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baby back to back
hi i had my appointment today and midwife said baby is back to back, but is head down and in the normal position and stuff.
i worried when she said it was back to back, but she said that this shouldnt really be a problem as it is my second baby, and as my uterus will bemuch more efficient the second time round, it doesnt reelly make the birth longer or sorer as it would with a first baby.
can anyone say this is true?has it happened to anyone with their second and the birth was fine and not any longer than normal?
i worried when she said it was back to back, but she said that this shouldnt really be a problem as it is my second baby, and as my uterus will bemuch more efficient the second time round, it doesnt reelly make the birth longer or sorer as it would with a first baby.
can anyone say this is true?has it happened to anyone with their second and the birth was fine and not any longer than normal?
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Kerry xx
how was the birth for you ? (just so i can prepare myself just incase it is really bad)
My little boy was born back to back. He had been like that for most of my pregnancy but my midwife told me that he had turned in to the right position when i was about 36 weeks. He hadnt!
I went in to labour at 8am and the contractions were fairly painful straight away and i found it really painful to sit down but managed fairly well standing up! I went to hospital at 11.45am and when I was examined i was 8cm. Only had gas and air and stood draped over the bedside cabinet for most of the time. I was pushing for about 2 hours and then the midwife decided i needed to be cut as my contractions had slowed down, as soon as she cut me, Joseph literally shot out and he was born at 16.57pm. Midwife said that she hadnt realised he was back to back and would have been born sooner but he wasnt at the right angle.
He was my first and I thought that was fairly short for a first labour, and wasnt as painful as i expected - i hadnt imagined that i would be able to cope with just gas and air!
Good luck x