The longitudinal head position is the position in which approximately 95 percent of babies are positioned until delivery. The child is placed vertically, head down (buttocks and legs are up). The head is then the front part, that is, the one that appears first on the outside. Doctors call it the cephalic longitudinal position.
Longitudinal cephalic positionMost babies adopt between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy. After the 36th week, there is also a chance for spontaneous turnover, but this does not happen often: in primiparous women only 8 percent. cases, in multiparous women a bit more often.
Heading position: how to recognize them?
Here are some tips about the symptoms of the head position after the 34th week of pregnancy:
- the child kicks you on your ribs with its feet
- your partner can hear your baby's heartbeat as they put their ear to your belly below the navel
Head position: how is the delivery?
The longitudinal cephalic position is the most physiological, the best for childbirth through the ways of nature. Head longitudinal position is divided into:
- occipital position- the child is facing the mother's spine and has its head tilted forward (the child's chin touches his chest), and the poll is a part of the way to the world. . This is the most favorable position because the circumference of the head is the smallest and it is easiest for a newborn baby to fit into the pelvic canal. If your baby positions itself this way, you have a good chance of a simple, uncomplicated delivery
- facial position- the baby enters the birth canal with the head erect or even slightly bent back, delivery will be more difficult. The leading part - instead of the poll - will then be the top of the head, the forehead or the face of the child. Facial position means the biggest bend of the head back - it is then born with the biggest circumference. In this situation, childbirth is difficult or even impossible - a caesarean section may be necessary.