One
of my best friends went on to deliver a baby girl but she had a lot of back
pain. She had to bear the agony of a C section. The main reason that has put
forth was a sunny side up delivery.
Before you go ahead we need to understand what does sunny side up baby mean in the first place. Most of us would
have heard of breech birth, but the sunny side up happens to be the most
abnormal position of a baby.
In
medical terms the name of the position goes by OP or occiput posterior. Ideally
it would mean that the head of the baby happens to be turned around the wrong
way. The back portion of the head works out to be the posterior. This would
mean that the head of the baby is pressed up against the pubic bone. It does
become hard for the baby to extend their head outside from the pubic bone. What
it would mean is that the labour would be more painful and it is going to be a
long process.
A
lot of studies have been done on the OP position. The main study would be what
it does mean for delivery and how can you go on to prevent it as well. If you
analyse what the studies have to show it is as follows
- This is a position that is common in the first stage of labour and it does occur in 30 % of pregnancies
- Most of the babies are expected to get back to a normal position by the time of delivery. Only in the case of 5 % of babies there does occur persistent OP.
- If there is a persistent level of OP it would mean assisted form of delivery. The chances of delivery being long are also on the high as well.
- The chances of a persistent OP are all the higher if it happens to be your first pregnancy. The risk works out to be as high as 7 %.
The
most obvious option for managing an OP position as already discussed early
would be assisted form of delivery. Vacuum or forceps delivery work out to be
the common choice. You could go on to attempt manual rotation of the baby or
maternal posturing as well.
To
conclude if you even start your delivery with a sunny side position up, then
you can be rest assured that the baby will return back to its normal position
by the time delivery will take place. It would be a great bet if posturing could
work in favour of the odds. But till now nothing has gone on to yield any major
results as of now.
You
could ask your health care provider on what has been their experience in
dealing with OP positioned babies till now. You can discuss with them the option
of sunny side delivery as of now.
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