Delivery positions

Call it the birthing stool’s cousin: The birthing bar is an attachment that can be added to many labor beds to help support birthing positions. With a birthing bar, you can sit up at any time and squat, leaning on the bar for support.

During delivery your provider will typically check you and the position of the baby. They call off numbers, these numbers tell where the baby is positioned in the pelvis. Different labor positions can be helpful based on where baby is positioned. We hope this information helps! All of this and more is found in our Prepping for Labor and Delivery Course!

Choose the most popular birthing positions to encourage dilation and an optimal fetal position therefore allowing for a shorter and less painful labor.

There are lots of ways that your partner can help you prepare for labor and delivery and during the actual event itself. BEFORE BABY ARRIVES: Positive affirmation - Encouraging you and reassuring you that you are going to do great during labor and delivery. Perineal stretching/massaging - T

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During delivery your provider will typically check you and the position of the baby. They call off numbers, these numbers tell where the baby is positioned in the pelvis. Different labor positions can be helpful based on where baby is positioned. We hope this information helps! All of this and more is found in our Prepping for Labor and Delivery Course!

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