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Both the transverse position and the oblique position of the baby for delivery are very rare - it occurs in less than 1% of deliveries. In both cases, delivery is most often performed by caesarean section, although in the case of oblique position it is sometimes possible to make an external rotation on the head, which enables natural delivery.
Transverse positionandoblique positionof the child do not occur frequently, but they do happen. In the case of a transverse position, a cesarean is necessary, and an oblique position sometimes allows for natural delivery.
Transverse position of the child for delivery
In the transverse position, the baby is stretched from the right to the left side of the mother's pelvis. The baby's head is on one side, the buttocks on the other, and there is a stretched back above the cervix. The transverse position is very rare - only exceptional individualists (less than 1% of births) do this. If you suspect that your baby has arranged in this way, the following symptoms (seen after the 34th week of pregnancy) may be the confirmation of these suspicions:
- your belly is cross-oval
- on the right and on the left side of the abdomen you can feel two large balls with your hands - these are the baby's head and buttocks
- you have no breathing problems before 38 weeks pregnant
- Hearing a child's heart through the abdominal wall is difficult, sometimes impossible.
In a transverse position, the only way to give birth to a child is surgery, i.e. caesarean section.
Baby oblique position for delivery
Obstetricians talk about the inclined position of the baby for delivery when the baby is not positioned in any of the other positions. The newborn's body axis then runs neither exactly horizontally nor vertically in relation to the long axis of the uterus, but crosses it at any angle. This position is chosen by about 1 percent of babies.
In an oblique position, delivery can take place via vaginal delivery or by caesarean section - it depends on the specific position of the child, and there are many variants. If the inclination of the child's body axis from the vertical is not too great, the doctor may try to turn the head outside to increase the chances of a physiological delivery.