I am a midwife who has worked with families during birth for
more than 35 years. I have worked both as a midwife and a
labor nurse (bringing, of course, a more holistic world view
to that role than would have been possible without my
midwifery background). I have been present during more that
6,000 births.
It is my experience that it is rare when a woman has an urge
to bear down that the cervix does not move back to allow the
descent of the baby. And of course, it is usual for a woman
to have a lip of cervix present when she has the urge to
push in a posterior presentation.
I have had the privilege to spend time with two traditional
South American and Jamaican midwives, both who massaged
plant oils on the cervix to support effective labor and to
shorten transition. I would love to know more about this.
-Anon.
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I have delivered six babies and I did not always have the
urge to push. Many times with first babies you don't have
that urge and sometimes with subsequent deliveries. I
delivered all my children with midwives and they were all
noncomplicated deliveries.
-Anon.
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Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 27 July 5, 2000)
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