On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:48:31 -0500, Nikki wrote:

"toypup" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:43:11 +0200, NL wrote:

sam wrote:
when i had my second child i was told not to push for as long as i
could help it and it worked a treat! my baby was born within an hour
of getting to hospital


When I had my first child I had him within half an hour of getting to
hospital. Nobody told me to hold back on the pushing. It worked a treat!

Your point being?

cu
nicole

I pushed as I felt like it and DD was born within 15 minutes of arriving
at
the hospital. I had looked at the clock.

With #1 I pushed when the nurse told me to because I didn't know any better.
I did not feel an urge to push. 3hrs and 45min later he was finally born.
I couldn't sit down for two weeks and was miserable much longer. That might
be the point

But I don't see how waiting to push is better than pushing when nature
tells us to.