How to Keep the Pushing Stage Calm Yet Effective

Описание: What does the evidence say about what kind of pushing results in best outcomes for moms and babies? Find out how you can keep the environment peaceful and controlled instead of it shifting to heightened stress or pressure, and learn how you can trust your body to know what to do in birth, including when you're pushing!

Study shows longer pushing time with epidural: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24499...

ACOG recommended pushing time before diagnosing second stage arrest: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinica...

Second stage arrest defined as 3-4 hours for 1st time moms and 2-3 hours for experienced moms (in Box 1): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

French study found resting at full dilation shortens pushing time: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-93...

C-section rates cut in half when moms are given 1 more hour to push:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-ev...

U.K. stops telling moms to push, discourages laboring on their backs, tearing goes down from 7% to 1%: https://www.mothering.com/threads/wom...

00:00 When a peaceful environment shifts to higher pressure/stress during the pushing stage
02:18 Questions to ask your midwife about the pushing stage
03:20 ACOG guidelines for how much time moms should have to push, with and without epidural
04:06 Personal story: I was given minimal pushing time with my first birth
04:57 Resting at full dilation shortens pushing time
07:24 C-section rates cut nearly in half by giving moms 1 more hour to push
07:31 Pushing study found 6% decrease in severe tearing
07:56 Following your body's physiologic instincts when pushing

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