How to sleep with breech position at 28 weeks

Generally, in the late pregnancy, the fetus will rotate to a head-down position, which is a normal fetal head position, which can ensure the baby can be born safely and reduce the harm to the pregnant mother. However, some fetuses may have abnormal fetal position, and fetal breech position is one of them. What causes fetal breech position and how to sleep in a breech position?

Causes of fetal breech presentation

1. The space of the pregnant mother's cervix is ​​too large. For example, the pregnant woman's abdomen is relaxed, there is too much amniotic fluid or the fetus is small, which can make the fetus move too much in the uterine cavity, causing the fetus to be too free and thus leading to breech presentation.

2. If the cervical space of the pregnant mother is too small, the movement of the fetus in the uterine cavity may be restricted, which will affect the natural downward rotation of the fetal head and lead to breech presentation. Factors that lead to a small cervix in pregnant women include abdominal anxiety in primiparous women, twin pregnancy, oligohydramnios, uterine malformations (such as unicornuate uterus, bicornuate uterus, etc.), and fetal malformations (such as hydrocephalus, anencephaly, etc.).

3. If a pregnant woman has problems such as narrow pelvis, cephalopelvic disproportion, placenta previa, obstruction of the soft birth anus and a short umbilical cord, it is very easy for the fetus to encounter obstacles in docking, which will lead to breech presentation of the fetus.

4. An extremely large fetus can also cause breech presentation.

How to sleep with a breech baby

The best sleeping position for a breech baby is to sleep on your side, which allows the baby's back to face up, thereby helping to adjust the fetal position. Pregnant mothers can choose to lie on their left side or on their right side. The key lies in the direction of the fetal back. Pregnant mothers can determine the direction of the fetal back through B-ultrasound examination, or by the fetal movement. Generally speaking, the fetal back is on the left, and most of the fetal movements are on the right.

If during the prenatal checkup after 30 weeks of pregnancy, the fetus is found to be in a transverse position or breech position, the pregnant mother should take certain effective measures to correct it under the guidance of a doctor, such as knee-chest lying exercise, hip-high head-down position, moxibustion on the Zhiyin acupoint, and external version of the fetal position. Remember, if it is found that the correction cannot be successful during labor, you should be prepared for a cesarean section to reduce the harm to the pregnant woman's body and ensure the safe birth of the fetus.