Ideally for labor, the baby is positioned head-down, facing your back, with the chin tucked to its chest and the back of the head ready to enter the pelvis. This is called cephalic presentation. Most babies settle into this position with the 32nd and 36th week of pregnancy.

What does long lie cephalic presentation mean?

A cephalic presentation or head presentation or head-first presentation is a situation at childbirth where the fetus is in a longitudinal lie and the head enters the pelvis first; the most common form of cephalic presentation is the vertex presentation, where the occiput is the leading part (the part that first enters ...

What is long lie in pregnancy?

Position of your baby – the way it is lying in the womb. L: longitudinal (length-wise) O: oblique (slanting) T: transverse (sideways) Which part it presents towards the birth canal.