Contents:
- Medical Video: Childbirth Stations of Presentation
- What is the ideal position in the womb?
- Position of the baby in the womb: which is normal, which is at risk?
- Back font
- Eyebrows or face
- Across
- Breech
Medical Video: Childbirth Stations of Presentation
Positioning a baby in the womb is an important thing to note before your birth day. The position of the baby in the womb will allow the doctor to determine whether you can give birth normally, or even have to go through a caesarean section.
What is the ideal position in the womb?
In general, the doctor will give you a green light for normal delivery if the position of the head of the womb is at the bottom closest to the birth path with the face facing the mother's back and the chin pressed against the chest. This position is called head presentation, and allows the baby to poke out with the head first.
Apart from this "mainstream" position, there are a number of other variations of the position of the baby in the womb which are also commonly found. Other positions can occur because they are influenced by several things such as:
- The shape of the mother's pelvis
- Baby's head shape
- The ability of the baby's head to adjust its shape to the mother's pelvis
- The ability of the mother's pelvic floor muscles to contract and relax
What are the positions of babies that are commonly found, and is it normal if the baby's position when out is not with the head first?
Position of the baby in the womb: which is normal, which is at risk?
Back font
The position of the baby's head is at the pelvic floor, but with the face facing the mother's stomach - the opposite of the head presentation. One of the factors that increases the risk of presentation of the rear fontanel is the narrow pelvis of the mother.
Although this position usually causes problems in labor, in most cases no special intervention is needed during the delivery process of the baby. However, the doctor may help you by using forceps or rotating the baby's position manually if the labor process is experiencing obstacles. If obstacles still occur even though they have been assisted, a caesarean section is needed to give birth to a baby.
Eyebrows or face
At the face presentation, the baby's brow is the part that first enters the birth canal with the neck head looking up. In a normal head presentation, the baby's head should be curled up with the chin pressed towards the chest. Face presentations occur less frequently than the back font presentation. Usually the factors that cause this are:
- Premature rupture of membranes
- Big baby head
- history of previous childbirth
Most facial presentations can rotate themselves to the position of the head or back crown before the second stage of labor. If the labor process is stuck at the face presentation, then the doctor must swerve by starting a caesarean section.
Across
At this position, the baby is located transverse - perpendicular to the birth canal. Most babies in this position cannot be born normally because they are too wide to pass through the birth canal. If forced, labor with a position of infant latitude can cause a tear in the birth canal and cause life-threatening situations for both the mother and the fetus.
The position of the baby crosses is not dangerous during pregnancy until before labor because the baby can move to change the position towards the position of the head presentation. However, if this latitude position lasts until the seconds before labor, labor must be carried out by caesarean section.
Breech
Breech position is a condition that occurs quite often.American Pregnancy Association noted that there were 1 breech position from every 25 pregnancies. The position of the fetus is called breech when the part closest to the birth canal is the baby's buttocks. Some things that can increase the risk of breech position are:
- Second or more pregnancies
- Pregnant twins or more
- History of premature delivery
- Form an abnormal uterus
- Amniotic fluid is too much or too little
- Placenta previa, a condition in which the placenta is located in the lower part of the uterus, covering the cervix.
One risk of a breech baby's position is that the umbilical cord can wrap around the baby's neck. Sometimes, during pregnancy the breech position is still ongoing can still rotate to its normal position, which is born with the head out first. However, if not, and the doctor considers labor to be risky if done normally, then you should be prepared to undergo a caesarean section.
