Freaking out.. Please tell me this is normal..

[Natalie143]

Ever since my 12 week scan baby has been in a head down position. People say the baby turns but why is she always he's down on every scan? I am scanned once a month.
I was worried about flat head syndrome (because I was looking at the fisher price rock n play sleeper and many mentioned it caused flat head syndrome but that's if baby had a problem from the womb... Before this I didnt even know kids could be positioned badly in the womb!)

Well... Ever since my 3d scan at 28 weeks baby has been head down with a foot by her face. She is like folded in half... I assumed she would move her feet but at a normal ultrasound at 29 weeks she had both feet in her face and yesterday at 33 weeks one foot in her face.
I made the mistake of googling it and now I'm going crazy...

Pics show babies that are frank breech (I'm not frank breech but I don't know what my position is called) who have their legs up over their head at birth and who stay that way for a while after...
Do I have something to worry about?

This baby has always been active. I do feel a lot of movement at the bottom but I also feel movement sometimes by navel and sometimes above.

 

[jellybeanxx]

She still has plenty of time to move positions. What have your doctors/midwives said about how she's positioned? I'm sure they'd have discussed it with you if they had any concerns xx

 

[Kirstiedenman]

I have no experience with this but I would just mention it at your next appointment that you are worried. Baby wouldn't be able to be born vaginally with a leg at the side of there head but babies also move all the time maybe not full positions but definitely limbs. I am a huge culprit for this but seriously Google is your worst enemy. They only ever have the bad stories for you to see rather than the success stories especially as it goes by hits more people are most likely to open the horror stories links than the good stories so they will be there for you to worry over.

 

[iluvmyfamily]

In my previous pregnancy my son was head down from 27 weeks all the way until I had him. It meant nothing bad. Even in this pregnancy my daughter is always head down.

 

[Amsan]

Yep my baby has been head down since at least 30 weeks. And just about every scan I've ever seen of a baby, they have had a foot by their face. I always assumed its normal, because all of their baby's have been normal.

A friend had a 3D scan done on her baby, and she was sucking on her toe.

I had a 3D scan done at 30 weeks and his foot was by his face too.

I figured it was because technically they are curled up in there and don't have anywhere else for everything to go?


Unless I'm reading the OP wrong..

 

[SisterRose]

This baby has been head down at every scan since 20 weeks, and I've had over 22 scans...so I assume she hasn't really moved from that position. I never even knew that could be a problem? I always thought it was a good thing that they're head down my first daughter was breech until 36ish weeks so I was just thankful that this baby was the right way

 

[beagleowner]

Completely normal. Nothing to worry about at all.

 

[jenniferannex]

Completely normal! With my 1st pregnancy my daughter was head down all the way through!

 

[thayet]

Mine has been head down since the beginning and refuses to move.. I did ask my mw about it and she said it's not an issue. The uterus forms sort of a "cone" shape down by the cervical opening, so if anything they might get a pointy head from being shoved down there the entire time! Some babies are just lazy, I think, and it has a lot to do with the natural shape of your uterus and gravity working its magic. If it was a problem, they'd have told you by now.

 

[BubsMom17]

My first son was head-down from the very beginning! He came out with a perfectly round beautiful fuzzy head! And yes, he has plenty of time to move.

My son who I am pregnant with now was Frank Breech (head and feet in my ribs) up until 33 1/2 weeks and managed to get himself head down!