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Positions of Labor

Positions of Labor. Cheyenne County Hospital Childbirth Education Class Candi Douthit, BSN, RN. Repositioning in Labor can Make all of the difference!. Changing positions every 30 minutes is helpful in facilitating the baby’s movements throughout the birth canal

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Positions of Labor

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  1. Positions of Labor Cheyenne County Hospital Childbirth Education Class Candi Douthit, BSN, RN

  2. Repositioning in Labor can Make all of the difference! • Changing positions every 30 minutes is helpful in facilitating the baby’s movements throughout the birth canal • We encourage you to use any of these you like…your body will tell you which ones are best • The worst position is flat on your back. • If you are laying in bed, we would like you to have a pillow beneath either hip at all times to keep flowing well to you and to baby.

  3. Side-lying • Try placing pillows between your knees for comfort.

  4. Sway on the Ball • Best to add movement with use • Helps open the pelvic inlet • Decreases back labor

  5. Positions on the Ball

  6. Slow Dancing

  7. Squatting/Supported Squat • Opens the pelvis, gravity enhancing, sense of control for mom. During squatting, the average pelvic outlet is 28% greater than in the supine position. Stand, or sit back to relax in between contractions

  8. Dance with Belly Lift

  9. Straddle a chair (or the toilet), and rest your arms and head on the back.

  10. Raise the head of a hospital bed, then kneel on the bed with arms resting on top of the bed.

  11. Hands and Knees • Arch your back occasionally for increased comfort. Great for back labor, big babies, posterior babies. Many find it most comfortable.

  12. Semi-Sitting • With pillow underneath knees, arms, and back. During contractions, can wrap hands around knees and pull knees up toward shoulders (as in squatting).

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