Sheila - Transverse presentation

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

Been doing some reading...trying to be the dispassionate RN and not

the first time Mommy to be...I am 30 weeks tommorrow and I believe

Little Miss is still transverse. I listen to her fetal heart tones

and can hear them on either side of my abd, hence think I am hearing

both the top and bottom part of her back. Also adding to my thought

she is still transverse is how she feels (yes, trying to do Leopolds

maneouvers on myself..lol)...Clue #3 is that I am measuring small

(by my estimates 28 cm when I am standing up)...

So, from what I have read, babies will turn in the 7th month if they

are going to...I am fast approaching this...I know that if she stays

transverse, I will have no option but a section, but was wondering...

In your L and D experience, how late have you seen them turn? Do

they try external versions with transverse presentations? The

thought of that doesn't thrill me..

Anyway, I am hoping she will turn...Have my 30 week OB appt

tommorrow so will see what the good doc says.

Hope all is well with you and yours...

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

,

I know that you asked Sheila about this but I thought I would jump in. Hannah

was transverse till I was either 36 or 37 weeks, can't remember which. My doc

said on one visit that he was going to give her one more week to turn and if she

hadn't then he was going to do the version, luckily she turned the DAY before

the appointment!!! He told me that she was getting close to that late date but

he had seen tons of babies in his 30 plus years of delivering babies who turned

once he gave em a week, LOL!!! I wouldn't sweat it too much since you have lots

of time left.

Axelrod

Sheila - Transverse presentation

Hi Sheila,

Been doing some reading...trying to be the dispassionate RN and not

the first time Mommy to be...I am 30 weeks tommorrow and I believe

Little Miss is still transverse. I listen to her fetal heart tones

and can hear them on either side of my abd, hence think I am hearing

both the top and bottom part of her back. Also adding to my thought

she is still transverse is how she feels (yes, trying to do Leopolds

maneouvers on myself..lol)...Clue #3 is that I am measuring small

(by my estimates 28 cm when I am standing up)...

So, from what I have read, babies will turn in the 7th month if they

are going to...I am fast approaching this...I know that if she stays

transverse, I will have no option but a section, but was wondering...

In your L and D experience, how late have you seen them turn? Do

they try external versions with transverse presentations? The

thought of that doesn't thrill me..

Anyway, I am hoping she will turn...Have my 30 week OB appt

tommorrow so will see what the good doc says.

Hope all is well with you and yours...

Hugs,

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

> Hi Sheila,

>

> Been doing some reading...trying to be the dispassionate RN and not

> the first time Mommy to be...

*lol*

I spend 9 months trying to be the mommy-to-be...not the midwife.

*wink*

>I am 30 weeks tommorrow and I believe

> Little Miss is still transverse.

At 30 weeks...babies don't HAVE a position. They are still flipping and

flopping and moving around so much at 30 weeks that you can't even

assign a position to them because it can change in under 15 seconds

(litereally).

We don't worry about baby's position until 36 weeks. In fact, we don't

Leopold's until 34 weeks! (unless mom or dad are curious " what is that

right here that I keep feeling?)

>I listen to her fetal heart tones and

> can hear them on either side of my abd, hence think I am hearing

both

> the top and bottom part of her back.

are you using a doppler or a fetoscope?

If you're using a fetoscope...then yeah...you're probably right.

If you're using a doppler....a doppler picks up the heartbeat basically

anywhere (and I can usually get the heartbeat in 3-4 places with the

doppler. Not just cord sounds but actual hearbeat. Doppler is horrible

for confirming position)

> Also adding to my thought she is

> still transverse is how she feels (yes, trying to do Leopolds

> maneouvers on myself..lol)...Clue #3 is that I am measuring small (by

> my estimates 28 cm when I am standing up)...

>

why would you do this standing up? You can't do an accurate fundal

height measurement while standing up....

> In your L and D experience, how late have you seen them turn?

I know you're asking Sheila....and she's got a lot of experience to

share...

but I thought I'd help answer this as well....

I've seen them turn as late as while in labor,

>Do they

> try external versions with transverse presentations? The thought of

> that doesn't thrill me..

>

Yes...

although, interestingly enough, external versions for transverse lie are

actually less successful than for a breech. You'd think it would be

easier since they are already " halfway there " ...but it's not.

the good news is that you're nowhere near the point of worrying about

the position of your baby. the other good news is that even if the baby

does decide to stay transverse past 36 weeks, there are things you can

do at home to encourage good position that are easy and have high

success rates before even considering a version.

(this is part of the reason we don't leopold's until later...because baby is

so likely to have a " malpresentation " at this stage that it can cause

needless worry to the mom without any benefit. Thre's no reason to

know how baby is lying at 30 weeks at this particular moment...because

it doesn't mean anything....)

Soderblom CCCE CD(DONA) CLD CAAC

Student Midwife - Mesa, AZ

CAPPA Board of Directors

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Owner: Birth Story Diaries - real births, real photos

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[Guest guest]

Snook_zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!

I apologize for the delay in reading and approving messages today. We

left the house at 9am for 3 Dr's appointments (to WV, back to KY, back

to WV then back to KY for the last one) then my oldest had a football

game (they lost :*() so I am just now getting to reply.

In a nutshell..... what said. lol

She saved me alot of typing and I'm glad cause I'm pooped.

Never fear and *try* not to worry (again, this coming from a L & D RN

who checked her glucose, BP and fetal HR EVERYDAY at work- and on

slower days I'd grab a resident to do a quickie US on me- lol)

Relax..... everything will be fine....

I just know it will....

all that flipping and dlopping that you feel will continue for the

next 8 weeks at least (hopefully) and Lil Miss Snooky will come out

head first!

Hugs!

Sheila