NE1 deliver squatting?
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NE1 deliver squatting?
| Wed, 04-06-2011 - 9:23pm |
I've always wanted to try a delivery in the squatting position.
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Does your hospital have squatting bars? My hospital does, and many more seem to be offering this option as well. Most are attached to the bed.
They do, but it apparently requires setting up.
I've considered squatting with this delivery, but then it doesn't take me that long to push the baby out. I need to do some more reading about laboring positions. I've heard that squatting decreases the chance of tearing, but I'm not sure if that's true. With my other two labors, I had 2nd degree tearing. It would be nice to avoid that!
Squatting is definitely intriguing.
One of the funny things is this...
I've kind of given up on squatting in previous pregnancies because of #1 the passive discouragement I have received and #2 I am so tired by the end of the pregnancy that I don't know I could do it on my own...
Then it occurred to me that for my previous pregnancies my "assistants" had to work hard pushing my legs back to open up the passage more.
It's definitely hard to know how we'll feel at the time!
Pp if you have the option of a midwife j think you would love it they are sooo helpful an
Crashing invited!
I will be 42 when this one shows up....my last one was two weeks before my 40th...and my first was at 37...super quick recoveries...sooo you should be okay;)
I am soooo glad I don't have to deal with any doctors...never saw one at all for my last birth and def wont this time either...lol
this new ivillage is not great...def slow...lol
Part of me wants to do the squatting position, but the other part doesn't want to bother. During at least one of my labors, I had some bm come out as I was pushing, so maybe the squatting position might be awkward, lol. Hmmm... there's lots to think about.
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