If your doctor or health care provider determines that your baby is in a transverse lie before labor starts, at week 37 of pregnancy he or she will try to rotate the baby by placing his or her hands on your abdomen and applying pressure (external cephalic version).

Transverse lie means that your baby is lying sideways across your tummy, rather than in a head-down position. It's a common position for your baby to take in early pregnancy. Most babies will get themselves into a head-down position by the end of the final trimester, if not before.