Positions for Labor

Hands & Knees

Squatting

  • Benefits of squatting (squatting chart)

Modified Lunge


Knee up lean into it

  • Enlarges pelvis and gives baby room to rotate

Bear Hug/Slow Dance


Birthing Ball

  • Exercise & position options demonstration

Side-lying

  • Left side is optimal, right side is okay

Pelvic Tilting


C-sitting

  • Most common position
  • Also a common position used for delivery

Standing


Walking/Stair climbing


Dangle

  • Husband sit behind and high up, place arms over his knees and just dangle

 
 
 
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