A SHORT Gastaldo post (for a change)

BTW I have been told that laying on your side to give birth is very
uncomfortable and hard.

"Rich Andrews" wrote in message
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"Shannon" wrote in news:eCO3b.3720
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BTW I have been told that laying on your side to give birth is very
uncomfortable and hard.



Actually I have heard that a woman should lie on her back as she needs the
support for her back, thus preventing fractures. Whether this is true or
not, I cannot say with certainty.

r

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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic."

Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), "Technology and the Future"

I found with my 5 babies when I was in labour, that laying on my side was
great for speeding up labour and dilation, but when actually ready for
pushing I had to lie on my back to slow things down, so the baby could be
born slowly to avoid tearing. I couldn't birth on my side it hurt a lot more
when I tried, my instincts told me to lay on my back. I have never had a
single stitch, so it worked for me.

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Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 12 weeks old weighing 16
pounds.
Fave quote "Mother is the word for God on the lips and hearts of children"
from the film "The Crow".

"Rich Andrews" wrote in message
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"Shannon" wrote in news:eCO3b.3720
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BTW I have been told that laying on your side to give birth is very
uncomfortable and hard.



Actually I have heard that a woman should lie on her back as she needs the
support for her back, thus preventing fractures. Whether this is true or
not, I cannot say with certainty.

r


--
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic."

Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), "Technology and the Future"

"Shannon" wrote in message
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BTW I have been told that laying on your side to give birth is very
uncomfortable and hard.


I recently watched a video of unassisted birth. In almost every case, the
women birth upright or leaning over. None of them chose to lie on their
backs except for one waterbirth. Most were kneeling either in or out of
water, one was sitting, but in such a way that she was almost squatting and
not on her tailbone. But the kneeling position was by far the most common,
not straight upright, but a bent-over kneel with one hand on the floor and
one hand supporting baby's head as it came out.

Many women find a side-lying position helpful, but you almost have to have
help with it to support your upper leg.

But when women are truly left to figure it out for themselves, they
naturally seem to gravitate (so to speak) to those upright positions with
legs only moderately spread.

Jenrose

BTW I have been told that laying on your side to give birth is very
uncomfortable and hard.

lieing on my side was great for me, I planned to do it as I had mild SPD
plus other joint trouble and I figured that I wasn't going to manage any
squatting, kneeling etc position. I tried all sorts of positions in early
labour and all made my hips really sore, so I laboured on my side, then
had an epidural and tried all sorts of positions (the epi numbed the pain,
but I was still feeling quite a bit) to try and get pain free, lay on my
back for a VE, was told to push, refused, couldn't resist, realised this
was the real thing, rolled on to my side, I was lucky to have 2 midwifes,
1 supported my leg whilst the other dealt the the baby my husband held my
hand and encouraged me, worked great for me (16mins, less than 10
contractions, 2 or 3 pushes per contraction), of course YMMV.




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Anne Rogers

very inaccurate. Laying on your back is not only needed for any sort
of support....it's counterproductive


I have laid on my back to have my 4 kids and it was fine for me, I haven't
tried any other position and I am not about to as I know it works well and
it isn't all that hard, it is the position used most and most often
recommended. It isn't counterproductive, all it is, that gravity doesn't
play a role in helping where as squatting would probably be faster as
gravity would help the baby to be born. Faster isn't necessarily better or
more comfortable. Many may disagree with me on this and maybe they are right
as I said I have never tried anything else. I think position change is
beneficial for labor though.