How to Push in Labor | Best Labor Positions for an Easier Birth | Pushing out a Baby Easily
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- Did you know there's actually a technique to pushing and the old way of pushing on your back is NOT it?! Let me tell you why and help you have a much easier pushing experience. This is supposed to be the easy part of labor anyways!
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First time moms who are here to gather tips .... hope all of us safe delivery ❤
Thanks for being here mama! How far along are you?
Me too here,just 33weeks😂
Yes💙🙏🏽 36 weeks
Going to deliver my baby tomorrow..much scared..plz pray for me❤
Omg Maryam how are you doing? 🤩
17 months postpartum and just came back to say this worked!!!! I did not have to push AT ALL. I walked around rocking until I felt him engaged and then got down in this position (knees in ankles out) with the next contraction and he came out in that one contraction!
I WILL TEACH MY DAUGHTERS THIS.
THANK YOU❤
Mama, thank you thank you thank you! I can feel the determination and empowerment just from your comment. You are helping break the cycle and helping with the empowered birth movement. I love this!
Wowwwwwwwwww!!!
Interesting I've heard this before from others too
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰thanks for this mama
@@PaintbrushedByGod 💞
Thanks so much for this. Will definitely try it next month. Safe delivery to all pregnant women in Jesus name amen
Best of luck!
Amen!
Amen ❤❤❤
Same 😊
Amen 🙏
Had my baby 03/08/24, had him on my hands and knees, 3 pushes, no tears. Way better than my previous deliveries.
You go mom!! I’m up next!
@@lynbah5712you got this 💪🏽wishing you a fast delivery and a speedy recovery.
AMAZING!!!!!
AMAZING - you're inspiring me. I've got 6 weeks to go 😬
Congrats!! Wishing you and your baby all the best!
Praying for everyone's safe delivery including my own in Jesus name we pray amen❤
Amen! God bless and God willing
🤦🏻♀️
Remember ladies they work for you. So if you get checked every hour your laboring will slow down and you put your foot down if you're not happy about something. This is your delivery day. Not the dr.s
AMENNN!!!!! My daughter came out in 9 minutes my FIRST PREGNANCY. First time ever in labor and that is because i gave birth on ALL FOURS! They tried to tell me turn around but that’s my choice so I did not. And i am happy i knew my rights
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@@curlyrealtor Wonderful momma 🤗❤️! You go girl 👏🏿!
@@ShadesofSage thank you😊😊💖💖💖💖
@@curlyrealtor You’re welcome ☺️
I learned all the tricks before birth and in the moment there was absolutely 0 thought. Nothing I learned applied. Just did what my body said. She came out in 4 pushes on my knees.
Western Obstetrics today is a sham to make money. Look at India and Africa. It was always about the mother sitting and using gravity's help to give birth.
Glad you have the courage to accept nature and had a good experience following it
You mean you did it on hands and knees position?
Good for you Hannah
Amazing 🤩
I think the most difficult part in that situation is to convince doctors and midwifes/nurses to not deliver on your back, because I feel like they just want to force you to deliver the way they're used to instead of giving you options. I'm due pretty soon and I've been doing some research lately on how there are much more convenient positions or breathing techniques, that will help with delivery and lower the risk of tearingy but I don't know how I'm gonna hold up to that pressure and basically defend my will against them in that moment.
I read that some freak doctors hundreds of years ago just wanted to see what the cat looks like opened up so he had women lay on their backs to give birth
The midwife is a failure if they don’t know and encourage that you can push in other positions,that’s wild. Maybe some good doulas would have more patience and understanding
Vagina* and yes it was some creep who had a birthing fetish @@pareeshaslaughter6798
The main reason they encourage you onto your back is if you want an epidural, because you're going to lose all power in your legs & be unable to hold yourself properly in any position other than on your back or on your side. I hope you're delivery went well!
This is how I pushed my 2nd baby out in the tub at home. My midwife instructed me to bring my knees together (I was in a sitting squat position while holding my husband's hands). With each contraction, I pushed and bent my elbows to engage my core. It worked really well! It was only 15 minutes of pushing compared to 5 hours of pushing with my first baby. They both got stuck in the same place (in transition with a cervical lip) but my 2nd midwife was more knowledgeable about positioning. Bringing the knees together really helped! Wish I knew this with my first baby instead of suffering for hours. Gonna share your videos with my sister, who's trying for her first baby. Every person should know this critical information!!
Agreed!!I'm having my first baby soon! My due date is in 2 days, well the 23rd so ig tmrw bc it's the 22nd , 2 am in the morning lol. I'm nervous but super eager and excited to meet her! &I'm so glad I clicked on this video, I had no idea bc no one talks about it! Maybe no one else knows! Lol but I'm also so grateful ik this now bc I'm gonna try it. I'm going to have the epidural tho but I'm still nervous bc giving birth has been one of my fears , I think I'm getting over it little by little but the fear is still there! Lol
And my anxiety doesnt help either lol
@@halleelizabeth good luck!!
@@halleelizabethhow did it go?
@@laurs5551 great! Didnt get to try the position bc they told me to open my legs wide n it all happened so fast. Healing process was a little hard and this girl in the hospital room kept putting me on my back n wondered y I was feeling like I was gonna pass out lol the 2nd time she did it they told me not to do that again but it wasnt my fault lol I didnt end up tearing needed 1 stitch but they poked me to stitch me 14 times . I bleed too much but it didnt last too long and they did help me w the baby n my mom was there for me too thank god bc no one else came to help except for my step mom a little.i was a tired dog lol didnt get sleep for like 3 days n couldnt sleep before labor bc of my nerves. They induced me w the balloon n when they broke my water I didnt even feel it🤣 I had her on august 31st💞 shes growing so fast! Turned 2 months on Halloween 😩🥺when they said time flies, they sure werent lying. I c that now!🥺💕
I gave birth to my first baby in hands and knees position with two pillows under my elbows for additional support and this is by far the most comfortable position I've ever given birth in. Now, that said, every baby is different and every birth is different. I'm just so glad for this insight of opening up the pelvis area by simply changing position. Thank you so much for making this video. I really wish I had this information and illustration when I was birthing my breech baby. It really would've sped things up when it came to finally pushing my baby's head out the birth canal and resuscitation would not have been necessary. Thank you so much for helping to educate women, A Werking Mama. You're doing a great thing here! *HUGS*
My first instinct in my first pregnancy was to go on my knees. I'm following my gut moving forward.
I told my mom I don’t want an epidural and before I could even finish she said “you’re going to want it, this isn’t a competition” it’s like ma’am, if I get an epidural I’m gonna have to be confined to a bed and birth on my back! I haven’t had a baby before but it just feels instinctual that I’m going to want to move and be on my hands and knees so I can open my pelvis. I’ve always hated being in that position at the obgyn, it was uncomfortable, I can’t even imagine trying to give birth like that. Of course that’s not to say it doesn’t work for others, me personally being upright and in control of my pelvis seems most natural for me. But we’ll see once I give birth!
Congrats on the new baby! My mom said the same thing lol. It's not a competition, but there is a feeling that you accomplished something amazing that no one can take from you 😊. If you do feel like you're going to want an epidural make sure you're not in "transition." Transition is no joke and I hear a lot of women ask for the epidural at that stage of labor, myself included. Luckily my husband and my nurse encouraged me to keep going and almost immediately after asking for the epidural I felt the urge to push. If you have the right mindset, you'd be surprised how much you can handle. And if you can't handle the pain that's alright, too. Everyone experiences pain differently and the goal is to have as much of a positive birth as possible for your circumstance. Good luck! ❤
Imagine living in a country where the epidural isn't even available. You CAN do it. You're capable!!!
I’m due in 2 weeks! I’m started to feel a lot of pressure and possibly contractions tonight! I feel like I was meant to see this on my feed. Thank youuu 🙏🏽♥️🙌🏽
How are you feeling right now?
How did it go? Hope you had a safe birth and healthy baby ❤
what position did you choose ? & congratulations 🫶🏽
I had an epidural with my first and mostly delivered her in my sleep lying on my side. When I woke up, the nurse went for a cervical check and saw she had crowned to her brows. 100% pain free, no pushing required. Due with my second next month and currently obsessed with trying to replicate the ease of my first time.
Please update us and let us know how it goes! Good luck!
yes please update us ! thank you !
Please please tell me what happened
My update: I did it again! I had an epidural again and elective induction. Labored mostly on my side and my son came out so quickly people kept asking if I had a C-section because his head was so round instead of cone shaped. I pushed once. No tearing. 7lb 3oz. 😊
@@briannabennett968 could you also please share how the recovery is?? I mean do u have any back pain or pelvic floor issues. Please share. I’m pregnant for the first time and its so scary 😟
Just want to comment on how well-spoken you are, I could easily understand every point you made in the video and will definitely keep in mind when I go into labor a couple of months from now!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you, I've seen women on their knees giving birth in videos of rural indigenous tribes. It felt so much more natural to me and now you have confirmed why! ❤🙏❤
I birthed my son on my hands and knees like a bear lol. I remember I was laboring in the hall, upright, and felt my son drop into my pelvis. I looked at my midwives and said “he’s moving down” then instinctually got on the couch. 4 pushes later he was out. No tears.
you are truly amazing!
Geesh😩❤️
❤. How would you rate the pain you experienced from contractions to end of labor
My goodness that's amazing😂😂😂
Just here to say I pushed my baby out in 3 pushes, took me around a minute 🥰🥰
Did you tear up?
I'm so scared of that 😢
Did you try her advice? Is that why you shared that?
@@nyarokuyu4607they already cut me up in one spot, that prevents random tears.
@@ChiccwitStixx I actually had a physiotherapist teach me what to do. I shared it because I was proud of myself. I didn’t watch this particular video. I was in a typical lying position they had me in, with my arms grabbing the chair support and knees open wide, I took a deep breath in, released one small breath, then held my breath at the word push, i did a crunch, lifted my head and squeezed my abs, and it’s like ur pushing poop out. Focus on that opening down there. Three full pushes and it was done. I practiced a few times with my physiotherapist how it should be done before that big day and did some breathing exercises.
@@sugarapple5465how was your pain tolerance?
I haven’t seen a video this useful, informative and straight to the point in a long time. Subscribed!
Aww thank you. So glad you’re here ❤
Definitely trying this! Thank you so much for the evidence based positioning advice, and for mentioning the importance of advocating for your birth experience 💜
You got this, mama ❤❤❤
Thanks a lot
YES YES YES!!!! Thank you for spreading this knowledge!!
I'm amazed how many of these positions the nurses had me try at the hospital. I did all of these except hands and knees!
First time mama here and having baby very soon in Feb. Thank you for the information and education! I will definitely try this. ❤
I wish you a safe delivery we are in the same month lm also expecting soon
@@humblegift4470 thank you and same to you!
Me too! Have a safe and peaceful delivery, ladies ❤
Congratulations safe Delivery, I’m due the 18th and just got on here to find music to relax with for my first Delivery ❤❤!!
@@shartaiveacotten4490 I'm due 17th. 😊
Thank you! I’m going to try these!
Loved this 🙌🏽
Gave birth like this after trying on my back and side ways. By crowning i changed to knees, was way more „effortless“ and didn‘t tear one bit. 🎉
Did you do this in the hospital? I wonder how the medical staff handled it.
Thank you, this is the info I was looking for and I now have understanding. The exercise you gave was super helpful! My midwife didn't do a good job explaining.
YOU are absolutely correct! Great video! Had my first and only birth at home-- birthed home on purpose and tried to get in water, which felt weird. Got on hands and knees and stayed like that for 7 hours until it was time sit in the birthing chair and 30 minutes later baby was out. Most of my labor was done on hands and knees (my labor was 9 hours total, 7 hours on hands and knees) to the point that my arms were sooo tired (could barely hold my baby after the birth) but it was just like you said. It happened easiest this way to get baby out which also surprised me at the time. Thought I would be in water. I didn't watch this video before my birth but sometimes you just can feel what is right or will work the best. I'm so grateful my body showed me and that I listened to mySELF all throughout my pregnancy! I would have taken notes on this video if i had seen it before my baby's birth. You shared some true golden nuggets! Just grateful to have done it in the comfort of my home. Ase!
With my first I researched and learned all the right breathing techniques but not pushing positions.
My second was born June 12th. It was a quick labour, and I used your breathing techniques to get through it without an epidural, and both my husband and I advocated to push in squatting position. In just a few pushes and no tears, baby was born :)
34 weeks and i'm soaking in all the info I can. Thank you for posting this! Hoping for a smooth, healthy and easy birth 🙏❤️✨️
Thank you so much. I’m so glad it helped! You got this, mama ❤️
Girl thank you for this video, it’s the first one I see of you and it helped me
Yayyy I’m so glad ❤
This made a lot of sense. Thank you! This is my first pregnancy and I'm due in 3 months. I'm so terrified so I'm watching as many tips/tutorials as I can to be prepared mentally and physically.
Due in 3 months as well as it being my first. Absolutely shitting bricks 😭🤣
me too🥹💕🥲
How did it go?
@@autumnkenny28I got an epidural and everything went by so quickly and painless during labor! It took me less than 3 hours to deliver. Thank you for asking! 😊
What I think needs to be discussed about more is postpartum changes for women. There's so many things that I went through that I was not ready for. I tore during birth and was sewn up. I didn't feel anything until a few days at home when the pain of peeing and walking became unbearable. I went to urgent care and discovered that my stitches had ripped open and I had a UTI. I never had a UTI before so I thought I just sucked at handling the pain from being sewn up. I was given antibiotics. A week later the pain was still too much so I went to my ob-gyn and he stitched me back up. It's 3 (almost 4) weeks postpartum and I'm still very tender and sore. I expected to be fully recovered already and many of my friends and family are surprised I'm not. I should have researched more as to what could happen after so I was mentally prepared.
sorry I missed this comment, thanks for being here! Praying you had a wonderful birth
Hospital makes laboring so hard. My first experience was awful laying on bad the worse birth for me and luckily on my 2nd baby I refused epidural and went natural route no drugs and it was amazing I didn’t tear and since the doctor was late I got panic but I had a chance to choose the position I want so I did squaring position and I didn’t even had to push my body just did everything by itself so I don’t know if it was the position that helped me so much. I love giving birth on squaring position was so easy and pain free, I think laying back is so much more painful.
Wooow this is so insightful will have a discussion with my provider about other birth options
Thank you
Thank you so much! definitely implementing this into my birth plan!
You're so welcome, I am glad it was helpful!
Great great video ❤! I pushed my 3rd out in a squat position and it honestly was the easiest birth ever! Way better than being on your back! Great job explaining as well ☺️! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏿!
Same, my 10th baby was squatting and so easy!
I'm due ANY day now! Thank you for this❤❤❤
How'd it go?❤
I needed this video 😅
Thank you so much ❤
2nd time mum here,I was very out of control of my first delivery, I ended up having to be induced and when it was time to push I was kind of instructed to push on my back in a brightly lit and noise filled room full of medical professionals, and it wasn't good, I'm actively pursuing a quieter more in control of the room experience this time. I defo dont want to push on my back again, i'll be looking through all your videos, thank you!! Xx
Thank you so much for the video! Very helpful!🙏
Glad it was helpful!
This worked for me! Much less painful than pushing on my back with my first! Wait for fetal ejection reflex. This hands and knees with ankles out position is everything.
Just coming here to say I’m glad I found your channel! I gave birth last week and my labor was short but intense but your videos really helped me during the process!
Thank you for your comment and congratulations!!! So glad my content was helpful for you!!
Sad that so many women end up in c secrions from pushing on their backs for hours without progress and a dumb dr saying their pelvis was too small or baby was too big- and it was not true
Thank you 🙏🏼 didn’t know that! Great work.
Glad you found it helpful!
I was so excited for birth with my first labour and it went so bad and now I’m 10 weeks away from my due date and scared as hell 😂😂 so thank you for these tips!!!!! I wish I had known them with my first or was made aware to research it like I did with pregnancy, breastfeeding and parenting but it never crossed my mind that I should learn how to push the baby out lol. I ended up with 3rd degree tears and losing 3 L of blood because of small things like leg position (I’m assuming now after watching this) so thank you!!!!
Oh mama, I am so sorry for the tearing! This is why I do what I do. I want to give mamas the tools and knowledge they need to have the birth they want and to advocate for themselves and their baby. My first birth did not go as planned .... like at all! But I learned so much and was able to have 2 beautiful natural births since then. Let's set up a call to help you not feel so scared. I definitely don't want you taking that fear into your birth!!!
@@awerkingmama You are incredible ❤️. Thank you 🙏
I'm getting nervous, 9 weeks to go for me. Thank you for sharing this video. Will definitely keep this info in mind during labor.
Thanks for the share !!
My pleasure
This is helpful! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful ❤❤
This was the most descriptive and visual info I have listened to thus far, which I needed. I am pregnant and will be trying this. Will get back for the results after birth!
Same! All the best with your pregnancy and birth x
I have been watching this every day. Once you've learned the beginning part position starts 4.20. Very helpful!
-Hands and knees
-Side - one leg up in stirrup, someone hold ankle up above knee
- Flat, Legs up in stirrups, ankles out
This is brilliant, I definitely want to try hands and knees position and want to be mobile during labour
Yup yup your right Not currently pregnant but I gave birth with no tears and I agree
I’m definitely going to try it.. Thank you so much ❤
Hope you like it!
I am trying to get educated as much as i can, to make it easy with the experience. I want to have a baby as soon as i am done with my postgraduate program.
This is some subtle yoga sheet right here 👍
Thanks for a great video! When lying on the side is it better to be flat or sitting up more?
9.5 months, definitely happy i found this video!!
Yay, so excited for you! You got this mama
Great advice 😊🙏
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this helpful explanation!
You're very welcome ❤
Thank you so much for these videos! I thought of this exact advice as I was having a physiological birth standing in shower yesterday. I started widening my knees as baby's head was coming out but remembered to put knees together and BAM! ❤
Congratulations mama, and thanks for sharing!!
I am pregnant with my first child and I'm due September 27th. Thank you so much for this knowledge, I really appreciate it and am definitely going to put it to use!! I'm trying to get as much knowledge as I can about labor and delivery and just being pregnant, as I can, so that I can advocate for myself. Thank you so much again for posting this..and any other tips and tricks that you have for pregnancy, giving birth, newborn (boys-I'm having a boy) etc, please post!!
Thanks sister 💗🌻❣️ sending hugs 🤗, good thoughts 💭 and energy your way🙏🫶😊.
I wish you the safest and easiest delivery 🥰🥰🥰
Hope you had a safe delivery❤
I hope you had a wonderful delivery!
No way! I can’t believe I just came across this comment because MY due date for my first child is September 27th!!! But of 2024. I’m nervous but trying to find content that will make me feel empowered and capable, instead of fearful and avoidant.
Hope your birth went smoothly!
I watched this a couple weeks ago thinking it would help prepare me for birth. Now, I'm miscarrying 😢 and found the leg position suggestion helpful for passing tissue more easily too. Thanks for your help.
I’m sorry I hope you are healthy through this with no complications 💔
I'm so sorry you went through/ are going through this. Prayers for you and your health and your family. ❤
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Praying for you and your family!
Thanks for the prayers. My body completed the process naturally, no meds or surgery needed. I think my body skipped ovulating afterward (wonky LH and BBT for weeks, no pattern or lining up), but my next cycle started yesterday. We're praying for a sticky baby! Our loss six weeks ago was our only pregnancy in three years of prayerfully trying and three doctors that couldn't give us answers. 🙏
I'm sorry to hear thos😢
What a cool video ❤
So helpful! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
My first baby I didn’t realize the importance of anything like this. Thank you so much, and awesome explanation!! Due in 2 weeks, hoping not to tear! Tore my labia with my first and I’m not sure if it was the position I was in or not.
Very helpful! I gave birth on my side without an epidural almost 5 years ago. I want to try hands and knees with this baby! Thank you for the gems😊
You can do it!
As a ND, having delivered my children, try squats in advance to make your pelvic tissues flexible. You, like many intuitive women, may choose to use gravity to your advantage and have a squatting birth on a mat or padded floor, using catch towels on a bed of pillows. You or your partner can practice catching in advance, so It’s second nature. Squatting is the most comfortable position I’ve seen; quick and gravity assisted with minimal, if any pushing needed. Perineal massage or stretching will pay off with “crowning “.
Absolutely! I teach all of this in my program. Squatting is amazing birth prep!
❤You might make this observation more widely public❤
I was on my back. Did try and roll but contractions hurt and were extremely fast. I have fast labors. Didnt tear though cause the lady who delivered him was amazing.
37 weeks pregnant and this keeps popping up in my suggestions so I’m giving it a watch!
I hope you found it helpful ❤
Thank you ❤from Türkiye 🇹🇷
Please make more videos!!!
I’m due in March so I’m watching for all the tips I can get ❤
You got this mama!
Me too my due date is match as u dear♥️
I just had my baby 03/08 I gave birth on all fours and it was the easiest delivery I had out of my 4 children. I pushed 3 times and he was out.
@@MrsLady4141 I gave birth the 6th and honestly it wasn’t as bad as I thought!
Mrs. Lady , thank you for that jewel, and I've had 3 natural births so far .......and that is going to helpful for my next birth and I'm going to try it . Also I listen to my body and you confirm what the holy spit teaches me . That was beautiful
U explained this so well mama🥰🥰🥰, having my first baby in 3months 🧸💕
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When having a natural birth your body will automatically instruct you on what is best in the moments. It's beautiful. I was in a variety of positions ending up in the tub every time as it was the most comforting to finally deliver in. Once in the water bent over the side. The second laying on my back. It's almost that time again. I am nervous because I had a c section in 2021 for triplets😊 Positive thoughts❤
You got this mama! totally positive thoughts
@@awerkingmama 🥰
I had a c section too and I want a natural birth for my next. You got this!
Due date is in 8 weeks! My provider is aware and on board with me pushing while on my hands and knees!!
Yasssss 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Had my first on back was fine. Second birth had on my hands and knees as my back was in pain and it took off pressure on my lower back. Was easy and fast. Having my third and worried about my pelvis 36 weeks today and very painful to walk. Praying the pain in my pelvis leaves before I go into labour.
Third time Mama here! This video was Soo helpful!! 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I just had baby #6, it was the fastest easiest labor yet! (#5 took 13 hours, 4 of those in transition, and ineffectual pushing) This birth was the first one where I actually got to deliver on hands and knees and not my back. It was entirely reflexive! I didn't have to actively push at all in the knees in ankles out position! It was beautiful. Combined with "horse lips" breathing, everything was so smooth, my midwives called it a "butter birth" ❤ thank you tremendously for this. It was the most empowering birth experience I have ever had.
Ahhhh congratulations mama!!! So so proud of you!!
37 weeks almost 38 and I’m getting ready for this baby to move outttt. Your videos are teaching me a lot and I hope it helps during my labor and delivery🙏🙏thank you
I’m so glad they’ve been helpful. You got this!
This has nothing to do with the vid but girl you have beautiful white teeth!! … thank you for this video!!! ❤
As Salam Alaikum 💚 Thank you for sharing ⚖️
I have never wanted to give birth in my back. Thank you for confirmation. I’m less nervous now!!
You got this!
@ari_jv5oi. 😂. I’m past my childbearing years and still watching. Knowledge is certainly power.
Fifth time mom here for NEW advice....i need this birth to be more easier then the last 4...gonna try this instead of going on my back n pushing 1 leg back
Congratulations mama. So glad you’re here and proud of you for preparing for this birth!
A position where gravity is used is prime, such as squatting, but if you don't want to or can't do that and you are on your back, push like you are having a bowel movement. I was a Maternity nurse and we'd tell this to our first time moms. I know it sounds disgusting and embarrassing but if a woman has a BM on the table, she is actually pushing with the right abdominal muscles to aid the uterine contractions. A BM also can occur because the level of progesterone decreases. As a nurse, I saw the difference in the progression of the birth when a mom was using the muscles responsible for a BM with the contractions. They were more effective. The hormone Relaxin is released throughout pregnancy and also makes the ligaments of the pelvis more flexible, allowing more space for the baby to descend down the birth canal.
I have one more month to go until my delivery thank you so much ❤
Good luck ❤. You got this, mama!
Just discovered you😁 Love this video! Thank you. I desire to be a doula one day & I’m currently pregnant w/ baby number #3 seeing a midwife this time 🥰
And I love your shirt!!
I pushed for an hour and 15 with my daughter. It was miserable. I could not get her out. Lol now I’m pregnant again and I’m so glad I’m seeing this because I want to do things much differently this time.
How far along are you?!
@@awerkingmama 8 weeks!
Im on my 2nd pregnancy and i will be trying this.
Great tips-I'm confused why our medical care providers don't discuss this in labor to help with tearing and postpartum pain....having my third child and feel so much more prepared
Most providers aren’t trained this way or don’t do it for convenience purposes for them.
As a former childbirth instructor and mom of 3, I approve this message. My easiest quickest and least painful birth was when I was allowed to birth in a squatting position without any medication. Longest and most painful was some pain meds and forced on my back, which also cuts oxygen to the baby.
Thanks for being here! Love that you were able to have a wonderful experience to remember
Thank you, this was incredibly helpful. I've delivered on my back 4 times in the hospital, but #5 will be at home. My "plan" is to go for hands and knees this time 🙌.
U tried that position for 5th one???
@@ishratfatima2015 I did! And did not like it! I ended up having her laying on my side Lol 😅
@@thewretchhesaved4649 😂 i am also pregnant but i have 5 months to go... I was thinking which position I have to chose...
@@thewretchhesaved4649 How did the side go?
@@carmengreen9004 not great :(
Does this prevent tearing?
1st time mom in God's will here. Thanks for this video. I want to try this tip but I doubt my health care providers would allow me, doctors here sometimes scold mothers while delivering their babies especially if you close your legs and not placing it in the stirrups amd just leave it wide open.
God's got you. Move forward with a plan and stay strong and faithful!
I am delivering my first in less then 2 weeks. I will try this because I refuse to deliver on my back. ❤❤ I’ll be back to tell you how it goes!
Safe delivery ❤...we will be waiting for your feedback 🎉
How did it go!!
How did it go?
I literally hit this video accidentally... But this video can do me some good right now because I'm close to giving birth to my first child in the next 2 weeks. So thank you for sharing 🥰
Plz share ur experience here after birth.
You got this!
Please we are waiting for your experience ma.. congratulations🎉
Did you try thus position?