Hi kelly, Optimal Foetal Positioning promotes the concept that the baby will lie with it's back, it's heaviest part to wherever gravity finds it. In other words, if you sit with your knees lower than your belly, so your belly is forward of your body, then the baby's back will swing forward. If you are constantly sitting in positions that cause your belly to slump, then the baby will swing into a posterior position. If you go to the gentlebirth website www.gentlebirth.org, you will find a good paper on optimal fetal positioning which gives concepts and exercises to promote good positioning of babies, and to help turn ones sitting in posterior positions (includes lots of hands and knees, sitting back to front on dining chairs etc etc). Figures quoted in this article suggest that as many as 20% of babies are now beginning labour in the posterior position - all to do with our sedentary lifestyle!! The information was put together in the book 'Optimal Foetal Positioning' by Jean Sutton which is still available. Hope this helps, Sue
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