How do you know the position....

of the baby without having a sonogram in WEEKS! My OB never said anything, but I am still feeling this baby ALL OVER.

When do they start to 'spin'?

ETA: I am 32 weeks

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if you are feeling the baby all over, he probably is spinning and rolling!

I always feel DS kick high, I havent felt anything low in months (maybe hiccups) so I know he is head down or at least his feet are high

if you have a growth sono, they will tell you how he is positioned. Also, about 34 weeks, your OB can tell by manually palpating your belly and feeling for the head, butt etc

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My LO's feet are on my right side. I know this because I am constantly getting kicked there! He/She is rolling around like mad!

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Posted by mrskparetta

if you are feeling the baby all over, he probably is spinning and rolling!

I always feel DS kick high, I havent felt anything low in months (maybe hiccups) so I know he is head down or at least his feet are high

if you have a growth sono, they will tell you how he is positioned. Also, about 34 weeks, your OB can tell by manually palpating your belly and feeling for the head, butt etc

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i feel kicking/punching pretty much on my left side only so i figured that's where the hands and feet were most of the time....but i couldnt tell the difference between head down or head up.

confirmed at the growth sono (31w)that the baby was head down with its butt bumping my right side/ribs and the legs kicking my left side/ribs....and of course the head hitting me downwards (which i haaaate).

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I had to go to the hospital for some spotting @ 26 weeks and they told me the baby was head down. When the baby hiccups- I feel them way down low so I believe's it's still head down. Will find out at my growth sono on Sat.!

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i know my babies are head down, i can just feel it, it feels a little hard on the bottom of my belly and lower sides sometiems, if i press it feels hard,
and of course every sono they say they head down my girls are punchers not kickers!

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I went last week and I was a day shy of 29 weeks and he was able to feel my belly and tell me where the head, back, butt, and arms/legs were. The head was down, so I asked if the baby was already in postion and he said no. He told me the baby changes positions every 20-30 minutes. I go for my growth sono on 3/11, so I'll get to see for myself. He also said that the harder areas are the back/spine. Crazy!!

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I didn't ever know the position... Now I know he is head down but only b/c I am 38w and the Dr. said it would be extremely unlikely at this point for him to flip. But if I didn't know that from a sono I would have no idea...

At my 32w sono he was breach and the tech showed me this bump and was like that's his head. Well 2 weeks later I thought I still felt that bump but it turned out those were now his feet, lol.

I know a lot of women say things like ohh I feel his little foot here or there- but not me. I feel all kinds is weird stuff but can't identify ANY of it, lol.

In fact, I swear he feels transverse right now but I KNOW he's not! I guess it's just arms or something stretching out.

One of my fears (irrational I am told though) is that I will go to deliver and the baby will be breach again but no one will know and I will start pushing and he'll get stuck. I made my OB promise if he can't distinctly see/feel the head that I would get a sono at the hospital... He was like um yeah okay thanks for the idea- haha I guess that's standard procedure anyway if they can't tell!

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I feel hiccups very low and I feel her feet in my ribs.

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