Mother Directed Pushing at Home
April 7, 2010 in Birth, Birth Care Provider, Birth Location, Childbirth Education, Choose Wisely
I think the 5th Healthy Birth Practice, is easy to do at a homebirth.
For one reason, there are no stupid stirrups! Also typically (though not always) most homebirth midwives trust that mom can birth her baby.
Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body’s urges to push, is easy to do at home.
I have compiled a video with MDP in homebirth settings. Enjoy!
Tips? I don’t think you need many for this – except talk with your midwife about pushing and make sure she does support MDP. 
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those were beautiful!!
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I didn’t do as much of this as I hoped I would with my first birth, so I’m already thinking of ways to be creative during my (hopeful) homebirth in December.
Thanks for posting these, they got me thinking!
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I am a doula, midwife working in the Netherlands where we bost to having the highest rate of natural birth and yet I will be sending this site to all my doula and midwifery clients as inspiration.
A big thank you!
Jacky
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Great job, Sheridan! I would love to refer my doula clients to your video.
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April 16th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Please do! I am happy to share with everyone.
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So incredibly beautiful! The joy in that last dad’s voice was just palpable! I sat here, grinning and crying. Thanks!
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