 weeks
How soon after you baby turned did you go into labour?
1) baby turned during labour
2) within hours
3) within 1 day
4) within 2-5 days...please not how many
5) within a week
6) more than a week later
Did you try to get the baby to turn?
1) yes
2) no
If you tried some stuff what did you try, and how often?
Was this your first pregnancy?
1) yes
2) no
If this was not your first pregnancy, had any of your previous pregnancies ended in a c-section
1) yes
2) no
How active were you during your pregnancy
1) very active
2) pretty active
3) somewhat active
4) a little active
5) I was a slug
When you were sitting, did you usually sit:
1) upright
2) slouched back
3) leaned forward
Thanks so much for any input!
You can either leave your results in the comments or email me!
What Position was your baby in:
1) Breech (vertical w/ head up)
2) Transverse (sideways)
3) Oblique (diagonal)
4) Unstable lie (kept changing positions)
Did your baby change positions before you went into labour?
1) Yes
2) No
Did you end up delivering vaginally or c-section?
1) Vaginally
2) C-Section
How far along were you when the baby turned:
1) 38 weeks
2) 39 weeks
3) 40 weeks
4) 41 weeks
5) 42 weeks
How soon after you baby turned did you go into labour?
1) baby turned during labour
2) within hours
3) within 1 day
4) within 2-5 days...please not how many
5) within a week
6) more than a week later
Did you try to get the baby to turn?
1) yes
2) no
If you tried some stuff what did you try, and how often?
Was this your first pregnancy?
1) yes
2) no
If this was not your first pregnancy, had any of your previous pregnancies ended in a c-section
1) yes
2) no
How active were you during your pregnancy
1) very active
2) pretty active
3) somewhat active
4) a little active
5) I was a slug
When you were sitting, did you usually sit:
1) upright
2) slouched back
3) leaned forward
Thanks so much for any input!
You can either leave your results in the comments or email me!
Comments
There is a lot of info there on babies position. I'll be back to visit you...maybe we'll have our babies the same day! :-)
:-D
I found your blog from reading 7xSunday, and I thought I'd answer your poll since I had some fun with my baby girl turning.. (she's now 10 months old)
1. Her position was unstable, she would change positions because I had A LOT of room in there for her.
2. Yes she changed positions before I went into labour, many times. She could still flip around whenever, so just when I thought she was in the correct position, a few hours later, ooops, she's head up again.
3. I delivered vaginally.
4. I was late in my 39th week when she was turning and I was dilating and we needed her to get her head down.
5. When we got her turned for sure with her head down they popped my water so that she couldn't turn again ;)
6. Yes, the midwife and her assistant manually worked at her until they got her turned. They positioned themselves, one near her feet (my lower abdomen) and one near her head (near my ribs) and slowly but very physically pushed and pulled at her, just massaging my belly etc etc. They got her to where she was horizontal across my belly and kept working until she was finally down.
Before all this, I went to a chiropractor, put ice up where her head was and sat in a warm bath to encourage her to head for the warm (which seemed to work, but she could turn as soon as the ice was gone) I layed with my head down and my feet up... like on an ironing board propped on the couch. I got on my hands and knees and rocked... lol
7. This was my second pregnancy.
8. My other birth was vaginal also, no c-sections here.
9. I was somewhat active... I had a 2 year old :)
10. I probably sat upright or leaned forward.
Hope that helps. If you have any questions, email me at nexis777@hotmail.com