Supported Squatting

Supported squatting with your birth partner, during labour accelerates the dilatation of the cervix, as the baby's head connects strongly to the rim of the cervix. The weight of the baby is drawn down into the pelvis and birth canal, by gravity. During birth the pelvic outlet is widened facilitating an easier second stage. This is an effective position for the delivery of the placenta in third stage

NOTE: Practice of these postures without guidance from a teacher or appropriate book, if you are not familiar with them, is not advised.