Healthy Birth Practice 5: Avoid Giving Birth on Your Back and Follow Your Body's Urges to Push
Adapted from The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence.
When it’s time to push your baby out, remember that instinct, tradition, and science are all on your side. Current evidence shows that letting you assume whatever position you find most comfortable, encouraging you to push in response to what you feel, and letting you push as long as you and your baby are doing well are all beneficial practices.