The baby is facing head down, but their face is positioned toward your stomach instead of your back. This is typically called the occipito-posterior (OP) position. In the first stage of labor ...

It’s also called the back-to-back position and sunny-side-up position. In the OP position your baby can’t tuck their chin down to go through the birth canal more easily. If your baby is in ...

The names for this position are left occiput transverse or right occiput transverse, depending on which direction your baby is facing. Occiput posterior. This is when your baby's back is facing ...

As the uterus and baby is growing ... your child may be more likely to be in an occiput posterior (OP) position. Your child’s head is still placed lower than the rest of the body in the placenta ...