Once the baby develops during pregnancy it might take them a lot of time to rotate in the womb. A feeling of kicking or wiggling might be felt as the baby may turn or move. Once you reach towards the fag end of pregnancy the baby becomes big and they might not have the space to move. Head down positions is one term that you might hear. At the same time you need to be aware that the position does assume a lot of significance as the baby need to turn and move. They need to get into the best position as far as delivery is concerned.
The doctor is going to assess the position of the baby in the womb and this appears during the last month. Sometimes the doctor may find a situation that the baby is not in the best head down position baby during pregnancy. Let us now figure out on how to overcome it.
Anterior
Here the head of the baby is down with the face facing the back. The chin of the baby is tucked on to the chest whereby the head makes an entry on to the pelvis. The baby is in a position to flex their head and face and this goes by the name of cephalic presentation. Here the narrow part of the head does pass on to the cervix, as it helps to open up during delivery. Most babies are known to find themselves in such a position during 32 to 36 weeks of delivery. This works out to be the safest and ideal position for delivery.
Posterior
The head of the baby is known to face down, but the face would be positioned towards the back and not the stomach. This goes by the name of OP position. In the starting phase of labour most of the babies find themselves in this position. But the chances are that the babies will return back to their normal position once the delivery is about to take place.
There could be certain cases where the baby does not rotate. If the baby does find themselves in such a position it could be an extended delivery with prolonged back pain. To ease the pain you might need an epidural.
Transverse lie
Here the baby finds itself horizontally lying in the uterus. This position goes by the name of transverse lie. This is a rare position during delivery as most babies are expected to return back to their normal position nearing the time of delivery. If that is not the case the baby might require a C section delivery.
The reason being that there is a small risk of the collapse of umbilical cord. It means that before the baby comes out of the womb the water bag collapses. You can term this as a form of medical emergency and the baby has to be delivered quickly via the medium of C section if such a situation presents itself.
