Belly Mapping Guide: Discover Your Baby's Position

Join Roxanne, a student midwife and labor and delivery nurse, as she breaks down the concept of belly mapping to help you determine your baby's position inside the womb. This video covers how to identify whether your baby is head down, facing the sides, up, or down, and explains the Leopold's Maneuver- a hands on way to assess baby’s position externally. Learn how to bond with your baby through belly mapping by feeling for kicks and hiccups, and how to work with your healthcare provider in assessing your baby's position.

00:00 Introduction to Belly Mapping
00:44 Understanding Baby's Position
01:52 Leopold's Maneuver Explained
02:19 Hands-On Belly Mapping Techniques
03:34 Identifying Baby's Parts
05:41 Determining Baby's Engagement
07:35 Recap and Final Tips
08:44 Additional Resources and Conclusion

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[Kelis-melissa]

I’m 36 weeks and my baby is head down. Hiccups below, Her butt is sticking out left above my belly button and I feel kicks at the right side of my waist. I can’t wait till she’s out🩷🙏🏽

[jadeross]

This makes so much more sense!! Currently 33 weeks with my first baby, I feel hiccups on the lower left side and kicks etc centre right side sometimes a little higher than my belly button. I'm so happy to finally know whereabouts she is. She had been in the breach position for ages at every scan. Hopefully at my next one she'll be head down 🤞🏻❤️

[mwahha]

22 weeks here and learning this now in advance! Can feel kicks but hopefully this becomes clearer as the weeks go on 😅

[fighttheevilrobots]

Can any of this be done with anterior placenta? Or with people who are not skinny?

[moldyvoldy]

I wish i could do this 🥲 i have an anterior placenta so my whole belly feels super hard

[maevecostello]

This is so cool glad YouTube recommended this for me. I’m only 22 weeks pregnant right now though so I don’t think this will work for me yet but I feel baby kicking all the time now

[lindsaykjoy]

This video is so informative and helpful! Thank you! I wish more pregnant mamas knew this stuff! 😊❤️👍🏻

[erikajay]

I really love that I found yalls videos. So helpful and informative. I’m 30weeks 2 days. I can feel him hiccup down low and could just tell he was head down. I can feel kicks on both sides though. Or maybe it’s his butt booty bumping lol

[nazaninomidvar]

33 weeks pregnant. I feel the kicking and the hiccups down. I found during an ultrasound that he is like frank breech but head down!!!

[yessumify]

Im 35weeks pg. I can only imagine how uncomfortable it was to have her pressing on her belly. Mine is so uncomfortable to have anything touching it. Praying mine isnt breech anymore! Hope everyone has a great pregnancy and birth ❤

[ralitsadionisieva]

The problem comes when the placenta is anterior...you just don't feel anything but the harder kicks 😄🙈❤️

[theamandizchannel]

Great video! Thank you! When can you start doing this for it to be more accurate?
I’m 30 weeks, baby seems to be breech. I’m hoping he flips soon. Thank u!

[nourach]

I didn't know all of this before . I'm currently 37 weeks pregnant first time mon . But I could feel baby movement in the upper left side of my bump mostly . And hiccups at the bottom so I assumed baby head is down there and his back is in the right side of my bump . And when went for my ultrasound at 33 weeks the doctor told me I was right 😁 I felt like I had achieved great success 😂 now I still can feel baby hiccups at the bottom but I can feel movement on both sides of my bump 🤔

[maryadeoye]

Well done. You're such a great teacher.

[ZaidaNechesa]

Thank you so much for all of this teach

[polana]

Is this the same with anterior placenta placement ?

[viluvsherlilflowers]

Im 32-4 weeks The whole right side of my belly feels hard feel a hard bump on right side just above belly button and also on right side just below belly button feel hiccups and kicks or punches on the lower right. Usually pick up fetal heart tones on the right side just below or at my belly button level. Still can’t figure out which position baby is in. Any suggestions on position?

[Eyecandyzee]

When is it safe to start doing this? I’m 13 weeks

[kimpossible]

I want to know where my baby’s position is at right now. I am heading to 30 weeks next week

[myriam]

I feel nothing that is hard like a head or a butt, kicks are everywhere makes me sad that i cant figure it out 😭(30weeks)