Did you have a sunny side up baby and what was your labor like? - May 2024 Babies | Forums | What to Expect | Page 3 (2024)

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I had posterior baby with my first, was so terrible. Made labour progress so slowly and 48 hours later I requested epidural and then labour progressed slowly after that until 9 cm stalled and nurse realized baby was sunny side up and turned her around by putting her hand up there. I pushed for an hour after this and she came out face first so I had 2nd degree tear. really hoping this baby is not posterior again lol

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E

FTM and I gave birth to a sunny side up baby girl last week. I had to be induced early at 38 weeks 4 days because of gestational hypertension and I didn't know she was OP until delivery either. Although it was painful to get the epidural, I made sure to get it before they broke my water. It was better to be safe (in terms of pain) than sorry during delivery. My OB and nurses were amazed I could still move around so well with it but not feel anything down there. Because I couldn't feel anything down there it was a little weird to push but the pain between my shoulders and my upper back was so bad from pushing that my husband had to keep massaging me in that area in between contractions. With that said I only pushed for 2.5 hours and was very thankful I didn't have to get a c-section but wow, did it feel crazy to feel her down there before I completely pushed her out.

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My last 3 (and this one) felt sunny side up with their kicks. All turned in labor to face my back, slightly to the right. Except my last, she was facing my left leg. This one is moving a lot. At fetal assessment on Monday was facing my right side. My appointment on Tuesday seemed to have baby facing the left again. I'm due in a couple of days. I didn't have much pain with my son even though I felt all his kicks to the front. The girls were rough though.

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j

My son was also OP and the back labor was horrendous!! This is my third and my doctor turned him right as I was pushing to OA so he flew out but it would have been longer if my doctor didn’t turn him

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I requested an early epidural, so I thankfully didn't feel the pain of having my LO sunny side up. We tried to push her out normally, but her heart rate would drop for stretches. Labor was about 13 hours total and 30 minutes of pushing with a vacuum assisted delivery at the end. I had a 3rd degree tear which is taking forever to fully heal.

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G

My first was sunny side up. I had back labor the entire time, it was horrible. Only position I could be in was on my hands and knees while arching my back to try to relieve some of the pressure from the back of her head pushing against my spine. Thankfully though I had a relatively fast labor and it was over in 7 hours… but it was very intense from the start. I had a second degree tear, almost a third degree. I’m a few days over due and praying he stays in a good position! But I’ve heard you can have back labor even if they’re not sunny side up? So not sure if I’ll escape it again…

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My baby was sunny side up and I immediately got the epidural at 2cm - right after they broke my water- I had a fully induced labor with Pitocin- once I dilated to 10cm I felt the immense back pain even with the epidural and asked them to up the dosage which was a mistake - then I couldn’t feel anything to push and we had to turn the epidural off- after 2.5 hours of pushing she came flying out literally the doctor had to catch her and I had a 3rd degree tear… I’m 3 weeks postpartum now and feeling much better down there