Childbirth positions

Body: 

I've noticed a number of women requesting info on natural childbirth positions. I had 2 births using the Bradley method, which teaches a lot of great info that I think is very compatible with what's being promoted in this site. Their website is www.bradleybirth.com. They teach you a number of positions that can be used during the various stages of childbirth to enable your body to work with itself and with gravity. I delivered both times lying on my left side, without any drugs. The first one was the first natural birth for the entire medical team. They got really excited about that. Really, some of them were deliriously happy. I think they didn't realize that a woman could give birth without drugs, surgery, and unnatural positioning. It's amazing that the human race survived this long without modern medicine ;-).

As an aside, giving birth is going to stretch things a bit, which may make any existing prolapse worse. But, a natural birth in a position that minimizes the physical stress for you and the baby is going to be much easier on you than a vaginal birth in an unnatural position that forces you to fight gravity and your own body. And a big advantage of not having any drugs is that you can eat right away after giving birth!

Ewerstruly