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FETAL POSITIONS

Fetal positions

Inside the womb, within the sac, the fetus is surrounded by amniotic fluid- so can turn spin and move around.

The most common positions seen at sonography and mentioned in your report are:

Changing presentation: baby is spinning/turning as described earlier. Normal in early pregnancy.

Cephalic/vertex- both actually mean different things for a gynec- but they essentially mean babys head is down in maternal pelvis.

Breech- babies bottom/legs are in maternal pelvis, head is up.

Transverse- baby is perpendicular to mothers spine; /lying horizontally.

Oblique- baby is lying at an angle, neither head nor bottom is in maternal pelvis.
Babies keep changing position, until the last few weeks of pregnancy, when the fluid volume starts to decrease, fetal size increases and space constrains develop.

Then the baby will position itself for delivery.
The baby needs to be in a head down position for a normal delivery.

In earlier times, doctors would try to turn breech babies around manually, but this is no longer a common practice, and they are delivered by cesarean section. #xraymom
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Stay tuned for fetal positions for delivery by our dear @Dr Shilpitha Singh !!