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Mother Directed Pushing at Home

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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 […]

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Is Mother Directed Pushing Possible in the Hospital?

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I love Lamaze’s 5th Healthy Birth Practice: Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body’s urges to push. Their video is great, but here is an example of what more likely happens in a hospital setting. Polly is having a wonderful un-medicated hospital birth – things have progressed quickly and the staff has

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