What Does This Mean?

Question

On my medical notes it says

Placental Position: Anterior mid uterine

Fetal Position: Cephalic

What does that mean?

IT IS ON MY MEDICAL NOTES, WHICH IN THE UK YOU HAVE TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU. I AM NOT A DOCTOR OR NURSE SO I DONT KNOW. I READ THE NOTES WHEN I GOT HOME SO IT WAS TOO LATE TO ASK. MY NEXT APPOINTMENT IS DEC!

Answer 1

Anterior mid uterine means that your placenta is implanted on the front middle of your uterus, and this is a good position.

Cephalic means that your baby is head down

Hope this helps!! Good luck with it all!!

Answer 2

Hi.

My labour notes said exactly the same thing as yours.

Basically you have nothing to worry about. You placenta and baby are positioned correctly. You only have to worry if the placental position is 'low'. This would basically mean that it was positioned over your cervix which would make a normal delivery very unlikely.

Fetal postition "Cephalic" means head down. This may change a number of times during the pregnancy as the baby moves around. As long as it's back to Cephalic towards the end of the pregnancy everything will be fine.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Placental position - anterior mid uterine - means that your placenta is at the front of your uterus, kind of in the middle - good because it means it isn't covering the cervix at all (placenta previa).

Fetal positioning - cephalic - means that the baby is head down.

Erika (antenatal teacher)

Answer 4

The placenta is on the front of your uterus(towards your belly), about halfway up. Normally it is on the back near your spine. All that means is you may feel your baby move less than most women. Not that your baby will move less. It also means there is a slightly increased chance that your baby will come out "sunny side up" (Looking up instead of down) this may make labour slightly more painful but is in no way dangerous. http://www.ivillage.co.uk/pregnancyandbaby/pregnancy/tri2/qas/0,,12_173833,00.html

The location of your placenta could be a problem if you had a c-section, but you aren't planning on that, right? However it wouldn't make a c-section impossible if it is required, the doctor would just have to be careful.

Cephalic just means head down.

To help prevent your baby facing the wrong way you may want to go to a chiropractor, talk to your baby etc.

Here is a great site for figuring out fetal positioning (though I never really got it and my baby wasn't in quite the right position so I had a long labour of him slowly turning but it was no big deal. Better to avoid it though) http://www.spinningbabies.com/

Best of luck.

Answer 5

If it makes you feel any better, the same thing happend to me,and i'm having twins.
In the dictionary anterior means, 'in the front' and i guess mid uterine means 'in the middle of your uterus.' so probably at the front in the middle of your uterus.
My preganancy book says that cephalic position means: Head down.
Hope that helps.
Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

Answer 6

placental position anterior mid uterine means the placenta has attached halfway up your womb at the front. this is good cos u dont want it obstructing exit at birthing time.
fetal position cephalic means baby is presenting itself head down, which is perfect.

Answer 7

anterior mid uterine means that the placenta is in a good position it is in the front middle of your uterus... if it was too low you would have a placenta previa which is dangerous. you're good/.....

when they say cephalic fetal position it means the baby is not in delivery position which is fine if you'r not ready to deliver. they usually give the baby upto 38 weeks to flip if not they do fetal manipulations

Answer 8

i had an anterior placenta but mine was near my ribs, sounds like yours is halfway up so no worries there! Only problems i had were that i had bad back ache through labour as the baby was so close to my spine (usually the placenta cushions the baby against your spine), my bump looked high up and i was HUGE at the end, and you don't feel so many strong movements. Bonus was i NEVER had any toes/kicks under my ribcage! I was told that 2nd time round i may have this again but the position/height of the placenta may differ.

Answer 9

External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first. It should only be attempted from 34 weeks on and oftentimes is reserved for later due to the fact that breech presentation greatly decreases with every week.

In this procedure hands are placed on the mother's abdomen around the baby. The baby is moved up and away from the pelvis and gently turned in several steps from breech, to a sideways position, and finally to a head first presentation. In any attempt to move the baby the fetus should be encouraged to keep its knees pulled in so as not to further complicate things.

As with any procedure there can be complications most of which can be greatly decreased by having an experienced professional on your birth team. An ultrasound to estimate a sufficient amount of amniotic fluid and monitoring of the fetus immediately after the procedure can also help minimize risks.

There are a few cases in which there can be a greater risk, these include pre-eclampsia, uterine scarring, and multiple pregnancies or fetal abnormality.

Answer 10

It means the placenta is in the front (anterior) and middle (mid) of your uterus. Nothing bad, actually good its not covering your cervix which is at the bottom (posterior) and Cephalic means head down position. I left a link for the Cephalic definition for you, the other are basic medical terms (anterior and mid)