Optimizing Baby's Position: Tips for Easier Labour and Birth
Understanding your baby’s position during pregnancy is key to making labour and birth easier. This guide explores the different fetal positions, how they affect labour, and tips to encourage optimal positioning for a smoother, more comfortable delivery. Learn how to support your baby's ideal position for a better birth experience.
Does the position of your baby have an impact on your labour? You bet it does!
One of the things you can do to help your labour go well is to line your baby up so that it can take the easiest (optimal) pathway through your pelvis. Ideally, your baby should have it's back on your left and towards the front with feet kicking on your right, this is called an anterior position (or optimal fetal position).
