“Hmm, it looks like your baby is in a transverse position right now,” my ob-gyn told me during the ultrasound at my 30-week prenatal appointment. I cursed. Loudly. After two months of happily hanging ...

In the final weeks of pregnancy, babies often settle down in a head down position. However, in rare cases, the baby can be seen lying sideways or in a transverse position, known as malpresentation.

Babies move and groove in the uterus throughout pregnancy. You may feel your baby’s head down low in your pelvis one day and up near your rib cage the next. Most babies settle into a head-down ...