A baby in a posterior position will almost always rotate into a good position and be born vaginally, given enough time and patience. However, the road can be long and painful. As Jen, another doula friend of mine, says, "Why walk 30 miles when you could walk ten?"
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pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pregnancy/baby/Tips-for-a...
pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pregnancy/baby/Tips-for-altering-your-babys-position-610.htm
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Spinning Babies; Fetal positioning for easier childbirth ... Doulas, midwives, nurses and doctors have noticed that maternal positioning doesn’t always work. Hands and knees position doesn’t always work to rotate a posterior baby to anterior, and the breech-tilt doesn’t always help a breech baby flip around to head-down.
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www.spinningbabies.com/
www.spinningbabies.com/
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Nothing can prepare a mother for the severe unremitting pain that accompanies labor when the baby is in a posterior position. ... When it is verified that the baby is in a posterior position, the first thing that I do is to have the mother assume and maintain a knee-chest position for approximately 45 minutes.
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www.storknet.com/cubbies/childbirth/posteriorlabor.htm
www.storknet.com/cubbies/childbirth/posteriorlabor.htm
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Get your baby in the best position for birth ... If your baby is in the occiput posterior position in late pregnancy, he may not engage (descend into the pelvis) before labour starts. The fact that he doesn't engage means that it's harder for labour to start naturally, so your baby are more likely to be 'late'.
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www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm
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Nothing can prepare a mother for the severe unremitting pain that accompanies labor when the baby is in a posterior position. Often, labor begins with short, painful yet irregular contractions which are often shrugged off by care givers as "false labor".
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www.gentlebirth.org/archives/postrppr.html
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Possible Causes of Posterior Position ... "Chunging" to Turn a Posterior Baby ... and is the lowest part of the head presenting in a deflexed posterior baby. Notice the distance between your thumb and index finger. It may be as much as a third longer!
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www.gentlebirth.org/archives/position.html
www.gentlebirth.org/archives/position.html
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Take up the knee-to-chest position (sometimes called the playful puppy pose…chest to the floor, bum up in the air) for an hour or so everyday. Some people prefer this because it will prevent a posterior baby from engaging until it is in a good position.
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www.motherspirit.net/articles/pregnancy/preventpost.htm
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Discusses what it means if your baby is Occiput Posterior and what you can do about it. ... When the baby is in a posterior position, the bony part of the head is pressed against the bony part of the pelvis. The pressure of the contractions pushes the head into the pelvis and can cause tremendous back pain.
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www.birthingnaturally.net/birth/challenges/posterior.ht...
www.birthingnaturally.net/birth/challenges/posterior.html
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I'm 39 weeks along and my midwife has told me thta my baby is in the posterior position, meaning it's back is in line with my back so it's head will come out facing me. She says that it's more painful and can be difficult to deliver posterior babies.
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www.pregnancy-info.net/QA/answers-baby_in_posterior_pos...
www.pregnancy-info.net/QA/answers-baby_in_posterior_position/
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