If baby isn’t low enough then it might make more sense to focus on trying to give them the opportunity to move into position, rather than trying to stimulate contractions while they’re still high (which could end up just making you tired and being ineffective)
Some good options could be;
- Walking lots but with lots of breaks
- rotating on a birth ball or circling hips when standing (circles rather than bouncing more likely to work to shimmy baby down into the pelvis)
- leaning into an all fours position and relaxing the tummy muscles to give baby space for movement
- going upstairs sideways to rock the hips asymmetrically or other similar movements
None of these will work to start things if labour isn’t close anyway, but sometimes if you can nudge baby’s head down more it will start to put pressure on cervix to help contractions get established
If baby isn’t low enough then it might make more sense to focus on trying to give them the opportunity to move into position, rather than trying to stimulate contractions while they’re still high (which could end up just making you tired and being ineffective) Some good options could be; - Walking lots but with lots of breaks - rotating on a birth ball or circling hips when standing (circles rather than bouncing more likely to work to shimmy baby down into the pelvis) - leaning into an all fours position and relaxing the tummy muscles to give baby space for movement - going upstairs sideways to rock the hips asymmetrically or other similar movements None of these will work to start things if labour isn’t close anyway, but sometimes if you can nudge baby’s head down more it will start to put pressure on cervix to help contractions get established