Positioning- how can you tell what's what?

Question

I haven't had an ultrasound since my 20 week appointment (currently 28 weeks 3 days) so I really have no idea what she's doing in there lol. I see others posting about positioning, how can you tell where the baby's head vs. a foot, etc is? Sometimes when she "kicks" hard I can tell it's her hand or foot, but other times it feels more like she's rolling and it's hard to tell what is where.

Also, did anyone else's OB tell them to disregard the 10 kicks per hour rule? Mine said that it's normal that sometimes I go several hours without feeling her move, but then she's very active at other times and at night. Just wondering bc I know other OB's take the 10 kicks per hour very seriously...thanks ladies!

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Kick counts aren't an accurate measurement for baby anyways. I'm on my 5th and I can map baby's position without an ultrasound. My midwife is also very good at mapping baby's position. I actually felt this little one flip from breech to head down about 3 weeks ago and had to remap her position. Knowing how is just practice and feeling little one out.

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My midwife feels around for the baby at each of my appointments and gives me a general indication of what position he is in. I always feel the most kicks under my right rib, which coincides with her feeling his back on my left side. She says this means he is in a head down position! He has been this way for the last two months.

As for the kicks, my midwife also told me not to worry with counting kicks. My baby has developed a pattern in the last two weeks, of moving around like crazy around the same times every day. She said if I notice a rapid decline in movement, to page her at that point.

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My midwife been checking babies position from I was 23 weeks and she's been head down everytime but I do feel her kick in different places during the day

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I've been wondering this also! I have a doctors appointment on Tuesday and will ask. She was breech at my last ultrasound (28 weeks) and I know she flips around a lot, I just want to know how I'll know that she's in the right position when she needs to be! Lol

As far as kicks I don't think anyone has to make sure they feel 10 kicks every hour. My doctor asked me to set aside 1 hour every day. Like you, I will sometimes go several hours without feeling a thing, however this is usually when I'm active or distracted. I haven't had a single time that I haven't met my count, if I'm still and not distracted I normally get all the kicks within 10 min or less, but it's never taken longer than 30 min for me.

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My doctor tells me the position every time I go in for appointments by feeling my belly n also when he uses a Doppler to check for my baby heartbeat... So far she is head down but not in the centre yet

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My doctor also said not to worry about kick counts and that she only usually wants to do that with high risk pregnancies.

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My doctor was able to feel positioning using her hands when I was past 30 weeks

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My doctor has me doing kick counts once a day when he's active. She said it should be 10 kicks within 2 hours though, not 1 hour. I've heard both ways though! She said she just recommends this bc sometimes  when we get busy throughout the day we might not remember the last time we felt the baby move and then in turn get worried.

Positioning- how can you tell what's what?

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