Optimal Positions for Childbirth

This is not the best position to birth your baby in, but most of us are gonna

be coached in this position because that's the training of our provider,

and that's all they know. Being on your back, knees wide, defies the

biomechanics of childbirth. When you lay on your back, your

sacrum doesn't kick out like it should to make more room in your

pelvis. Also, knees wide creates your sit bones to

be closer together, which narrows the pathway for your baby to

be born,

creates more exhausting pushing stage for you,

and the tissues won't stretch, which

increases your chances of tearing.

So what is the best position to birth your baby in?

It's the position that you decide to put your body in in

that moment

when your baby is ready to come out of your body.

Our body knows how to birth a baby, and our babies know how to be

born. When it comes time to birth your baby,

there's a few things you're going to

do instinctually. One, you're gonna stack your platforms,

which is

diaphragm over pelvic floor, and you're going to sink into it with

that fetal ejection reflex. Two, they put their body in a position

to use gravity. So they get on

their hands and knees, stacking their platforms, or

they get into a high squat, which stacks their platforms

to birth their baby. And the third thing

is instinctually you'll move your

knees closer together and your ankles out, so that

causes the sit bones to expand and open the bottom of the

pelvis to make it an easier pathway for your baby to come out

and gives your tissues that opportunity to stretch to decrease

the chances of tearing. You have the right to birth in the

position you feel

is best for you and your baby. If you would like to learn more about my

natural

birth workshops, go to trainforbirth.com.

I look forward to training you soon