41 Weeks Pregnant - when baby is posterior
My Pregnancy 2025-26 Alison Marshall My Pregnancy 2025-26 Alison Marshall

41 Weeks Pregnant - when baby is posterior

My baby is posterior! What does that mean? Is it a problem? Should I be worried?

Posterior simply means baby has his or her back towards mum’s spine. It is entirely normal during pregnancy, even though a position with their spine towards mum’s belly is considered more ideal approaching birth. This is because an “anterior” baby has less rotation to do during labour…

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38 Weeks Pregnant - nesting, here we come!
My Pregnancy 2025-26 Alison Marshall My Pregnancy 2025-26 Alison Marshall

38 Weeks Pregnant - nesting, here we come!

You hear a lot about pregnant women’s “nesting instinct” as they get ready for the arrival of their baby. There are some stereotypes about the nesting mum who cleans every tiny corner of the house and polishes up things that she would never even think of needing to clean at any other time in life! I can’t say it’s hit me to that extreme, but I have certainly gone all in on the preparations I still wanted to make for baby’s arrival and for postpartum. This has looked like…

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