Fetal status
The position of the fetus is the position of the body before and during childbirth, with the head down, the back of the head slightly to the front of the mother’s abdomen or the anterior position, in which case the birth will be short and easy. Most children take this position by the end of their pregnancies. In this situation, the child is reasonably stable in the pelvic area. At birth, the child will be so that his chin is attached to his or her chest.
Benefits of frontal position
- The upper part of the fetal head presses on the cervix evenly and with a circular motion. This helps the pelvic area widen and helps produce the hormones needed for labor.
- The movement of the child in the pelvis during the payment phase at a certain angle facilitates the exit of his head first.
- Facilitate the child’s exit from the bottom of the pelvis. The head is moved slowly, the wider part of the head is in the wider part of the pelvis, the back of the head is sliding down the pubic bone, and at birth the face slides between the vaginal area and the back entrance.
Back position of the fetus
Posterior Position The posterior position is the position in which the child’s head is down and the back is towards the spine, and 10% of children take such a position. This situation makes labor more difficult, especially if the child’s chin is up and not near his chest. This situation causes the mother to:
- The mother may feel pain in the back because the baby’s skull is towards her spine.
- Head water may fall early during labor.
- The labor may be long and slow, and there are some different contractions.
- The mother may feel a desire to pay before her pelvis fully expands.
How to change the fetal position
The mother can help to change the position of the fetus to the front position by tilting the pelvis forward instead of the back when you sit, and the knees are lower than the level of buttocks, and this position called Optimal Fetal Positioning -OFP, and helps this situation to encourage the child to change his position in the uterus forward , And the mother can try the following:
- She can kneel on the seat after the chair has changed so that his back is forward, and then her trunk moves forward over the back of the chair.
- She can try rubbing the ground, then the mother will be based on her four limbs, and the back of the baby’s head will swing to the front of the mother’s abdomen.
- She can move from time to time in the event that the work done by the mother requires sitting.
- She can sit on a pillow inside the car to raise the buttocks from the level of the knees.
- She can watch television sitting on an aerobics ball or a birth ball, making sure the buttocks are higher than the knees.