~* Live Life To Express..Not To Impress *~: Belly Mapping

Pernah dengar tak istilah tu?

Saya pun baru beberapa hari lepas dapat tau bila baca2 bab pregnancy kat internet. Istilah tu maksudnya lebih kurang macam nak tahu posisi baby kita.. dan belly mapping ni selalunya dibuat semasa 2 bulan terakhir kandungan. Kedudukan bayi boleh diagak melalui tendangan2 manja yang kita boleh rasa :)

Jom kita baca sama2..maaf la yer, tak sempat nak translate ke BM. Tapi korang pun mesti faham punya..
Diceduk dari SINI

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Baby position can make a HUGE difference in how labor progresses. In fact, a lot of “false” or prodromal labor is the result of contractions working to move baby into the proper position for birth. A baby that won’t budge into the proper position is like a key misaligned with a lock’s mechanism – the baby is unlikely to emerge efficiently. Just like that key is unlikely to unlock the door.

I discovered this site today, Spinning Babies, that helps moms identify their own baby’s position and label it appropriately.

The site also has lots of posture tips for getting/keeping baby into a good position, as well as tips for adjusting baby into a more optimal position when it is less than ideal (the ideal fetal position is one of the OA positions – head down, baby’s back against mom’s tummy or on mom’s right or left side). When baby’s back is facing inward towards mom’s spine, labor can be very difficult and painful. The technique for figuring out baby’s position is called Belly Mapping:

Too often, the posterior (sunny-side up) baby isn’t identified until labor is troubled. Mothers ask, sometimes after the cesarean for a long, OP labor, “Why didn’t anybody know? Can’t the nurse or doctor tell when doing an exam?” Medical studies compare ultrasound imagining with vaginal exams by nurses and doctors. Trying to feel with the fingers which way a baby’s head was directed was not possible 60% of the time in the first stage of labor and 30% of the time in the second stage. Fortunately, other clues exist.
Belly Mapping is a three-step process for identifying baby’s position in the final months of pregnancy. Parents can use Belly Mapping for their own enjoyment. Medical care givers can enhance their skills by using the visual clues of Belly Mapping. Doulas will be able to suggest strategies for fetal repositioning when a posterior lie is suspected.

Not that it matters too much for me at this particular stage of pregnancy – Baby Jake is small enough that he has plenty of room still to flip about to his heart’s content (and he does!). But soon he will get too big for that. I think positioning has been an issue in my past labors, so I’m keen to do whatever I can to help this babe sit [on his head] properly.

Now, for the past few days I’m pretty certain he’s been breech. Lots of hard, uncomfortable kicks to my bladder/cervix. Sometimes he does it with such authority that I nearly jump out of my own skin! Just when that gets frustrating, though, he flips around. Scott and the kids are far more likely to feel his movements when his head is down and the kicks are landing on the top part of my belly.

Anyway, the pure physics of birth is really quite fascinating. Midwives get it. Unfortunately, it’s taking much longer to filter into the medical mainstream (where most women still labor and birth in positions that work AGAINST gravity and their body’s anatomy). In any case, Spinning Babies does a really good job diagramming and explaining how baby’s position is so critical.

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Ni cara2 nak buat Belly Mapping:

(Instructions for mapping)

•The mother draws where she feels a bulge (the butt) and the firm side of the womb (the back/spine)

•With words or with pictures, the mother or doula marks each quadrant where she feels:

•The biggest kicks, (legs)

•Smallest kicks or wiggles, (hands)

•The firm back, A big bulge (butt), usually up top, or on one side or the other

•If you know, circle where the head is, and

•If you remember where the heartbeat was last heard, draws a heart there.

•Leave out any parts you are unsure of, and just draw what you are sure of.

(Macam ni la kut lebih kurang nak agak kedudukan bby tu.. :p)

Tapi saya rasa baby kat dalam perut ni kedudukan dia sama cam dalam gambar ni..rasa tendangan belah atas kanan ni lebih kuat berbanding dengan bawah :)