Timeline for Fetal Position

Babies follow a natural progression to settle into the final birth position. Well, not exactly final. So I call it, the starting position for labor. It almost always changes for baby to rotate through the pelvis. Oxorn and Foote, Obstetric text book authors, state that most babies are in position at 34 weeks gestation. This […]

When Should Baby Be in Position?

Babies follow a natural progression to settle into the final birth position. Well, not exactly final. So I call it, the starting position for labor. It almost always changes for baby to rotate through the pelvis. Oxorn and Foote, Obstetric textbook authors, state that most babies are in position at 34 weeks gestation. This means […]

You Can Tell If Your Baby Is Engaged

Is Baby Engaged or Not? Sometimes the posterior baby’s head seems low in the pelvis when checked by vaginal exam. The nurse, doctor, or midwife feels the dome of the head and it doesn’t wiggle. So, they think, the head is not ballottable, and that equals engaged. Therefore, the head is engaged. But that estimation […]