During labor your labor nurse or practitioner can also tell with slightly more accuracy by doing a vaginal exam and feeling for the suture lines of your baby's skull. The cervix will have to be dilated enough to allow this to happen. It is worth noting that some practitioners are more skilled in this technique, both before and during labor, abdominally and vaginally, than others. Sometimes the best information that you can get is whether or not your baby is head down or breech.
