Just before I was ready to push out my second baby, I went to lay
down on my back, which was how I gave birth the first time. My midwife,
however, did that nice midwife-y talking and somehow convinced me to
actually hoist myself onto my knees and lean against a chair. So I did.
A few minutes (hours? Who knows during labor ....) my second daughter slithered on out. Four words: huge baby, no tearing.
For that reason alone I'm a convert to birthing upright, what apparently is called in the biz "vertical birth."
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