Baby Positions
Read about head-down fetal positions here. Go to the Breech section to read about head-up babies.
The Belly Mapping how-to article may give you clues to your own baby's position.
Why might babies be malpositioned?
Sometimes the gorgeous design for fetal positioning is tampered with by cultural habits (slouching on the couch), poor nutrition (low iodine), or even the mistaken habits of the health practitioner or other helper (over use of epidural, esp. before 5 cm dilation).
What is malposition?
We women are designed for birth. Babies are designed for birth. during labor, babies who are in a vertical, curled position descend through the pelvis in a tube-shape. If a baby can't fit because of position, that's a "malposition."
Breech Posterior Transverse Oblique Click on the postion you want to learn about. Click "Read More" for more specific fetal positions.
More Articles...
- Oblique lie
- Right Occiput Posterior
- Will Baby fit?
- Head down is not enough!
- Asynclitism
- Occiput Posterior - OP
- “Baby, stay anterior!"
- Myths of occiput posterior
- Transverse; lying sideways
- Left Occiput Anterior
- Right Occiput Anterior
- Dip in the Belly
- Anterior Placenta
- Chin tucking to engage
- Occiput Transverse
