Babies position..can you tell!?

babyw0511 · Mar 4th, 2011, 12:46 PM

i went to my MW the other day for my appt. and she felt my belly and said the baby is head down.
i on the other hand feel like baby is transverse. i only feel movement below or right at my belly button, hardly ever above it. and i get these tickling little fingers or feet it feels like on the lower sides right above my hip.
does anyone know if there's any way to find out yourself?
and do babies still have enough room at 31 weeks to move about and change positions?
thanks!

BlessedTwice · Mar 4th, 2011, 12:50 PM

at my 28 week appt. dr. said baby was head down, i rarely feel her down low, every once in a while i'll feel a strange sweep really low but mostly she is at my belly button or up high or on my sides.

fiveoyea · Mar 4th, 2011, 13:07 PM

The only reason I can tell is she gets the hiccups everyday and it's down low..and she kicks me in the ribs

Jessicax5 · Mar 4th, 2011, 13:21 PM

fiveoyea- I feel the hiccups really low as well. Does that mean the baby is head down?

fiveoyea · Mar 4th, 2011, 13:25 PM

yup that's what my doc says.. my little girl flipped sideways one night as i felt the hiccups up high but last night she was down low again.

madcatwoman · Mar 4th, 2011, 13:45 PM

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Originally Posted by babyw0511

i went to my MW the other day for my appt. and she felt my belly and said the baby is head down.
i on the other hand feel like baby is transverse. i only feel movement below or right at my belly button, hardly ever above it. and i get these tickling little fingers or feet it feels like on the lower sides right above my hip.
does anyone know if there's any way to find out yourself?
and do babies still have enough room at 31 weeks to move about and change positions?
thanks!

i get that tickling fingers sensation above my hips too.i feel like mine is oblique (i can see where the head and bum is durring BH!

lousielou · Mar 4th, 2011, 13:50 PM

Have a look at the Spinning Babies website - there's some info on Belly Mapping, and how to tell what position your LO is in. I find it quite tricky though!

theresarhuebb · Mar 4th, 2011, 13:53 PM

i had a scan yesterday and my baby boy was head down with back going up the right side and bum at top pf my stomach and ive been getting all my movements on my left side and my hip! x

PeanutBean · Mar 4th, 2011, 14:02 PM

Tha sounds to me like your baby is head down. Twiddly fingers at your hips (their hands of often exploring round their faces and heads). The kicks below belly button sounds like the baby probably has straight legs so that the feet and knees are relatively low.

Transverse feels different (I've had many weeks of transverse with both babies!). You can feel the firmness of the spine circling the bottom half of your bump and all the action is higher up. Transverse babies tend to kick high so feet in diaphragm and ribs right across the full width of your body rather than on one side.

Of course babies can change positions so when your MW feels at your appointment unless the baby is engaged there is the possiblity of it moving again after your appointment. But I do think what you describe sounds head down, probably with the spine anterior/left as the kicks are on the right.

gertrude · Mar 4th, 2011, 14:05 PM

I feel some minor movement low down, but the vast majority (maybe 90%) is felt either right behind my belly button or to the right of it. Occasionally its been higher but I'm quite a tall girl and there is lots of room and the uterus doesn't go that much higher than my belly button

tonight all the stretching/squirming is happening to the right of my belly button with some flutters/smaller movement lower down

am hoping they're still head down - the MW thought they were at the 28 and 31w check up. Off to see her again on Tuesday

Mar 4th, 2011, 12:46 PM	#1
babyw0511 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 62	Babies position..can you tell!? i went to my MW the other day for my appt. and she felt my belly and said the baby is head down. i on the other hand feel like baby is transverse. i only feel movement below or right at my belly button, hardly ever above it. and i get these tickling little fingers or feet it feels like on the lower sides right above my hip. does anyone know if there's any way to find out yourself? and do babies still have enough room at 31 weeks to move about and change positions? thanks!

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BlessedTwice Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 781	at my 28 week appt. dr. said baby was head down, i rarely feel her down low, every once in a while i'll feel a strange sweep really low but mostly she is at my belly button or up high or on my sides.

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fiveoyea Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 514	The only reason I can tell is she gets the hiccups everyday and it's down low..and she kicks me in the ribs

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Jessicax5 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 726	fiveoyea- I feel the hiccups really low as well. Does that mean the baby is head down?

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fiveoyea Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 514	yup that's what my doc says.. my little girl flipped sideways one night as i felt the hiccups up high but last night she was down low again.

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lousielou Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7,551	Have a look at the Spinning Babies website - there's some info on Belly Mapping, and how to tell what position your LO is in. I find it quite tricky though!

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theresarhuebb Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,778	i had a scan yesterday and my baby boy was head down with back going up the right side and bum at top pf my stomach and ive been getting all my movements on my left side and my hip! x

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Mar 4th, 2011, 14:02 PM	#9
PeanutBean Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 18,230	Tha sounds to me like your baby is head down. Twiddly fingers at your hips (their hands of often exploring round their faces and heads). The kicks below belly button sounds like the baby probably has straight legs so that the feet and knees are relatively low. Transverse feels different (I've had many weeks of transverse with both babies!). You can feel the firmness of the spine circling the bottom half of your bump and all the action is higher up. Transverse babies tend to kick high so feet in diaphragm and ribs right across the full width of your body rather than on one side. Of course babies can change positions so when your MW feels at your appointment unless the baby is engaged there is the possiblity of it moving again after your appointment. But I do think what you describe sounds head down, probably with the spine anterior/left as the kicks are on the right.

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Mar 4th, 2011, 14:05 PM	#10
gertrude Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,647	I feel some minor movement low down, but the vast majority (maybe 90%) is felt either right behind my belly button or to the right of it. Occasionally its been higher but I'm quite a tall girl and there is lots of room and the uterus doesn't go that much higher than my belly button tonight all the stretching/squirming is happening to the right of my belly button with some flutters/smaller movement lower down am hoping they're still head down - the MW thought they were at the 28 and 31w check up. Off to see her again on Tuesday

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