Re: Re: Directed pushing in labour

[Guest guest]

I don;t think he heard.... and if he did?! She came out so fast I think he

was concentrating on catching her (literally)!

Re: Re: Directed pushing in labour

>And his/her response was......?

>

>Alison

>

> had spontaneous urges to push.... and with DD2 really felt that I had

> little to add to it..... I certainly wasn't coached or directed (other

than

> the Doc saying " oh you are at 10 push when you feel like it " )

> I had difficulty *not* pushing because it was just so powerful.... I was

> being prepped for Ventouse as Susy had late decels, and was told to get

on

> with it while the doc got the stuff ready -when it came to putting the

> thing on she was practically crowning (but they still went ahead & did

it)

> and then the doc said " oh I'm not having to do any work here, you are

doing

> it all " To which I think my response was something like " well why the

****

> didn;t you let me stay upright & do it on my own then.... "

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[Guest guest]

I don;t think he heard.... and if he did?! She came out so fast I think he

was concentrating on catching her (literally)!

Re: Re: Directed pushing in labour

>And his/her response was......?

>

>Alison

>

> had spontaneous urges to push.... and with DD2 really felt that I had

> little to add to it..... I certainly wasn't coached or directed (other

than

> the Doc saying " oh you are at 10 push when you feel like it " )

> I had difficulty *not* pushing because it was just so powerful.... I was

> being prepped for Ventouse as Susy had late decels, and was told to get

on

> with it while the doc got the stuff ready -when it came to putting the

> thing on she was practically crowning (but they still went ahead & did

it)

> and then the doc said " oh I'm not having to do any work here, you are

doing

> it all " To which I think my response was something like " well why the

****

> didn;t you let me stay upright & do it on my own then.... "

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> -Does anybody

> >have or know of experiences of being 'allowed' to follow their own

> >spontaneous urges to push?

>

With DD2, the community midwife arrived at the hospital, took one look at

me, said do you want to push, to which I could only nod! She then said to

push when I felt like it and DD2 was born less than 20 minutes after

midwives arrival (this was after an induction)