Bub Check after 20 week ultrasound

[rebecca]

Hi everyone,

I know I have been a littel quite over the last week, that was due to me being off from work with a darn throat infection and not yet bought a laptop for when I am at home with the little one...Anyways...I am feeling alot better, although hating work more and more every minute that I am here....just keep thinking of the money and the 12 months that I will have off with our little one ( I really want to be able to sepnd his 1st birthday with him)C how i go....

Ok...so my question today is this...As I am going through Public Hospitalisation and I have only had the 1 ultrasound being at 20 weeks....is there another ultrasound that I will have prior to being full term??? Reason I am asking is how will all know that the baby is positioned correctly and that the placenta is where it should be etc...if I do not have another ultrasound???

Look forward to hearing from you all

Bec & Peanut

[mamafelix]

Hi Bec

your dr/midwife will be able to tell the babies position by feeling your bump- so no worries there, and unless your placenta was low lying at the 20 week mark, it will be fine from now on (since the uterus stretches up from the bottom, placentas can't grow down). If you had a low lying placenta they would have booked you in for another scan at about 30 weeks- this happened to me.
Sometimes a good midwife will also be able to tell your placentas position from the outside too- more in terms of whether it is at the front or back though.

hth

[rebecca]

Thanks Zoe, that is great to know...and I did not have any issues at the 20 week ultrasound so all is good as far as that goes.....
I am also going through a birth centre in the public hospital...so I am sure that the midwives there will be very helpful and clever...he,he,he...Just hope I can deliver there naturally...if not all is good though...so long as Peanut is safe and well!

Thanks again
Bec and Peanut

[Angel]

Your chances of a natural birth in a birth centre are excellent so don't worry about that at all, infact they're much higher than public or private hospital. Staying optimistic and having confidence in your body are your best tools.

There is a booklet that you can get hold of, and probably info online to, about Optimal Foetal Positioning (the name of the booklet). You can start from as early as twenty weeks by avoiding certain positions and using others to encourage your baby into the right spot. It is important to avoid certain positions (such as deep lunges) as they can engage your baby prematurely which isn't very helpful if the baby wasn't in the optimum position in the first place. It is well known that optimal positioning can have an enormous affect on the progress and process of birth so knowing what to do and what to avoid is also a fantastic tool for a pg mother.